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Punjab: Three authors booked for ‘distortion’ of Sikh history

May 14, 2022 10:12 pm

Those booked were identified as Manjit Singh Sodhi, the writer of Modern ABC of History of Punjab; author Mahinderpal Kaur and MS Mann, the writer of History Punjab.

The Reading Room: 5 therapists on books they recommend to their clients

May 14, 2022 7:17 pm

Every fortnight, we pick, you read. This time, we asked five therapists about the books they recommend to their clients to help them better understand their mental health journeys

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Nature comes alive in two books for pre-tweens by writers Bijal Vachcharajani and Akshay Manwani

May 09, 2022 7:46 pm

Of loss and grief and a showdown between right and wrong -- books on nature that fuel the imagination and feed curiosity

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Picture Book Beats: 'When You Look Up' is a powerful, brilliant book about discovering ourselves through and in stories

May 02, 2022 5:52 pm

It’s a book about being an unafraid reader. What I ‘took away’ from it would be very different from what you may see in it. Remember, it is a book without a blurb, right?

Adrian Matejka will be first Black editor of Poetry magazine

May 01, 2022 4:51 pm

“I couldn’t be more humbled or excited to be the new editor of Poetry," Matejka, 50, said in a statement.

How books keep us company on armchair travel and physical journeys

April 29, 2022 7:31 pm

In uncertain times, travelling into the well-worn pages of old favourites can be as rewarding — and unexpected — as sojourns into destinations old and new

English translation of Sahitya Akademi winner 'Rohzin' to release next month

April 29, 2022 7:52 pm

The novel's protagonist, Asrar, comes to Mumbai, and through his eyes, the author describes the hitherto-unknown aspects of Mumbai -- unseen colours and secrets of the city's underbelly. It is also the story of two lovers Asrar and Hina, which begins abruptly and ends tragically

The Reading Room: 7 experts on the books they wish people read more to understand India’s caste history and politics

May 01, 2022 10:07 am

From BR Ambedkar’s Annihilation of Caste to Gita Ramaswamy’s memoir, a range of books explore the realities of Dalit marginalisation

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Who are India's science girls and are you afraid of the letter Z? Read and find out

April 24, 2022 7:55 pm

A trip to Ladakh, trying to manage without the letter 'z', and learning the job of a cytogeneticist -- books that fuel the imagination and feed curiosity