Books and Literature

Easterine Kire’s ‘The Sky Husband’: A literary hearth of Naga stories

Bill Gates’ favourite thinker makes a case against speed: Why faster isn’t always better

Get to know the GOAT: 5 books about Lionel Messi

Emily Dickinson’s defiant dash — still matters in the age of AI

Paro: Dreams of Passion — Namita Gokhale’s daring debut still burns, still bristles, still bewitches

Before Jab We Met’s Geet, Sophie Kinsella’s chaotic, flawed heroines taught me how to embrace the mess

New book reveals India’s syncretic folklore through the life and times of Saint Gorakhnath

Author Sophie Kinsella, who penned ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55

What Naresh Saxena’s poem about fish taught me about water, loss, and belonging

‘You have two days. Pack…’: Indian author recounts her harrowing Escape From Kabul

How a neuroscientist’s book on ‘Signs’ untangled my decision paralysis

Elif Shafak appointed new president of the Royal Society of Literature. What you should know

Nobel Laureate Laszlo Krasznahorkai’s desolate elegy: In place of hope, a vision of silent angels

‘The Thinking Machine’: How NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang built the most coveted chip

Has the US already lost to China? Trump’s policies and the shifting global order

Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian and a Thief is a Karan Johar pretending to be Satyajit RaySubscriber Only

In new novel Katabasis, RF Kuang blends myth, romance and academic satireSubscriber Only

Railsong: India story through the twin melting pots of the Railways and BombaySubscriber Only

Secret Santas, take note: 7 books that will actually get read

Supreme Court dismisses PIL against Arundhati Roy’s book cover showing her smoking

Why Yellowface author R F Kuang boycotted the UAE Literature Festival, explained

Aftertaste | There’s a Ghost in My Room — Sanjoy Roy’s haunted human comedy

A Mumbai mother’s solution to kids’ screen time: An app-based book rental service

The silent revolution: Why today’s children’s books aren’t what you remember