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'Today, we have limitless greed of oligarchs, dictators turning Earth into wasteland': Anuradha Roy
December 31, 2025 4:38 pm
The Ranikhet-based writer on her first book-length collection of non-fiction essays and the everyday signs of ecological crisis in Kumaon Himalaya
Crime-fiction roundup 2025: From Richard Osman to Peter Swanson, the thrills, chills, and plot twists that stood out this year
December 30, 2025 9:39 pm
From intimate betrayals to institutional rot, our pick of the year’s best thrillers examines power, complicity and moral compromise
Dare not look away: The 5 best horror books of 2025
December 30, 2025 7:19 pm
From war and genocide to grief and obsession, these stories turn terror into a language for what cannot be faced directly.
Domestic noir to whodunits: 5 exciting thrillers to look forward to in 2026
December 29, 2025 8:52 pm
Five of 2026’s most anticipated thrillers promise murder, mystery, and mounting suspense across genres, continents, and styles.
Who defines slang now? The slow, ironic decline of Urban Dictionary
December 29, 2025 5:36 pm
From internet slang to institutional seal of approval, the long road from Urban Dictionary to Big Dictionary.
Seeking veto over Sahitya Akademi awards, government targets one of the last bastions of intellectual freedom
December 19, 2025 4:50 pm
The culture ministry’s intervention, stalling the announcement of the awards, represents a direct assault on Akademi’s tradition of autonomy, signalling an end to the era of non-interference
How the timeless 'dohas' of Rahim — the 16th-century Mughal-general-turned-poet — speak to modern India
December 31, 2025 10:03 pm
This anthology resurrects the 16th-century Mughal noble Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, celebrating his timeless poetry, a syncretic vision that transcends its age to speak directly to the modern soul.
Aftertaste | Radha, rewritten as reckoning
December 29, 2025 5:36 pm
A radical reimagining of Radha—not as myth or muse, but as a woman whose autonomous love defies morality, power, and permission, and in doing so, rewrites what the sacred can mean.
Why Hay Festival Cartagena faces an author boycott over Nobel winner María Corina Machado
December 29, 2025 5:38 pm
Three writers pulled out of the Hay Festival in Colombia after it invited Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, igniting a debate over whether literary platforms can remain neutral.
From Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale: Why America keeps banning acclaimed books
December 29, 2025 5:38 pm
Award winners, bestsellers, and modern classics dominate the lists of banned books in US schools. Data from PEN America shows that censorship today is less about explicit content, and more about discomfort with identity, history, and truth.
LITERATURE PHOTOS
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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