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J. K. Rowling ready with her Christmas gift for Harry Potter fans
December 6, 2014 15:55 IST
The 12-day period- from December 12-23- will have one Potter story released daily, said Rowling.
Just right for kids
December 6, 2014 02:34 IST
Minhas tries too hard to be funny and the effort shows, making it a rather patchy read.
Does God Wear Shoes?
December 6, 2014 02:31 IST
Arundhathi Subramaniam’s new collection of poems is a rich record of her experiments and accidents with spirituality and culture.
‘One has to be creative to be critical’
December 6, 2014 02:25 IST
Derek Attridge, professor of English at the University of York talks of the need to champion original voices in literature, discovering JM Coetzee.
A Man of Many Parts
December 6, 2014 02:21 IST
A student remembers the contributions of the historian Tapan Raychaudhuri, who passed away recently
Half Girlfriend did not insult Dumraon, clarifies Chetan Bhagat
December 5, 2014 11:48 IST
Author Chetan Bhagat ridiculed allegations that its contents had insulted the former kingdom of Dumraon in Bihar.
Defying Conventions: The UEA literary activism symposium
December 4, 2014 10:50 IST
The UEA literary activism symposium in Kolkata champions the cause of new literature.
Book review: Is Ideal Wife an ideal read? For Bollywood masala lovers, it is
December 3, 2014 15:23 IST
You pretty much make up your mind whether to go ahead with the book or not after reading the Preface.
Six Indian authors in NYT 100 Notable Books of 2014
December 3, 2014 10:52 IST
Indian historian and writer Ramachandra Guha makes it to the list with "Gandhi Before India."
Lucy Hawking on writing for children with her father Stephen Hawking
December 2, 2014 12:28 IST
Lucy Hawking on writing for children with her father Stephen Hawking and a new film on their family.
Girls Gone Wild: It’s time literature dealt with the anti-heroine, say Gillian Flynn and Cheryl Strayed
November 30, 2014 11:20 IST
Gone Girl and Wild, two of the most talked about movies this year, are both based on books by authors whose characters defy every gender stereotype in the book. Gillian Flynn and Cheryl Strayed say it’s time literature dealt with the anti-heroine
Srinagar is a place of great melancholy: Kashmiri writer Mirza Waheed
November 30, 2014 01:00 IST
Kashmiri writer Mirza Waheed on broken people in a broken city, where memory meets fiction and stories write themselves.
Book Review: Delhi After Dark
November 29, 2014 04:47 IST
Ghosts, crime and the city. Only if there weren’t a thesaurus spilt on the pages
Adi, Anta and a City
November 29, 2014 04:47 IST
A novel steeped in India’s past and illuminating about its present
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
November 29, 2014 04:43 IST
The dead speak through this book on anti-terror laws and their abuse
The Loose Ends of History
November 29, 2014 04:39 IST
Fukuyama is as erudite as ever, but his catchall analysis does not add to the literature of political sociology
Jhumpa Lahiri in shortlist for DSC Prize
November 28, 2014 14:58 IST
Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri is one of five frontrunners for next year's DSC Prize.
Original “Alice in Wonderland” manuscript to travel to US museums
November 28, 2014 12:33 IST
Lewis Carroll's original handwritten, illustrated manuscript for "Alice in Wonderland" will travel to the U.S. to mark its 150th anniversary.
Queen of crime writing PD James dies at 94
November 28, 2014 12:18 IST
P.D. James took the classic British detective story into tough modern terrain, complete with troubled relationships and brutal violence.
Leila Seth’s new book talks of the need for speedy justice
November 23, 2014 01:01 IST
Justice Leila Seth’s new collection of essays gently reminds that urgency was not a stranger to the UPA.
All That Remains
November 22, 2014 03:42 IST
A book to be read and savoured even though the writer is gone.
Playing it Slow and Easy
November 22, 2014 03:31 IST
Susmit Sen’s memoir traces his journey with the band Indian Ocean, but says little about his musical inspirations.
Book review: Honour and Fidelity – India’s Military Contribution to the Great War, 1914-1918
November 22, 2014 19:19 IST
From Flanders to Gallipoli, over a million Indians helped the British Empire hold the line in the First World War.
Dumraon Royal family sends legal notice to Chetan Bhagat
November 21, 2014 18:41 IST
It also quotes a paragraph from the book and alleges that the book has portrayed the erstwhile royal family members as 'gamblers and alcoholics'.
This anthology of short stories takes an ‘alternative’ approach to women empowerment
November 17, 2014 10:54 IST
An anthology of short stories challenges popular notions of what is normal in a discussion on women’s empowerment.
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