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Interview: Rohini Nilekani, author, Samaaj, Sarkaar, Bazaar: A Citizen-First Approach – “I wanted the book to be available free”
Published on Aug 19, 2022 08:06 PM IST
On experimenting with different models of publishing, writing in a range of genres, and on how charity and philanthropy can only have limited impact
Chintan Girish Modi
Review: Sojourn by Amit Chaudhuri
An accomplished writer and a trained musician, Amit Chaudhuri’s prose has the soulfulness and lilt of the ragas
Published on Aug 19, 2022 08:04 PM IST
Abdullah Khan
Review: Temple Lamp by Mirza Ghalib, translated by Maaz Bin Bilal
The English translation of Ghalib’s Persian poem on Banaras nimbly conveys the heightened lyricism associated with the poet
Updated on Aug 19, 2022 07:57 PM IST
Suhit Kelkar
Nandana Sen: When I was growing up, my mother was the superstar in our family
Author, child rights activist and actor Nandana Sen speaks to us about translating her mother Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s poems from Bengali into English
Updated on Aug 19, 2022 08:37 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Book Box: Why Salman Rushdie?
Sample Salman Rushdie — sign up for his Substack newsletter, 'Salman's Sea of Stories', read his essays and revisit his award-winning novels to find out what the fuss is all about.
Updated on Aug 26, 2022 03:35 PM IST
Review: Tollygunge to Tollywood by Anugyan Nag and Spandan Bhattacharya
A book that looks at the financing, distribution and marketing of Bengali films and their evolution from the era immediately after the death of Uttam Kumar to the present
Updated on Aug 19, 2022 04:53 PM IST
Shoma A Chatterji
Review: Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution by Carol Hay
A timely book that affirms the need to review where feminism is headed, Think Like a Feminist is clear-sighted about patriarchal structures that favour men but appears tokenistic towards decolonial feminists and almost entirely ignores the considerable writing being done outside the US
Updated on Aug 18, 2022 07:25 PM IST
Vrinda Nabar
Excerpt: Learning from Loss by Renuka Narayanan
This extract from a collection of stories on death, heartbreak and loss from Hinduism’s many traditions retells one of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’s parables
Updated on Aug 17, 2022 07:19 PM IST
Essay: The fallout of the attack on Salman Rushdie
In the contemporary world, freedom of expression is being banished by both religious and secular figures
Updated on Aug 16, 2022 06:41 PM IST
Samrat Choudhury
Review: The Weird Women’s Club by Aruna Nambiar
Dealing with social demotions triggered by divorce, widowhood and infertility, three women struggle to reassemble their lives
Updated on Aug 15, 2022 09:03 PM IST
Lamat R Hasan
Book Box: How Independent is Serena Williams?
Examine biological, political, social, and cultural independence with these 4 books. And celebrate India’s 76th Independence Day, with your children, with these 2 books.
