Illustration in Manjula Padmanabhan's 'Shrinking Vanita'

The little girl who saved the planet

Meghna Majumdar

Manjula Padmanabhan’s latest book, Shrinking Vanita, features a ‘different’ kind of superhero

Negotiating identity and faith Veera Hiranandani

‘I wanted her to ask why she had to choose’

Veera Hiranandani talks about her latest book The Night Diary, which is set against the backdrop of Partition

V.S. Naipaul in 2005

'I feel as sad as if I just lost a beloved older brother': Salman Rushdie on V.S. Naipaul's death

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Reactions to V.S. Naipaul's passing

Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul 1932-2018

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

AP In an extraordinary career, Naipaul traveled as a self-described “barefoot colonial” from his rural Trinidad childhood to upper class England

In this undated black and white photo provided by Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co., Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami poses at its radio station in Tokyo. Mr. Murakami has hosted a radio show featuring some of his favourite songs for jogging and says writing novels to him is about rhythm, as in music and running.

Haruki Murakami talks music, running and novels on radio show

AP In “Murakami Radio”, a pre-recorded show, the author played nine numbers he enjoys running to rock and jazz selected from thousands of titles stored on several iPods.

Who is S. Hareesh?

S. Anandan As Kerala’s paddy-rich Kuttanad reels under its worst flood in recent times, the region’s most promising storyteller is fighting a deluge of religious hate. Award-winning writer S. Hareesh, whose stories are imbued with an undertone of caste and politics at play in daily life, withdrew his debut novel, Meesha (Moustache), barely into its third instalment in the Mathrubhumi weekly, after some right-wing groups did not take kindly to a “misrepresented” fragment in it. On Wednesday, the novel was

A love story and a storm

TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES: J. Swaminathan

A unique poet-painter

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Charting her spiritual progress

View from the other side

Illustration in Manjula Padmanabhan's 'Shrinking Vanita'

The little girl who saved the planet

‘I wanted her to ask why she had to choose’

'I feel as sad as if I just lost a beloved older brother': Salman Rushdie on V.S. Naipaul's death

Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies aged 85

Keep calm and aloe on

From saffron kajal to rosewater spritzes, our beauty columnist walks us through the discoveries of her debut book

Rooted to reality

Remembering Acharya Shivpujan Sahay, who served Hindi literature with distinction

Winning your inner belief

Actor-writer Mindy Kaling tells us how one can do virtually the impossible in her book,“Why Not me?”

Kannada writer Sumatheendra Nadig no more

Well-known Kannada poet and critic Sumatheendra R. Nadig passed away early on Tuesday morning in Bengaluru.The 83-year-old writer was an important

Haruki Murakami says writing novels is about rhythm

In “Murakami Radio”, a pre-recorded radio show, the Japanese author opens up about his love for music and running.

Who is S. Hareesh?

As Kerala’s paddy-rich Kuttanad reels under its worst flood in recent times, the region’s most promising storyteller is fighting a deluge of religious

A love story and a storm

After her maiden book on parenting, former journalist turned writer Lakshmy Ramanathan combines reportage with fiction in her new novel

A true life story

Set in Colombia. Ingrid Rojas Contreras’s debut novel, “Fruit of the Drunken Tree” is a fascinating mix of fiction and reality.

In defence of Nehru

In his masterfully structured lecture, Prof. Namvar Singh seeks to explore India’s awe-inspiring civilisational journey through the writings of Jawaharlal Nehru

‘Raindrops on My Memory Yacht’ weaves together blog posts from a distant shore

Thiruvananthapuram-born Swathi Sasidharan’s memoir is a collection of blog posts she wrote in Ireland

Paper Jewels: Tracking postcards from the Raj

A new book showcases 500 postcards from the Raj, ‘the Instagram of the time’, which travelled the world and told tales from the subcontinent

People’s voice

Poetry, for Gopaldas Neeraj, was an uncontrollable urge, and the entire universe was his subject matter

A unique poet-painter

Remembering J. Swaminathan, who brought ‘something of the revolutionary’s ruthlessness into art’

Why and how we eat

Paul Rozin explains how the sense of taste and appetite is shaped by the brain

Love and loss in Mumbai

Vrushali Telang’s latest novel is a homage to her city’s erstwhile organised criminal era and the irresistible lure of a toxic romance

Graphic novel in Booker Prize longlist for the first time

U.S. cartoonist Nick Drnaso’s novel “Sabrina” is on a list featuring four debut works and four authors under the age of 30 besides Golden Booker winner Michael Ondaatje. Seven of the 13 authors are women.

