His collection of poems presents a case for character and world building

In the book, Vidya Krishnan joins the dots between the inaccessibility of drugs, human folly and prejudices that come in the way of clinical care

Reena Kukreja’s exceptional book reviews the multiple markers of oppression and victimhood that women face in rural north India

The essays are an engrossing read because of Atwood’s felicitous expressions, analytical depth and choice of topics

The Mumbai-based artist on his prison-inspired work, the power of art and how inmates turned collaborators

They can hold a neem berry deftly in their pickaxe-like beak, toss it up and gulp it down like one would toss a peanut into the mouth

As the philosopher Alexander Herzen said, a child’s purpose is to be a child

Organised by the Sahitya Akademi, the recent Unmesha was a literature festival that showcased multiple voices and ideological viewpoints. An academic reflects on the State’s role in such a literary event

Tamil filmmaker Pa Ranjith, who unveiled the poster of his upcoming movie at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, talks about spotlighting caste inequalities and creating his brand of cinema as counterculture

The idea of a zero-waste diet may be an answer to climate change but it has been de rigueur in Indian homes for generations

A new documentary by S Akmal Hanan and Surbhi Dewan shines a personalised light on a section of Kashmir nobody wants to talk about — its transgender community

Indian-origin chef Meherwan Irani on Chai Pani winning America’s outstanding restaurant award, the flavours that made him and serving dishes bursting with memories

In her just-published book, the US-based lawyer-entrepreneur speaks of life after reality television and why outspoken women have it tough in love

While birds that have disappeared leave us unsettled, those who have stuck it out give us some avian relief

More than Malayalam mainstream, it is the indies — such as these three films, which won top creative prize at the 52nd Kerala State Film Awards — that are proof of what Anurag Kashyap said at the 26th IFFK about Malayalam cinema chronicling the times, unlike Hindi films

Pride Month special: Don't miss out on what filmmakers have to say about queer stories and spaces, treatment of the LGBTQ community, and such

Writer-director Nishant Roy Bombarde on why he likes to delve into the lives of people on the fringes of society and the risks taken by indie filmmakers to tell queer stories

Filmmaker Harshavardhan Kulkarni on directing Badhaai Do and checking his heteronormative gaze

Devi Prasad Pandey was part of my paternal grandmother’s household, my earliest memories connect me to food and prayer — and both link me to him

Ahead of the release of his memoir later this month, National Award-winning filmmaker Onir talks about identity, his journey and why LGBTQIA+ representation in films still has a long way to go

In the photo book, the late Vinay Sheel Oberoi drew on his experiences as an IAS officer in the Northeast and narrates a colourful account of the tribe in Arunachal Pradesh with whom he shares an old connection.

A collection of essays and illustrations become a medium to understand ecological processes and projects by Bengaluru-based Biome Environmental Solutions, across its three-decade history

At the centre of Jose’s debut novel is a narrator who tries to make sense of a world that changes and bewilders her

A new anthology lays bare a ruptured age in verse, straddling the social and political to record the historical