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]Review: Rethinking Untouchability by Jesús F Cháirez-Garza
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 07:54 PM IST
This defence of Ambedkar’s praxis is a study of the leader’s political thought in the years before India’s independence
HT Picks; New Reads
On the reading list this week is an intimate portrait of a city with a troubled past and an unsettled present, a book of tales from the Mahabharata that delivers instructions on life, death and everything in between, and a volume that presenting a lesser known aspect of Indian art history
Published on Jul 19, 2024 07:40 PM IST
HT Team
Mishal Husain – “It’s a celebration of a lost world”
The author of ‘Broken Threads; My Family from Empire to Independence’ mulls over history, identity and friendship through the lives of her grandparents, who were born in pre-Partition India
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 07:40 PM IST
Huzan Tata
Review: A Matrimonial Murder by Meeti Shroff-Shah
A quick little mystery, the second book in the series set in a fictional posh Mumbai neighbourhood, presents the importance of marriage within Indian society and the very real repercussions when things go wrong
Published on Jul 19, 2024 07:39 PM IST
Percy Bharucha
On writing identity, experiencing joy, and representation
This Disability Pride Month, a look at why we need more creators with disabilities in contemporary literature and cinema
Updated on Jul 19, 2024 07:31 PM IST
Review: Three new children’s books on the Irulas
‘Keepers of Darkness’, ‘Secret Wild Vet Kalyani’ and ‘Finding Tree’ all feature the indigenous community whose members are probably the last skilled forest scientists of the world
Published on Jul 19, 2024 07:28 PM IST
Neha Kirpal
Review: Hero of Kumaon by Duff Hart-Davis
A lucid and engaging survey of Jim Corbett’s life and experiences leavened with well-curated excerpts from his writing
Updated on Jul 18, 2024 07:29 PM IST
The economics of killing
With recent films like Hit Man and The Killer, the professional killer has emerged as a symbol of disillusionment in the gig economy. His evolution from a psychopath to an antihero has captured the collective imagination precisely because it has coincided with a rise in the existential anxiety that comes with freelancing in a predatory capitalist system
Published on Jul 18, 2024 04:16 PM IST
A little village in upstate New York that’s a literary gem
Hobart, a small village in upstate New York, transformed into a vibrant book village, offering a charming literary escape in the Catskills.
Updated on Jul 17, 2024 05:36 PM IST
Teja Lele
Shunyata: the influence of Buddhism on life in Sri Lanka
During catastrophes like the tsunami and the economic crisis, the people of Sri Lanka went out of their way to help those who were worst hit. A meditation on how Buddhism has influenced life in Sri Lanka for more than two millennia
Published on Jul 16, 2024 05:37 PM IST
Arefa Tehsin
Bhuchung D Sonam - “Human experience is as deep as it is vast”
Dharamsala-based Tibetan poet, translator and publisher Bhuchung D Sonam talks about the role of literature in the Tibetan freedom struggle and about editing Under the Blue Skies: A Tibetan Reader, an anthology of fiction, poetry and non-fiction
Updated on Jul 15, 2024 08:48 PM IST
Doppelgangers and dissonance: When Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro disappoint
Find answers to a readers dilemma in three different books — an award-winning non-fiction, a classic and a sci-fi police procedural
Published on Jul 13, 2024 08:04 PM IST
Nagasri Book House: At the heart of many love stories about books
On a Bengaluru institution that downed its shutters after nearly half a century of hosting booklovers
Published on Jul 12, 2024 09:11 PM IST
Charumati Supraja
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a novel about two young people living in Delhi, a comprehensive study of Safdar Hashmi’s legacy, and an ode to the mango, the king of fruits
Published on Jul 12, 2024 08:06 PM IST
HT Team
Interview: Reem Bassiouney, author, Al Halwani; The Fatimid Trilogy
On historical fiction, being a scholar of sociolinguistics, writing in Arabic and English, and winning the Sheikh Zayed Book Award for Literature
