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'Writing it felt risky ...': David Szalay wins the 2025 Booker Prize for 'Flesh'

November 15, 2025 11:29 pm

Hungarian-British author David Szalay has won the Booker Prize 2025 for his sixth novel Flesh, becoming the first writer of Hungarian heritage to claim the prestigious literary award.

Stephen Graham’s new book project, Letters to Our Sons, continues the show’s exploration of masculinity and fatherhood.

'Adolescence' started a conversation on masculinity. Actor Stephen Graham's new book aims to continue it

October 22, 2025 10:58 am

Stephen Graham’s new Bloomsbury project, Letters to Our Sons, invites fathers worldwide to share personal reflections on raising boys and modern masculinity. Submissions open on October 15 and will close on January 12.

How to raise a boy: In a world shaped by microaggressions, what playground politics reveal about empathy and fairness

October 06, 2025 12:04 pm

In a hyper-masculine world, raising boys to stay gentle is an act of resistance

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.

Adhyayan Suman speaks about being vulnerable, expressing emotions: 'Can show my manliness in many other ways'

September 01, 2025 4:34 pm

"I think being vulnerable with your partner and not having a filter or facade... it's okay," said the Heeramandi actor

Pakistan honour killing: Collective decision is nothing but whims of the powerful

July 23, 2025 1:23 pm

If customary laws of the collective are prioritised over the constitutional mandates, women would continue suffering. The Balochistan incident is just a symptom; the broader question lies in the patriarchal understanding of love and gender rights

What Bollywood’s ‘macho man’ needs to learn from Mohanlal and Mammootty

July 23, 2025 5:17 pm

In a new ad, Mohanlal dons bridal jewellery. Mammootty plays a closeted gay man in another film. Together, they are expanding the cinematic idea of masculinity — with dignity, courage, and zero apologies.

The doctors you won’t hear about on Doctor’s Day — because some specialisations are meant for ‘ladies’

July 03, 2025 5:47 pm

Branches with uncertain futures, those considered unconventional or ‘soft’, are routinely dismissed as ‘ladies’ branches. Fixed work hours, no night shifts, a steady, though not stellar, income — ideal for women balancing work and home

How to raise a boy: Indian fatherhood needs a reset. We must show there is more to men than just being breadwinners

May 25, 2025 10:06 am

The first step to becoming healthy men, model fathers, and raising a new generation of amazing boys is to make space for vulnerability, care, and emotional presence