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Stephen Alter

Fiction: Augustine, son of an Englishwoman and a noble Indian, chooses a lawless life of pillage

An excerpt from ‘Silk and Steel: A Novel,’ by Stephen Alter.

Stephen Alter
· Feb 06, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Two peoples are found murdered at the ghostly Shambles Villa. Can Lionel Carmichael solve the crime?

An excerpt from ‘Death in Shambles: A Hill Station Mystery’, by Stephen Alter.

Stephen Alter
· Jan 25, 2023 · 05:30 pm
‘Birdwatching’: A secret war is raging in the Himalayas in Stephen Alter’s new novel

Set against the backdrop of the Sino-Indian war of 1962.

Stephen Alter
· Feb 22, 2022 · 05:30 pm

In this novel Stephen Alter rewrites the tale of Mowgli and ‘Jungle Book’ in a new time and place

An excerpt from ‘Feral Dreams: Mowgli And His Mothers, A Fable’, by Stephen Alter.

Stephen Alter
· Oct 30, 2020 · 05:30 pm
How catastrophic will climate change in the Himalayas be for the rest of India (and the world)?

‘Wild Himalaya’ is Stephen Alter’s monumental history of mountain range explores its present and its future as well as its past.

Stephen Alter
· Aug 22, 2019 · 06:30 am
When a 13-year-old Jim Corbett uncovered a gruesome murder mystery in the hills of Nainital

Stephen Alter’s fictionalised tribute to the life of the famous hunter-conservationist has been shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

Stephen Alter
· Oct 05, 2017 · 08:30 am

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Eco India: A shrinking habitat and overpopulation drive Gir lions into human settlements

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Dec 15, 2024 · 08:55 am
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Dec 14, 2024 · 03:33 pm
Video: Rajdeep Sardesai explains how hate has captured Indian newsrooms

Dec 12, 2024 · 04:33 pm

Was Jim Corbett an exterminator or a conservationist (or both)?

An excerpt from the illuminating introduction to a new edition of the eternal ‘Man-eaters of Kumaon’.

Stephen Alter
· Feb 09, 2017 · 08:30 am

Stephen Alter

Fiction: Augustine, son of an Englishwoman and a noble Indian, chooses a lawless life of pillage

An excerpt from ‘Silk and Steel: A Novel,’ by Stephen Alter.

Stephen Alter · Feb 06, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Two peoples are found murdered at the ghostly Shambles Villa. Can Lionel Carmichael solve the crime?

An excerpt from ‘Death in Shambles: A Hill Station Mystery’, by Stephen Alter.

Stephen Alter · Jan 25, 2023 · 05:30 pm

‘Birdwatching’: A secret war is raging in the Himalayas in Stephen Alter’s new novel

Set against the backdrop of the Sino-Indian war of 1962.

Stephen Alter · Feb 22, 2022 · 05:30 pm

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Centre changes election conduct rules days after HC tells EC to provide poll documents to petitioner

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2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems

Dec 20, 2024 · 05:30 pm

Shirish Patel: The urban planner who looked beyond the vanity of Mumbai’s privileged

Yesterday · 05:30 pm

1971 surrender photo removed from Army chief’s office, replaced by Mahabharata-inspired painting

Dec 16, 2024 · 01:43 pm

7 Indians among those injured in Germany car attack, MEA calls it ‘horrific, senseless’

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In this novel Stephen Alter rewrites the tale of Mowgli and ‘Jungle Book’ in a new time and place

An excerpt from ‘Feral Dreams: Mowgli And His Mothers, A Fable’, by Stephen Alter.

Stephen Alter · Oct 30, 2020 · 05:30 pm

How catastrophic will climate change in the Himalayas be for the rest of India (and the world)?

‘Wild Himalaya’ is Stephen Alter’s monumental history of mountain range explores its present and its future as well as its past.

Stephen Alter · Aug 22, 2019 · 06:30 am

When a 13-year-old Jim Corbett uncovered a gruesome murder mystery in the hills of Nainital

Stephen Alter’s fictionalised tribute to the life of the famous hunter-conservationist has been shortlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature.

Stephen Alter · Oct 05, 2017 · 08:30 am

Video

Eco India: A shrinking habitat and overpopulation drive Gir lions into human settlements

8 hours ago

Eco India, Episode 277: When wildlife habitats collide with urbanization, how do we build bridges?

Yesterday · 04:35 pm

Eco India: Why Kolkata faces a severe air quality crisis each winter?

Dec 15, 2024 · 08:55 am

Eco India, Episode 276: How science and society are turning the tide on environmental crises

Dec 14, 2024 · 03:33 pm

Video: Rajdeep Sardesai explains how hate has captured Indian newsrooms

Dec 12, 2024 · 04:33 pm

Was Jim Corbett an exterminator or a conservationist (or both)?

An excerpt from the illuminating introduction to a new edition of the eternal ‘Man-eaters of Kumaon’.

Stephen Alter · Feb 09, 2017 · 08:30 am

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