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Harper Lee wrote To Kill a Mockingbird. Then came 55 years of silence.

May 25, 2026 1:07 pm

Harper Lee at 100: To Kill a Mockingbird, made its author famous overnight, for 55 years the world of American letters waited for her next masterpiece

Book Nook: Kashmir's history buried under vast political lies, says writer Ashish Kaul

April 22, 2023 2:36 pm

Kaul in his latest book 1967 - Parmeshwari Agitation of Kashmir has strived to stay true to historical records to tell the tale of brotherhood, bravery, and betrayal at a time when a handful of Kashmiri Pandits brought the valley to a grinding halt.

Book Nook: The Majestic Mahroks

April 08, 2023 11:32 am

High-time we stopped the distortion of our history, says author Jewan Deepak.

Lily Swarn Saba on her first ghazal book and being inspired by Faiz, Ghalib

October 19, 2022 7:34 pm

The title, Yeh Na Thi Hamari Qismat, is inspired from one of the most celebrated ghazals of Mirza Ghalib, who Saba says has been her source of inspiration.

Book Nook: Sonal Bawa Bakshi on her debut novel, love for thrillers and the carpe diem spirit

July 03, 2022 1:20 pm

Born and brought up in Chandigarh, Sonal Bawa Bakshi’s novel ‘What Comes from Within’ is set in Canada’s Vancouver, which has been her home for the last 17 years, and focuses on women of substance.

For better or verse: Nisha Luthra’s new book of poetry explores love, association, friendship

March 05, 2022 11:07 am

The book is a collection of 55 Hindi poems, depicting different facets of human love, association, and friendship; which are also meanings of ‘Uns’, an Urdu word.

Book Nook: India, of memories & myriad hues

January 31, 2022 2:48 am

The book talks extensively of Chandigarh, with references to Sector 17, Tagore Theatre, traffic rules in Chandigarh, newspapers in the Tricity, Timber Trail at Parwanoo, Kasauli, Shimla and much more.

Book Nook: Writer of 7 books on Bhagat Singh pens new one for youth

January 22, 2022 1:11 pm

MM Juneja has written 32 books with seven of them on Bhagat Singh, including 'Unending Popularity of Bhagat Singh', 'Biography of Bhagat Singh', and 'Bhagat Singh Se Yuva Peedhi kya Sikhen'.

Book Nook: Haryana bureaucrat's anthology of poems offers 'different perspective on life'

January 08, 2022 11:02 am

Haryana Civil Services officer Varsha Khangwal said the poems revolve around life, love, death, friendship, and spirituality.

Book Nook: How a school-going squash champ penned a #1 fantasy thriller

January 08, 2022 10:35 am

As the world was grappling with the pandemic, Khushi Sharma, a two-time national medallist in squash and dragonboating, took to writing her sci-fi thriller, which is currently #1 on Amazon hot releases. Let’s find out more about the book from the author.