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Write Way to Murder: Guillermo Martinez on the importance of intuition in crime solving and writing
December 25, 2015 22:22 IST
The 53-year-old Argentinian is in Mumbai for the Tata Literature Live! Festival and will participate in a discussion on the elements of great detective fiction on Sunday.
The main thing that writers can do is go on writing: Wendy Doniger
December 25, 2015 22:22 IST
Doniger will be talking on “The Power of the Myth” over Skype at the Tata Literature Live! Festival in Mumbai today.
‘India can resist pressure but cannot influence countries’
October 28, 2015 17:08 IST
Here's an excerpt from conservative strategist Bharat Karnad's latest book.
I’m making up my own mind as a free writer and a free citizen as to what to do: Vikram Seth
October 25, 2015 01:00 IST
Writer and poet Vikram Seth talks about his new collection of poems, Summer Requiem, writing A Suitable Girl and how he does not feel any pressure to return his Sahitya Akademi award — but hopes for action.
I am very detailed in the machinery of my stories: Marlon James
October 25, 2015 01:00 IST
Marlon James, winner of this year’s Man Booker Prize, on painting a vast landscape of characters, exploring the culture and politics of Bob Marley’s Jamaica in his third novel, and why it’s a good time to be from the Caribbean island.
Book Review: The Girl in the Spider’s Web
October 24, 2015 14:43 IST
The new book in the Milennium series sticks to the old model. But Salander is less angry and more predictable.
Book Review: The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee – The Filmmaker Everyone Loves
October 24, 2015 15:20 IST
A rewarding book on Hrishikesh Mukherjee which will convince you to regard his films with admiration.
Book Review: After the Bomb – Reflections on India’s Nuclear Journey
October 24, 2015 14:44 IST
Achin Vanaik’s book is a reasoned manifesto against the nuclear arms race.
Book Review: The Monsoon War: Young Officers Reminisce – 1965 India-Pakistan War
October 24, 2015 14:45 IST
This coffee table book on the 1965 war contains unseen photographs and interesting anecdotes, but no new revelations .
The hills get ready for Kumaon Lit Fest
October 21, 2015 18:24 IST
The idyllic locales of Dhanachuli and Nainital in Uttarakhand’s Kumaon region will play host to around 120 stars from the field of literature, media, education, art, cinema and music from October 23 to 27 as part of the inaugural Kumaon Literary Festival.
Jaipur Literature Festival announces its annual writing competition
October 21, 2015 18:11 IST
For everyone who loves literature, the highly acclaimed ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival has announced its popular 'Annual Writing Competition', which allows winners to blog officially for the festival.
The Culture of Impunity: The Sahitya Akademi crisis has exposed a leadership failure
October 18, 2015 01:00 IST
The existential crisis of the Sahitya Akademi is a reminder that creative institutions should be headed by practitioners who command respect for their creative work, not their prowess in politics or administration.
Negating discussion negates the Indian philosophical tradition: Romila Thapar
October 18, 2015 01:00 IST
Historian Romila Thapar, 83, whose essays feature in the recently released anthology, The Public Intellectual in India, speaks about the growing intolerance in India, the need to dissent and what defines a public intellectual.
18 Ways to Read an Epic: Karthika Naïr reimagines Mahabharata to give voice to its voiceless characters
October 18, 2015 01:00 IST
The poet on why her poetry is political and how Arun Kolatkar drove her to this immensely ambitious project.
Clear and Present Danger
October 17, 2015 10:51 IST
The murky conflict economy of the Indian army’s counterinsurgency units and how it plays out in our peace-time
DSC Prize longlist out: Here are the 11 novels that made the cut
October 16, 2015 19:15 IST
The longlist for the US $50,000 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2016 was announced at the Oxford Bookstore last evening by journalist and author Mark Tully, also chair of the jury.
Marlon James becomes first Jamaican to receive Booker prize for his book on Bob Marley’s assassination
October 14, 2015 09:40 IST
James said he hoped his victory would bring 'more attention to what's coming out of Jamaica and the Caribbean.'
‘Secularism and communalism are conjoined twins’
October 12, 2015 17:39 IST
A book that explores communalism through short stories from across the country, launched in the Capital.
Book: A dummies’ guide to the great big Indian wedding
October 11, 2015 15:43 IST
Brides are more confident and feisty, and if you can't do a destination wedding, then bring the destination to the wedding, says the book 'The Big Indian Wedding: The Ultimate Guide For Dummies'.
Can the Tortoise Win the Race?
October 10, 2015 05:09 IST
Ninan knows much from his daily observations about India’s frailties; in this book, he takes a panoramic view and suggests how some might be repaired.
A Sampling of the Old Malice
October 10, 2015 00:16 IST
A new anthology of Khushwant Singh’s uncollected works offers a good sampling of the late writer’s many qualities
The Ghazi of Peace
October 10, 2015 05:06 IST
Shahid Amin, one of India’s most creative and learned historians, explores Indian syncretism through the legend of an 11th century warrior-saint.
Written in the Genes
October 10, 2015 00:11 IST
Gene sequencing will be to the 21st century what the stethoscope was to the 20th. A new book explores its multiple ethical issues
A man of discipline and industry, my father wrote every day of his life: Khushwant Singh’s son
October 21, 2021 05:43 IST
This year at Kasauli Club, it’s a celebration that encompasses the life and times of Khushwant Singh.
And still I rise: Why Manjula Padmanabhan never came to terms being the second sex
October 4, 2015 00:00 IST
Manjula Padmanabhan on her new book, never coming to terms with being the second sex and learning to look at darkness without fear
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