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]Interview: Claire Kohda, author, Woman, Eating
Updated on Jul 10, 2023 06:50 PM IST
On being mixed race, the connection between vampires and colonialism, and her protagonist’s imagined sisterhood with Amrita Sher-Gil
Saudamini Jain
Book Box | On building libraries and burning books
Moving from the renovated David Sassoon Library to four books that trace the history of burning libraries, their resilience and the emotions they evoke
Published on Jul 08, 2023 12:53 PM IST
Excerpt: Hills of Paradise by Mineke Schipper
This extract debunks Freudian notions to suggest that the male envy of the female abilty to procreate is what lies at the root of violence directed at women
Updated on Jul 08, 2023 01:15 AM IST
Mineke Schipper
Interview: Danya Kukafka, author, Notes on an Execution – “The crime genre is becoming more victim-focused”
On using multiple perspectives to explore trauma and delve into the mind of a condemned serial killer as he awaits execution
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 11:49 PM IST
Shireen Quadri
HT Picks; New Reads
The reading list this week includes a volume on the history, philosophy and beautiful artworks of the Pushti Marg faith, a book that examines why India’s foreign policy is often characterized by multiple hesitations that may impede the nation’s growth to power, and a novel that intertwines past and present to tell the tale of two unforgettable characters
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 11:44 PM IST
HT Team
Review: Bondhu by Kunal Sen
Kunal Sen’s biography of his father film maker Mrinal Sen provides a picture of the auteur’s family life and friendships, and glimpses of an unusual father-son relationship
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 11:41 PM IST
Shoma A Chatterji
Review: Water in a Broken Pot byYogesh Maitreya
Justifying the author’s vulnerabilities with elaborate social commentary, this Dalit memoir lucidly decodes society’s ways of sensing and seeing
Updated on Jul 07, 2023 11:39 PM IST
Suraj Yengde
Review: The Village Maestro & 100 Other Stories by Varghese Mathai
The 101 micro-stories in this volume draw from a world of wisdom and offer peace and healing even as they urge the reader to become a catalyst for change
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 05:08 PM IST
Lamat R Hasan
Review: The Home Scar by Kathleen MacMahon
A novel that asks how much can we truly know about those we are closest to, and by extension, about ourselves
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 05:00 PM IST
Hritik Verma
Report: Kashish Mumbai International Queer Film Festival
The fourteenth edition of the festival was a remarkable celebration of queer joy that also provided a great opportunity to socialise
Updated on Jul 05, 2023 10:21 PM IST
The great London bookstore crawl
From Foyle’s to Foster Books and Libreria, here’s a list of bookstores that you must visit the next time you’re in the city
Updated on Jul 04, 2023 05:31 PM IST
Teja Lele
Interview: Sukrita Paul Kumar, guest editor, Indian Literature
Sukrita Paul Kumar recently took over as Guest Editor of Sahitya Akademi’s literary journal, Indian Literature, a 200-page print magazine
Updated on Jul 03, 2023 08:26 PM IST
Suhit Bombaywala
Review: Allah Mian Ka Karkhana by Mohsin Khan
A novel that explores the idea that the punishment mechanism is often part of the human desire to trample upon others
Updated on Jul 02, 2023 10:38 AM IST
Shafey Kidwai
Book Box | The secret lives of banks
Whether you are a finance person or simply curious about money, power and human behaviour, read these four books for an insightful analysis of economic systems
Published on Jul 01, 2023 12:58 PM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
On the reading list this week is a book that looks at Delhi’s incredible avian life, a courtesan’s memoir narrated to her son with candour and grace, and a scholarly work that looks at history and myth to provide insights into the way women and men still interact with each other today
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 07:49 PM IST
HT Team
Bonnie Garmus - “As humans, we all want to live a life that matters”
On her debut novel about a female scientist in 1960s USA that’s set to become a web series starring Academy Award winner Brie Larson
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 07:48 PM IST
Arunima Mazumdar
Review: Who Clicked That Pic? by Nandita da Cunha and Priya Kuriyan
An inspiring picture book for children pays homage to Homai Vyarawalla, India’s first woman photojournalist
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 07:47 PM IST
Review: Yamuna’s Journey by Baba Padmanji
An English translation of Yamunaparyatan, which is regarded as India’s first vernacular novel, brings to life the beliefs, efforts, and methods of 19th-century Indian social reformers
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 07:46 PM IST
Syed Saad Ahmed
Cathy Scott-Clark & Adrian Levy – “Torture undid the US rules-bound system”
The authors of The Forever Prisoner, which focuses on the case of Abu Zubaydah, reveal how the US torture program proliferated, how it was misused by US allies, and how detainees were used as training props resulting in their deaths
Updated on Jun 29, 2023 04:35 PM IST
Majid Maqbool
Excerpt: The Last Courtesan; Writing My Mother’s Memoir by Manish Gaekwad
Sold and trained as a tawaif while she was still a child, Rekhabai went on to make a name for herself in the kothas of Calcutta and Bombay in the 1980s and 90s
Updated on Jun 29, 2023 03:56 PM IST
Manish Gaekwad
The new Perry Mason – more Raymond Chandler than Raymond Burr
HBO’s Perry Mason employs the 1930s setting as a lens to investigate the perennial anxieties surrounding race, class, sexuality and immigration in America
Updated on Jun 30, 2023 03:32 PM IST
Essay: On why we enjoy memoirs
A look at the enduring appeal of the literary form that provide an insight into the lives of everyone from princes and celebrities to marginalised individuals
Updated on Jun 27, 2023 05:45 PM IST
Deepansh Duggal
Srinath Perur – “Language carries associations of both pride and vulnerability”
The translator and chair of the jury of the JCB Prize for Literature, 2023, on translating Girish Karnad’s memoirs
Updated on Jun 26, 2023 06:09 PM IST
Book Box: In Bengaluru, a walk in the park and books as ideal companions
Campus novels are absorbing reads because they are plump with the possibilities of youthful energy, with a heady mix of idealism and evil, and of human passions
Published on Jun 24, 2023 03:01 PM IST
Traute Lafrenz showed that resistance to the Nazis was possible
The last member of the White Rose group died on March 6th, aged 103
Published on Jun 24, 2023 11:13 AM IST
The Economist
Interview: Paramita Brahmachari – “My covers are in a hand-drawn style”
The winner of the Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize 2023 on her process of interpreting books to make striking jackets and illustrations
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 05:05 PM IST
HT Picks; New Reads
This week’s reading list includes a volume on how humans pass on information and technology changes our lives, another that taps into the data revolution to catch the onset of disease years before symptoms arise, and a novel that explores the consequence of remembering your history in an indifferent milieu
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 05:04 PM IST
HT Team
Review: When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala by Avijit Ghosh
Avijit Ghosh's book "When Ardh Satya Met Himmatwala" challenges the popular narrative that Hindi cinema in the 1980s was all about trash and flash. The author approaches the era with a cinephile's devotion, shedding light on the economic and political climate of the time and the challenges the industry faced. While the book offers insights into the Bollywood formula, it falls short of delivering on its title's tantalizing promise.
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 05:03 PM IST
Karthik Shankar
Review: Migrants by Sam Miller
Ranging widely across time and around the world, this book is a vast exploration of stories of human migrations that have shaped the modern world
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 05:02 PM IST
Samrat Choudhury
Interview: Sumit Purohit- “No one can predict what audience is going to like.”
On Scam 92, incorporating his own life experiences in shows, and how helpful it is for writers to have a good agent
Updated on Jun 23, 2023 04:59 PM IST
Mihir Chitre
