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Joshua Bejoy, the author of Murder at the Leaky Barrel. Photo: Special Arrangement

Author of bestselling crime novel at the age of 11

Mini Muringatheri

Pune-based Malayali boy Joshua Bejoy’s novel currently tops in Amazon Kindle edition in U.S., Canada

OTA’s Lady Cadets are the heroes of Tanushree Podder's latest novel

Deepa Alexander

Tanushree Podder sets her latest military adventure ‘The Girls in Green’ in Chennai’s Officers Training Academy

Kalki Koechlin’s ‘giant experience’: the actor on her pregnancy memoir, ‘The Elephant in the Womb’

The actor’s pregnancy memoir, ‘The Elephant in the Womb’, is filled not just with her poems and rants, but also discusses parenting choices and abortions

Paula Hawkins on ‘A Slow Fire Burning’: ‘It always starts with a character’

Mini Anthikad Chhibber Her latest book, the British author says, is about a troubled young woman, and something terrible happening on a houseboat

VJ James on ‘Anti-Clock’: ‘Time has imprisoned us’

Mini Anthikad Chhibber The author says man can never claim to be master of time until he experiences timelessness and infinity

Savita Hiremath

Savita Hiremath’s book ‘Endlessly Green’ says why solid waste management is an ethical practice

Praveen Sudevan The author answers a few FAQs on composting

The book ‘Space Life Matter’ by Hari Pulakkat (Hachette India)

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interview How ‘Space. Life. Matter.’ is a celebration of Indian science discovery

Floyd Cooper, acclaimed children's illustrator, dead at 65

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Author of bestselling crime novel at the age of 11

OTA’s Lady Cadets are the heroes of Tanushree Podder's latest novel

Watch | In conversation with Kalki Koechlin on her book ‘The Elephant in the Womb’

Kalki Koechlin’s ‘giant experience’: the actor on her pregnancy memoir, ‘The Elephant in the Womb’

Ashoka, not a nice guy?: Ravi Shankar Etteth on his latest book, ‘The Return of The Brahmin’

Paula Hawkins on ‘A Slow Fire Burning’: ‘It always starts with a character’

MD Manoj’s passion for cinema and music has been expressed in several books

Manoj’s latest is a book on SP Balasubrahmanyam

The fragile heritage of the early mosques of South East Asia

Conservation architect Patricia Tusa Fels trains the spotlight on vernacular architecture of the early mosques of SE Asia and the danger of losing it to modernity in her book ‘Monsoon Mosques: Arrival of Islam and the Development of a Mosque Vernacular’

Auroville and the price of perfection: Akash Kapur on his new book

Writer Akash Kapur turns his gaze inwards in his new book, ‘Better to Have Gone’, to investigate the mystery behind the deaths of two family members, and unravel larger truths about the City of Dawn

‘The Glass Palace’ travels to Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan foreign service officer Niluka Kadurugamuwa’s ‘Veeduru Maligawa’, a translation of ‘The Glass Palace’, brings Amitav Ghosh to the Sinhala reader

Umpteen travels with Yathra Mohan in ‘A Tourist’s Guide to Calicut’

Seventy-four year-old veteran travel guide Yathra Mohan chats about ‘A Tourist’s Guide to Calicut’, a practical and interesting tour book on the historic city of Kozhikode

Amia Srinivasan: of sex, politics and discomfort

Oxford’s star philosopher Amia Srinivasan has released one of the most divisive books of the year and may change how we see feminism

Malayalam novel on Draupadi explores the character’s relevance today

Sanskrit teacher Rajani KP’s Yajnaseni looks at Draupadi’s layered and eventful life

‘I see Murugan as language’: Writer Kala Krishnan on her new mythological fiction, ‘Mahasena’

The poet and author talks about her fascination with the Tamil God and the challenges of writing her debut novel

Book on Mughal art and culture explores the dynasty’s rich aesthetic legacy

Thirteen eminent scholars write on varied subjects such as portraits of royal women, garden typologies and imperial objets d’art

VJ James on ‘Anti-Clock’: ‘Time has imprisoned us’

The author says man can never claim to be master of time until he experiences timelessness and infinity

Stay in the moment: Former equestrian Imtiaz Anees’ advice to Fouaad Mirza at Tokyo Olympics

Fouaad became the first equestrian rider from India to qualify for the Olympics since Imtiaz’s appearance in the 2000 Sydney Games

Savita Hiremath’s book ‘Endlessly Green’ says why solid waste management is an ethical practice

The author answers a few FAQs on composting

How ‘Space. Life. Matter.’ is a celebration of Indian science discovery

As he dissects the varied and unusual themes of his first book ‘Space. Life. Matter.’, journalist-author Hari Pulakkat explains where India stands in the global space of science research

Floyd Cooper, acclaimed children's illustrator, dead at 65

He illustrated dozens of books and his work on Joyce Carol Thomas’ The Blacker the Berry brought him the Coretta Scott King Award in 2009 for achievement by a Black illustrator.