‘Let’s not rake it up again,’ says muzzled author of ‘Meesha’

S. Hareesh withdraws his debut novel after the ultra right-wing relentlessly heckles and threatens him and his family

An extremely honest telling

In his book “The End of Eddy”, Edouard Louis opens up about growing up in a family stewed in violence, alcoholism and racism

Memories like the fragrance of a flower

M.N. Vyasa Rao, well-known Kannada film lyricist, poet and novelist, passed away last weekend. The affectionate, affable writer had a huge circle of friends who cherished his company and warmth

A daunting exercise

Celebrated multilingual poet Suhail Kakorvi attempts to decode the textual gravity of Mirza Ghalib’s poetry

Lest we forget...

Sprinkled with engrossing details, Rana Safvi’s “The Forgotten Cities of Delhi” explores the Capital’s layered past like a personal journey

Ordinary people in extraordinary situations

Author Ruth Ware says setting is important to her as she likes to take the reader on a trip to somewhere remarkable

I have a weak heart: Surendra Mohan Pathak

Master of mystery, Surendra Mohan Pathak takes us into his world of pulp fiction where the ordinary chases the extraordinary

Strong, like a girl

As “Like A Girl”, which tells stirring stories of 56 women who made a definitive change in society, hits the stands, writer Aparna Jain and art director Ayesha Broacha speak about how the inspirational book came into being

Why Bharathi is called a 'Mahakavi'?

The works of the fiery poet, a pillar of the freedom struggle, are unknown to non-Tamils

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar winner Bala Sudhakar Mouli : Villages lay a basis to our existence

Bala Sudhakar Mouli’s poetry is an outlet to the changes in his immediate surroundings

In the zone of writing

What does it take to publish 10 novels in seven years? Sudeep Nagarkar gives his fans an idea of how he does it

A parallel reality

The book Elixir explores an individual’s inner life vis-a-vis a materialistic society

‘Poverty can be alleviated only through right policies’

Senior economist Jebamalai Vinanchiarachi’s latest book, ‘The Poverty of economic thinking,’ was released at St. Joseph's College, his alma mater, on

Unravelling intimate mystery

In his new book, author Carl Zimmer cogently explains why children resemble their parents

Ode to friendship

Full of witty anecdotes, C. Rajshekhar Rao’s latest novel has many surprises and dramatic sequences

On S D Burman, the man and his music

Authors Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal discuss S D Burman in their new book ‘S D Burman, The Prince Musician’

Dark side of domesticity

Rebecca Fleet describes her debut novel as a relationship drama as much as it is a thriller

Knitted anecdotes

Devanshi Sharma began her writing journey at the age of 17 with her first novel, Unimaginably True. She believes that her writing revolves around two

Reclaiming faith

Pavan Varma’s latest book traces the life and times of the Adi Shankaracharya and his philosophical message

I feel tenderness towards most of my books, says Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje talks of the adventure of meeting strangers you will never meet again

Nadia Akbar’s 'Goodbye Freddie Mercury' gives the reader a slice of Lahore

Drugs, sex, political plots — Nadia Akbar’s debut novel takes us inside the mansions of Pakistan’s ruling elite

Tell them why

Citing examples of well known companies, Simon Sinek delves into the issue of success in his latest book

Understanding the other

Unravelling little-known cultural mysteries of Dogri speaking communities, Darshan Darshi’s latest novel analyses profound questions about religious, social and cultural consciousness

Mommy knows best

In conversation with Sharmila Ribeiro, winner of the family cookbook category at the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards

If Akbar and Ibrahim II had met, they would have liked each other: Manu S. Pillai

The writer’s latest book moves beyond Shivaji to present a better understanding of the history of the Deccan

A ‘trip’ that is different

Michael Pollan in his new book looks at drugs to discuss how they have have acquired a negative connotation than required

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