Against ‘buvabaji’: Narendra Dabholkar’s warning about the falsehood of so-called godmen

Rationalist and anti-superstition activist Narenda Dabholkar was murdered on August 20, 2013. An excerpt from a translation of his writings.

Narendra Dabholkar

· 6 hours ago

Instead of offering objective analysis, Andersen-Damle book helps RSS perpetuate convenient myths

In ‘The RSS: A View to the Inside’, authors Walter K Andersen and Shridhar D Damle appear extremely sympathetic to the organisation’s causes.

Dhirendra K Jha

· 15 hours ago

Why we must read this historical Assamese novel about the travails of displacement and war

Finally translated into English, ‘Jangam’, which won the Sahitya Akademi Puraskar in 1984, recreates the exodus of Indians from Burma in World War II.

Nabina Das

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

Real life is often magical for the Lotha tribe of Nagaland, as this collection of folk tales reveals

Nzanmongi Jasmine Patton’s ‘A Girl Swallowed By A Tree’ is a reminder of why oral folk tales must be preserved. They document a history of the imagination.

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

· Yesterday · 12:30 pm

Thirteen times VS Naipaul stirred the pot of controversy with objectionable statements

From Islamophobia to misogyny, the Nobel laureate expressed problematic thoughts many times over.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

Hooked to your phone? This eye-opening book reveals the all-pervasive dangers of digital addiction

In a new book, academic Vivek Wadhwa and co-author Alex Salkever reveal the deep ramification of technology that is increasingly designed to be addictive.

N Shivapriya

· Yesterday · 07:00 am

A Japanese novel about an unambitious store clerk who refuses to change is earning praise. Why?

There is a bewitching oddness about Sayaka Murata’s ‘Convenience Store Woman’.

Rashmi Patel

· Aug 18, 2018 · 05:30 pm

Five translated books by Indian women that you should read in this #WomenInTranslation month

August is celebrated as Women In Translation Month worldwide to bring attention to the works of women writing across languages.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Aug 18, 2018 · 12:30 pm

A conversation on science fiction and fantasy between the two Indian nominees for the Hugo Awards

Mimi Mondal and Gautam Bhatia talk about their explorations of and experiences in writing and editing in these genres.

Mimi Mondal

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Gautam Bhatia

· Aug 18, 2018 · 08:30 am

A chronicle of mental illness or a new way of looking at life? This novel could be both

A debut writer with Igbo and Tamil lineage, Akwaeke Emezi has found an entirely new way to tell a story in ‘Freshwater’.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Aug 18, 2018 · 07:00 am

‘Untitled-1’: Read a scene from the play that won Annie Zaidi The Hindu Playwright Award 2018

‘Set in a dystopian future, it examines the metaphors in the stories we relate about ourselves...’

Annie Zaidi

· Aug 17, 2018 · 05:30 pm

‘A great shock’: Somnath Chatterjee (1929-2018) on being expelled from the CPI(M) after 40 years

The Marxist politician, who died on August 13, was the Speaker of the Lok Sabha when the CPI(M) withdrew support to the UPA government in 2008.

Somnath Chatterjee

· Aug 17, 2018 · 08:30 am