Chennai author Atrayee Bhattacharya copes with pandemic worries through satire, in ‘Life with a Pinch of Salt’

The book is an anthology inspired by the real-life experiences of the author

Ian Cardozo, who amputated his own leg on the battlefield, writes about the 1971 Indo-Pak War

Indian Army officer Major General Ian Cardozo marks 50 years of the war that defined him and India in his book ‘1971 - Stories of Grit and Glory from the Indo-Pak War’

‘Mortuary Tales,’ takes a look at everyone’s secret fears

With ‘Mortuary Tales’, first-time author Kashif Mashaikh has readers looking at scenarios they would dread to find themselves in

‘The most important thing to have is a thinking routine’: Fredrik Backman

The bestselling author of Beartown says the lockdown hasn’t restricted him much since he’s not a huge fan of travelling

Interview | Akkai Padmashali: In her words

Transgender activist Akkai Padmashali talks to The Hindu about her autobiography, the way forward for the community and the need for political activism.

‘These days, I do not write with the same degree of frankness as before’: Salma

Tamil writer Salma’s literary beliefs feed into her political activism

Kalki speaks of untold lives of transgender people in her new book

The transgender activist’s collection of poems, essays, monologues, art and illustrations in her new book is an expression of hope

Girish Karnad — a life at play

Aesthete, intellectual, restless storyteller. Looking back at Girish Karnad in the light of his newly released memoirs

Why Kabir Bedi wanted to be as vulnerable as possible for ‘Stories I Must Tell’

Actor Kabir Bedi discusses ‘Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life of an Actor’, surfing through heartbreaks and dealing with the loss of a dear one in his deeply personal memoir

Odia poet chosen for 2020 Kuvempu award

Dr. Rajendra Kishore Panda has published 16 poetry collections and a novel

Through Tony’s eyes: Laurie Woolever on co-writing ‘World Travel’ with late chef Anthony Bourdain

Laurie Woolever, who co-wrote ‘World Travel: An Irreverent Guide’ with Anthony Bourdain, says the book is an artefact of the world as it was when the chef, author and television host, visited it

Finding closure: author Trisha Das on her sequel, ‘The Misters Kuru: A Return to Mahabharat’

Offering a feminist interpretation of the Mahabharata, Trisha Das says she is taking the story to its logical conclusion

Hope in an oven: on writer Saee Koranne-Khandekar’s digital fundraising cookbook

Culinary consultant and writer Saee Koranne-Khandekar’s digital fundraising cookbook is all about ‘non-lessons’

Space for you and space for me: on Chimamanda Adichie’s essay

Chimamanda Adichie’s essay turns the spotlight on the violence inherent in social media today

Dhoni, Priyanka, CSK and World Cup 2011: Suresh Raina on his favourite people and moments

The cricketer, in his recently released autobiography, ‘Believe’, talks about the people and moments he has cherished the most

Rare pictures from the Thanjavur Saraswati Mahal Library now in a book

Pratap Sinh Bhosle of the erstwhile royal family of Tanjore unearths uncommon pictures from the archives of the library for ‘Rare Prints’

Ranjitha Ashok’s ‘Half a Kilo Mixture’ features memories turned into short stories

The Chennai-based author has dedicated her book to the late S Muthiah, the chronicler of Madras

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik releases book of poems

The poems were penned by senior bureaucrat Bishnupada Sethi

I was called a ‘behenji’ and ‘shameless’ in the same breath: Neena Gupta

The wickedly funny and talented actor has a lot to say about everything, from her theatre days to OTT platforms, in her autobiography

Ruskin Bond on childhood, beaches, pandemic and more

The acclaimed author released a new book, ‘All-Time Favourites for Children’, on his 87th birthday last month

Jeffrey Archer chats about the third fast-paced crime-thriller in the William Warwick series

‘Turn A Blind Eye’ is a treat for diehard fans of author Jeffrey Archer’s storytelling

Online relay reading of Girish Karnad’s autobiography

It will be a tribute to the playwright on his death anniversary

Malcolm Gladwell: I’ve never before told a story that was just one narrative

An audiophile to the core, Malcolm Gladwell chats about his latest release ‘The Bomber Mafia’ first being an audiobook, and recalls encouraging the Obamas to delve into podcasting

Farewell to an extraordinary writer

Ki Rajanarayanan did not win the many awards he might have but he truly lived along with the sun

‘The Israeli Occupation is fundamentally and undeniably unjust’: Colum McCann

The Irish author, whose last novel, ‘Apeirogon’, has an Israeli and a Palestinian at its centre, talks of using “radical empathy” in conflict areas

Introducing Gaddar to non-Telugu speakers

Vasanth Kannabiran shares why translating Gaddar’s works was a challenge

More than words: why it’s a good time to explore wordless books

If you haven’t tried a wordless picture book yet, now is a good time to leave behind the politics of language and explore

KiRa inscribed a new landscape on the literary map

Remembering Ki. Rajanarayanan, wordsmith and joyous chronicler of life

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