Published on Aug 13, 2022 05:05 PM IST
Review: The Life and Times of George Fernandes by Rahul Ramagundam
This biography of the most important non-Congress and non-Hindutva politician in post-Independence India fills a major gap in the nation’s chronicles
Published on Aug 12, 2022 07:28 PM IST
Uttaran Das Gupta
Interview: Akshaya Mukul, author of Writer, Rebel, Soldier, Lover: The Many Lives of Agyeya
How did this extensive literary biography on Sachchidanand Hirananda Vatsyayan (also known as Agyeya) happen? What drew you to his works and life as a researcher? I have always been fascinated by Agyeya’s life and works
Published on Aug 12, 2022 07:28 PM IST
Simar Bhasin
Review: Crimson Spring by Navtej Sarna
A novel that adds context to collective memory by recreating a turning point in India’s history and looking at the cascading effects of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
Published on Aug 12, 2022 07:28 PM IST
Percy Bharucha
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s list of interesting reads includes the first comprehensive book on the Santal rebellion of 1855, a study of the state of the nation, and the memoir of a nun who has taken on the Catholic Church
Published on Aug 12, 2022 07:26 PM IST
HT Team
Ruchi Narain: ‘I was not trying to break rules; frankly, I didn’t know any’
The director and scriptwriter reminisces about working on Hazaron Khwahishein Aisi, often being the only woman in the crew when she started out, dealing with people stealing her scripts, and how OTT has changed things
Updated on Aug 12, 2022 04:05 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
Excerpt: The Last War by Pravin Sawhney
This excerpt from the introduction to a new book on how AI will shape India’s final showdown with China lays out the 10 distinctive characteristics of a future war waged by the PLA
Updated on Aug 11, 2022 06:45 PM IST
Pravin Sawhney
Review: Joginder Paul; The Writerly Writer edited by Chandana Dutta
A selection from the celebrated Urdu author and thinker’s voluminous literary output locates him in the larger context of Indian literary traditions and cultural sensibilities
Updated on Aug 11, 2022 12:40 AM IST
Shafey Kidwai
Alokparna Sengupta Of HSI/India On Books About Farm Animals
On bringing out children’s books on being compassionate towards farm animals
Updated on Aug 11, 2022 12:31 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
Essay: On Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series
Food is the counterpoint to the grimness of violent death in Camilleri’s police procedural stories set in Sicily, for there is constant celebration of life in food
Updated on Aug 12, 2022 10:16 AM IST
Indranee Ghosh
Review: Behram’s Boat by Adi Pocha
A novel about a Parsi man who believes he must facilitate the growth of his community’s population by any means necessary
Updated on Aug 08, 2022 04:34 PM IST
Percy Bharucha
Interview: Sejal Mehta, author, Superpowers on the Shore – “I wrote the book I’d have liked to read”
Gunjan Ahlawat has designed a spectacular cover for your book
Updated on Aug 05, 2022 05:18 PM IST
Chintan Girish Modi
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s reading list includes a collection of writing on the Indian hills, a book on the need for a resilient and flexible foreign policy to overcome strategic setbacks, and vintage writing on Indian cinema by KA Abbas
Published on Aug 05, 2022 05:18 PM IST
HT Team
Review: Rohzin by Rahman Abbas
Mumbai is the protagonist in a novel where the city’s geography, history and folklore seep into the characters’ lives and dreams
Published on Aug 05, 2022 05:17 PM IST
Syed Saad Ahmed
Review: Song of the Forest by Ruskin Bond
This collection of Ruskin Bond’s best recent short fiction is both playful and stoically grounded in the tragedy of human failing
Published on Aug 05, 2022 05:15 PM IST
Percy Bharucha
Book Box: Gifts for Brothers, Sisters, and Friends
Celebrate Rakhi and Friendship Day with these seven gift books to share and discuss with brothers, sisters, and friends
Updated on Aug 05, 2022 04:55 PM IST
Interview: Rajat Kapoor: ‘Everyone ends up chasing stars’
The director, writer and actor talks about making offbeat films, writing for theatre, being influenced by Kumar Shahani and Mani Kaul, the tragedy of NFDC, and his belief that cinema is supposed to illuminate
Updated on Aug 05, 2022 12:55 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
Excerpt: Sone Chandi Ke Buth: Writings on Cinema by KA Abbas
In this essay from 19 January 1941, author KA Abbas argues that Hindustani, rather than Urdu or Hindi, was evolving into the national language of India as it was the preferred language of the most popular films
Updated on Aug 04, 2022 05:05 PM IST
KA Abbas
Review: The City of Good Death by Priyanka Champaneri
A saga encompassing relationships and family ties, death and the hereafter set in the bylanes and ghats of Varanasi
Published on Aug 04, 2022 03:56 PM IST
Sonali Mujumdar
Interview: Sukrita Paul Kumar and Vinita Agrawal
The editors of The Yearbook of Indian Poetry in English on how they ensure that good poems make it to the anthology
Updated on Aug 03, 2022 07:09 PM IST
Kinshuk Gupta
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