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Amitav Ghosh reimagines memory, ecology and the limits of reason in Ghost-Eye

January 18, 2026 10:44 am

Unlike his previous works that have epochal events as backdrop, Ghosh writes his latest novel as a whodunit spanning more than five decades

Understanding Iran’s Crisis Through Vali Nasr’s Iran’s Grand Strategy

January 18, 2026 10:35 am

In Iran’s Grand Strategy, Nasr argues that the country’s inherent antagonism towards the West has only intensified over time and has come to define the Islamic republic’s strategic culture

How Lakshmi Puri's The Sari Eternal tells the story of India through textiles, tradition and womanhood

January 18, 2026 10:46 am

In The Sari Eternal, Puri has used her pen, much like the shuttle on a loom, to intertwine the past, present and the unknown future

A curated reading list for 2026, as recommended by legal experts, including senior judges and senior lawyers, for the future generation. (Image generated using AI)

Beyond courtroom: India’s top legal minds share 15 books every citizen must read in 2026

January 04, 2026 7:27 pm

Best law books in India: Retired judges to senior advocates recommend legal classics, constitutional texts, philosophy, and reflective reading to shape well-rounded, ethical, and intellectually grounded young lawyers.

Megha Majumdar's A Guardian and a Thief is a Karan Johar pretending to be Satyajit Ray

December 19, 2025 5:47 pm

The novel may have been Oprah approved but even at its most lyrical, it struggles to shake off the sheen of Americanised exotica

In new novel Katabasis, RF Kuang blends myth, romance and academic satire

December 19, 2025 5:47 pm

Even as the author jostles with questions about the afterlife, she does that with a clear-eyed focus on the here and now

The critic is dead. What comes after might be worse

September 12, 2025 3:47 pm

The internet killed the critic and replaced her with an algorithm. But can virality replace value? After all, culture without criticism is like a library without catalogues

Dinkar Srivastava's 'Pakistan: Ideologies, Strategies and Interests' is an examination of the ideologies that shaped Pakistan's foreign and domestic policies

July 22, 2025 11:45 am

Informative and well-written, it explores the ideological moorings and philosophy of India's neighbour

Stephan King and his book covers as Richard Bachman

5 horror novels Stephen King wrote as Richard Bachman; and why the pseudonym

July 15, 2025 11:07 am

Stephen King, for a while, had an alternate writing personality named Richard Bachman until Steve Brown, a bookstore clerk, identified him by similar writing style.