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Meet Amitav Ghosh, Gulzar at Spring Fever 2015
February 19, 2015 18:47 IST
Spring Fever 2015, which will bring prominent writers like Ruskin Bond, Amitav Ghosh and lyricist Gulzar to the capital.
Delhi World Book Fair to get bigger in 2016
February 17, 2015 13:51 IST
Organisers team is "thinking big" for the next edition where China will be the guest country at this annual business-to-business event.
‘To be a craftsman in a language is incredibly difficult’
February 15, 2015 17:37 IST
At the first-ever reading of Flood of Fire in India, Amitav Ghosh talks about his connections with Manipur.
A book that judges you: Introducing the world’s first temperamental volume
February 15, 2015 01:00 IST
Technology has made it easy to play with books. But what do you do with a volume that decides if it wants to be read or not?
A real love story in dark strokes
February 15, 2015 00:31 IST
Scott McCloud, a comic book scholar, draws an epic graphic novel of his own.
The More Things Change
February 14, 2015 04:54 IST
A reprint of an old favourite and why it continues to be relevant in modern times.
It Isn’t Easy Being Green
February 14, 2015 04:49 IST
A wildlife chronicle that is both a record of India’s heritage and a reminder of what we are likely to lose if we continue on our urbanising spree.
What Makes Us Sapiens?
February 14, 2015 04:47 IST
Did plants enslave humans in the agricultural revolution? Yuval Noah Harari uses such contrary theses to undermine the traditional account of human history.
‘His style of writing is unforgiving and brutally honest’
February 12, 2015 00:00 IST
Bhalchandra Nemade's publishers and contemporaries talk about why this shouldn’t overshadow his work and the Jnanpith win.
Circle of Life
February 9, 2015 00:07 IST
Ali Cobby Eckermann’s latest book is an honest confrontation with her demons and celebration of ancient wisdom.
A dark twist in her career
February 8, 2015 00:31 IST
Paula Hawkins’s journey to The Girl on the Train.
What the world is reading: A cause for celebration
February 8, 2015 00:12 IST
Pre-orders of the book, to be released July 14, have already made it an Amazon bestseller.
’Tis a Pity She’s a Drunk
February 7, 2015 02:16 IST
The new Gone Girl? Not quite, but still gripping.
The City of Lost Souls
February 7, 2015 02:10 IST
A fine introduction to the fictional landscape of Malayalam writer Sethu.
A War and Its Witnesses
February 7, 2015 02:01 IST
The tragic story of the Sri Lankan conflict, told through three protagonists.
Blood, Fire and the Birth of a Nation
February 7, 2015 01:52 IST
The heroism of ordinary people is the focus of this book on the 1971 Bangladesh war.
A Slice of Royalty
February 4, 2015 00:00 IST
The last published book by Manipur’s MK Binodini Devi gives us a glimpse into the past and present of the northeast state.
16 inspiring quotes by best-selling author Ayn Rand on her birth anniversary
February 2, 2015 16:27 IST
Ayn Rand who shot to fame with her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged advocated Objectivism.
That my characters are lesbian is both central and incidental: Welsh novelist Sarah Waters
February 1, 2015 01:00 IST
Set in London in the 1920s, The Paying Guests features Frances Wray and her widowed mother who have fallen on hard times after World War I.
Mark Zuckerberg’s latest pitch highlights how nature of publishing has changed radically
February 1, 2015 01:00 IST
Where exactly is someone like Zuckerberg located in this game? Is he part of the crowd or elevated above it?
The Bird Man Returns: Zafar Futehally’s recently published memoir brings back fond memories
February 1, 2015 01:00 IST
Zafar Futehally’s recently published memoir brings back fond memories of one of India’s most popular ornithologists and closet peacekeeper.
Book Review: Life’s Like That
January 31, 2015 03:42 IST
A study of handpicked Indian cartoons across generations that will be a treat for lovers of the contrarian art.
Book Review: Rooms with a View
January 31, 2015 03:38 IST
The story of Habib Rehman and his role in the success story of one of India’s biggest hospitality chains.
Book review: Scenes from a Marriage
January 31, 2015 03:33 IST
A debut novel explores the interior life of a modern family.
Book review: The Promised Land
January 31, 2015 03:29 IST
The depth, texture and brilliance of Dhulipala’s argument are hard to convey in a short review.
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