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Hindi literature just lost its champion in small town India. Gyanranjan will be missed
January 09, 2026 7:11 pm
Unlike some of his predecessors, such as Nirmal Verma, this angst was not individualistic alienation, expressed through metaphors and streams of consciousness
Armed with books: World Book Fair mixes military tribute with literary diplomacy
January 10, 2026 5:28 pm
The New Delhi World Book Fair 2026 returns with more than 600 events and tribute to the Indian Armed Forces
'Tumhari Auqaat Kya Hai?': Piyush Mishra's memoir dismantles his own myth
January 10, 2026 5:29 pm
In a novelised memoir that moves through Gwalior, Delhi, and Mumbai, the artist replaces reverence with reckoning and asks readers to confront their own worth.
Seeing Differently: Amitav Ghosh on his new book Ghost Eye
January 10, 2026 5:29 pm
In conversation with writer Keshava Guha, Ghosh traced how food, past lives and ecology shaped his new novel
How John Carr’s 'The Hollow Man' built the perfect crime for ‘Wake Up Dead Man’
January 10, 2026 5:29 pm
A classic impossible-crime structure returns as Rian Johnson channels John Dickson Carr’s baroque locked-room tradition for a modern Knives Out entry.
Oil, coups, and coercion: A reading list on the US playbook in Latin America
January 10, 2026 5:29 pm
The list situates the current Venezuela crisis within political, economic, and cultural context.
The Odyssey: What to read before Christopher Nolan's film hits the big screen
January 10, 2026 5:29 pm
A guide to the best translations, retellings and adaptations of The Odyssey to read ahead of Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film.
Place by Ananya Vajpeyi and the art of understanding cities
January 10, 2026 5:30 pm
Aftertaste by Suvir Saran | A reflective review of Ananya Vajpeyi’s Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities
'Today, we have limitless greed of oligarchs, dictators turning Earth into wasteland': Anuradha Roy
January 10, 2026 5:30 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
January 10, 2026 5:30 pm
From intimate betrayals to institutional rot, our pick of the year’s best thrillers examines power, complicity and moral compromise
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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