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'I meet my God through my camera' | An excerpt from Rohit Chawla's Portrait of an Artist
March 06, 2026 9:12 pm
In a prelude to his book of artist portraits, Rohit Chawla recalls how an accidental childhood encounter with the world of Raghu Rai set him irrevocably on the path of photography
The world has critical thinkers. What it lacks is critical imagination': Sarnath Banerjee on cheetah as the last migrant
March 06, 2026 9:18 pm
Sarnath Banerjee, one of the pioneers of the Indian graphic novel, talks about walking, belonging, and why the most radical thing an artist can do right now is keep a day job
Two authors of Indian origin — Sheena Kalayil and Megha Majumdar —make 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist
March 05, 2026 4:51 pm
Megha Majumdar's second novel A Guardian and a Thief and Sheena Kalayil's The Others are among 16 books in contention for the £30,000 literary award.
With 60 literary adaptations dropping this year – to read or watch that is the question
February 27, 2026 8:22 pm
Sixty book-to-screen adaptations are coming this year. A lifetime of reading stands in the way. One writer asks: which experience are we actually supposed to choose?
The Age of Extraction is a wake-up call for world getting controlled by platforms
February 26, 2026 9:47 pm
In his latest book The Age of Extraction, Tim Wu, who coined the term 'net neutrality' turns his focus to tech platforms and the dangers they pose.
‘Tell My Mother I Like Boys’: Suvir Saran's lessons on the art of growing into oneself
February 26, 2026 3:45 pm
Saran manages to answer the one question his younger self struggled with the most: ‘What am I?’ The answer is: ‘I am loved. I am becoming. And that is enough’
What to read after 'Hamnet' — and why you should have been reading Maggie O'Farrell all along
February 24, 2026 1:09 pm
Director Chloé Zhao’s film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet has won two BAFTAs. Here is your starter guide to O'Farrell, whose 10th book will release later this year
'Chandan Kiwad': Why Malini Awasthi's memoir is essential reading on folk tradition
February 23, 2026 8:34 pm
Malini Awasthi is one of India's most prolific folk singers, her memoir allows us to meet the person with the mellifluous voice.
'Soul Climate': How Halide Edib's search for belonging in 1930s India inspires Inez Baranay's meditation on nationhood
February 23, 2026 2:38 pm
History, memory and the search for like-minded souls in Inez Baranay's ambitious novel
Beyond Chowringhee: Remembering Mani Shankar Mukherjee – Sankar – the man who gave voice to a working city
February 23, 2026 5:28 pm
The novelist Sankar, who passed away in Kolkata at the age of 92, built a literary legacy that gave voice to the city's workers, dreamers, and forgotten corners
LITERATURE PHOTOS
Virginia Woolf: lesser-known facts about the English writer
January 26, 2026 3:06 pm
Virginia Woolf, one of the most celebrated authors in literature, was born on January 25. These are some facts about her you may not have known.
11th edition of Bangalore Literature Festival concludes with a hearty mix of art, culture, history and literature
December 06, 2022 11:44 am
Bangalore Literature Festival 2022 was conducted on December 3 and 4
Revisiting Saleem Kidwai's rich legacy as an author and translator
August 30, 2021 4:19 pm
Noted historian, author and gay rights activist passed away today at his Lucknow residence. Let's take a look at the books penned by the literary maestro
LITERATURE VIDEOS
Jesus was a Jew, not a Christian': Reza Aslan on Zealot
April 17, 2014 4:05 pm
Iranian-American author and religious scholar Reza Aslan talks about his critically acclaimed book, "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth"
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