Updated on Jul 12, 2024 08:05 PM IST
Lamat R Hasan
Review: Ghuroob-e Shehr Ka Waqt by Osama Siddique
A fierce love letter to a crumbling city, Pakistani author Osama Siddique’s first novel written in Urdu is both an ode to and a lament for Lahore
Updated on Jul 13, 2024 09:59 AM IST
Mahmood Farooqui
Interview: Poor Economics for Kids by Esther Duflo and Cheyenne Olivier
Nobel Prize winning economist Esther Duflo and illustrator Cheyenne Olivier talk about collaborating on their book,the challenges and joys of creating the stories in it, and talking to children about difficult topics
Updated on Jul 14, 2024 11:02 AM IST
Syed Saad Ahmed
Review: My Friends by Hisham Matar
The British-Libyan writer’s latest novel, which won the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction this year, leverages a real life event that occurred in 1984 to examine exile, friendship, love and memory
Published on Jul 11, 2024 10:26 PM IST
Review: Orwell’s Ghosts; Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century by Laura Beers
Using Orwell’s work to scrutinise current issues such as cancel culture, misinformation, the rise of the right, neoliberal excess, and rampant inequality
Published on Jul 11, 2024 06:15 PM IST
Sanjay Sipahimalani
Andrew Quintman: “The notion of sacred geography is fascinating to me”
The author of the forthcoming book, Buddhism on the Border, who is also an associate professor at the Wesleyan University’s Department of Relgion, on being a scholar and a practitioner of the Buddhist faith
Published on Jul 10, 2024 08:30 PM IST
Chocolate; a taste of paradise
While World Chocolate Day was celebrated on July 7, for enthusiasts, every day is chocolate day. A look at how one craft chocolate company is celebrating India’s rich cacao heritage, elevating chocolate making to an art form, and redefining indulgence with its bean-to-bar approach
Published on Jul 08, 2024 09:24 PM IST
Shireen Quadri
The leadership lessons from these 10 inspiring memoirs
A search through a universe of memoirs throws up real-life stories with leadership lessons for students of management
Published on Jul 07, 2024 01:30 AM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
On the reading list this week is a volume of fresh translations of classical Indian texts, reportage about a murder that shocked the country, and a book on an icon of Indian cinema
Published on Jul 05, 2024 07:41 PM IST
HT Team
K Vaishali – “Many literature festivals ignored me”
The author of Homeless; Growing Up Lesbian and Dyslexic in India on winning the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar 2024 for her memoir
Updated on Jul 06, 2024 05:00 AM IST
Review: The Scam That Shook a Nation by Prakash Patra and Rasheed Kidwai
An exploration of the Nagarwala scandal of the 1970s when a Delhi branch of the State Bank of India was defrauded of ₹60 lakh
Published on Jul 05, 2024 07:39 PM IST
Shevlin Sebastian
Review: Imperial Games in Tibet by Dilip Sinha
Scholarly, accessible and timely, Imperial Games in Tibet focuses on the history of the nation in the high Himalayas since the seventeenth century
Published on Jul 05, 2024 07:36 PM IST
Tsering Namgyal Khortsa
Report: The 9th International Convention of SPIC MACAY
This year’s annual convention comprising programmes of Indian classical music and dance, folk arts and crafts, meditation, yoga, cinema screenings, talks and workshops was truly stimulating
Published on Jul 05, 2024 05:17 PM IST
Manjari Sinha
The Legend of Goddess is my most devotional, sincere work so far: Om Swami
Spiritual leader Om Swami, the award-winning author of 15 books has come up with his latest title, The Legend of Goddess.
Updated on Jul 10, 2024 01:01 PM IST
Maestro: The dualities of Leonard Bernstein
Bernstein composed Broadway musicals, ballets and symphonies. He conducted Beethoven, Mahler and Stravinsky. A look at why a recent celebrated biopic couldn’t do him justice
Published on Jul 04, 2024 08:44 PM IST
Rescuing animal doctors
Veterinarians across the world experience excessive stress and levels of compassion fatigue leading to depression and other mental health issues. A look at the scenario in India and at a recent book that explains why this happens
Published on Jul 03, 2024 08:53 PM IST
Lamat R Hasan
