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Amish Tripathi at The Indian Express Online interview, speaking on the Chola dynasty.

Why the Cholas were one of the world’s most powerful empires: Amish Tripathi explains

October 27, 2025 3:12 pm

Amish Tripathi on The Chola Tigers, forgotten dynasties, and the balance of dharma

The Performative male is a new archetype, curated for the public gaze. (Generated using AI)

The performative male: From tote bags to matcha lattes, when sensitivity becomes a badge

October 28, 2025 6:38 pm

From Sally Rooney to therapy-speak, a look at how literature anticipates and anatomises the 'performative male', and the bind of modern masculinity.

Uketsu’s Strange Houses, newly translated into English, is every bit as twisty as his earlier work Strange Pictures.

Strange Houses: Masked author Uketsu turns floor plans into murder plots

October 04, 2025 2:47 pm

Uketsu –Japan’s most mysterious bestselling author and creator of Strange Pictures and Strange Houses – is redefining horror and mystery through floor plans, sketches, and chilling twists.

Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda in Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara (2025), a modern echo of Erich Segal’s Love Story, the novel that defined tragic romance for a generation. (Wikimedia Commons)

If you loved Saiyaara, here’s the original Love Story that started it all

October 01, 2025 4:19 am

Erich Segal’s Love Story and Mohit Suri’s Saiyaara speak to different generations and yet are timeless as they point out the fleetingness of love

If you have a towering TBR pile, you might be practicing tsundoku, a Japanese word for buying books and letting them pile up unread. (Source: Pinterest)

Building an antilibrary: What your TBR pile says about you

September 28, 2025 1:32 pm

Your unread books are not mocking you. They are revealing something about how you think, dream, and even market yourself.

As the film adaptation of The Long Walk by Stephen King hits the big screen today, nearly 60 years after the novel was published in 1979, the US is in the grip of a new nightmare.

Walk or die: Stephen King's The Long Walk feels too real now

September 28, 2025 1:32 pm

Stephen King’s first novel imagined a dystopian America that sacrifices its youth for spectacle. Six decades later, as The Long Walk reaches the screen, the nightmare feels closer than ever.

Dan Brown serves up puzzles and page-turning drama in The Secret of Secrets.

Dan Brown is back: The Secret of Secrets mixes twists, trivia and noetic science

October 27, 2025 4:39 pm

Dan Brown returns with a trivia-packed thriller that’s part Wikipedia, part rollercoaster.

Emily Brontë’s classic Wuthering Heights meets Emerald Fennell’s provocative adaptation, teaser sparks debate over casting, sexuality, and the heart of the novel. (IMDb)

Why Wuthering Heights is not a romance. The misreading of Emily Brontë's classic

October 12, 2025 9:29 am

Emily Brontë did not write a love story, she wrote a storm, and Hollywood keeps trying to sell it as a romance.

Former US President Barack Obama’s 2025 summer picks include Indian novelist Anita Desai’s Rosarita.

Anita Desai's 'beautiful novella' Rosarita features on Barack Obama's 2025 Summer Reading List

September 05, 2025 1:56 pm

Former US President Barack Obama’s 2025 summer picks range from history to fiction, with Indian novelist Anita Desai’s Rosarita standing out.

The book covers of Anxious People, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and The Starless Sea

I caved to Bookstagram. Here are 5 books I actually recommend

September 09, 2025 12:58 pm

We are all guilty of choosing books for the aesthetic. But sometimes, the hype leads to something real.

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Informing grounds of arrest must, even for IPC and BNS offences: Supreme Court

The bench of Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and A G Masih said, “The constitutional mandate of informing the arrestee the grounds of arrest is mandatory in all offences under all statutes including offences under IPC 1860 (now BNS 2023).”

Cities Fadnavis orders probe into deal linked to Ajit Pawar’s son

Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis (left) has ordered a probe into the alleged undervalued sale of 40 acres of Pune land to Parth Pawar’s firm, the son of Dy CM Ajit Pawar (centre).

Entertainment 25 years of Indian cinema: With Lagaan, Gadar, Dil Chahta Hai, 2001 changed our films

How Lagaan, Gadar, Dil Chahta Hai changed Hindi film industry.

Entertainment Bollywood actor worked as a carpenter, delivered helmet to John Abraham as delivery boy; is studying psychology after delivering Rs 100 cr hits at BO

Harshvardhan Rane ran away from home at 16, worked as a delivery boy and carpenter to survive.

Trending Indian techie’s parents’ reaction to his first salary wins internet’s hearts: ‘This is a lot of money’

Indian techie’s parents’ reaction to his first salary

Trending 'What’s your skincare routine?’: Harleen Deol’s question makes PM Modi 'blush' during a meeting with Women’s World Cup winners

Harleen Deol asks PM Narendra Modi for skincare routine

Sports T20 World Cup 2026: Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad shortlisted to host final

T20 World Cup 2026: Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad is shortlisted to host the final.

Sports At the Chess World Cup, a question for Grandmasters: What after work? Their reply: Take a walk

Having won their second round games on Wednesday, Levon Aronian, sporting chess shorts, and Maxime Vachier Lagrave set off for a walk on Thursday afternoon in 29-degree heat while many of the others fight it out in tiebreaks at the FIDE World Cup in Resort Rio in Goa. (Express Photo by Amit Kamath)

Opinion In New York, Zohran Mamdani crafted a campaign that went beyond identity -- that's how he won

Zohran Mamdani is the new mayor of New York City.

Explained ExplainSpeaking: Has Bihar’s growth reduced the gap with the rest of India?

It can be helpful to compare Bihar's economic growth with other Indian states from other regions, and the ones to which Biharis often migrate for a better life.

‘I miss them as much as they miss me’: Ajith Kumar on pursuing racing while being away from his children and the importance of his wife’s support; expert on creating balance

Ajith Kumar says his wife Shalini has been keeping the household running smoothly

Technology Industry body representing Microsoft, AWS seeks copyright exemption to train AI in India

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