In this novel, two sisters in their twenties are starving in their flat in a city. Why?

An excerpt from Vandana Singh-Lal’s disturbing novel ‘So All Is Peace’.

Vandana Singh-Lal

· 5 hours ago

‘I’m a Dalit woman, and my mental health matters. What we need is an overhaul’

An excerpt from ‘Skin Stories: Essays on Sexuality, Disability and Gender’.

Christina Thomas Dhanaraj

· 6 hours ago

‘Panipat’: Before the film, there was the novel of the battle between the Marathas and the Afghans

Within 12 hours, 150,000 soldiers were killed. An excerpt from the English translation of ‘Panipat’, Vishwas Patil’s Marathi novel of the battle.

Vishwas Patil

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

How a cafe owner and Rajiv Gandhi contributed to Ramanand Sagar’s blockbuster TV show ‘Ramayan’

Edited excerpts from a biography of the filmmaker and television producer by his son, Prem Sagar.

Prem Sagar

· Yesterday · 02:30 pm

‘Menoka Has Hanged Herself’: A film historian writes a novel set in the early era of Bengali cinema

Where does a novel that begins with a suicide go?

Sharmistha Gooptu

· Dec 13, 2019 · 05:30 pm

‘Amma’: Perumal Murugan’s new book in translation is all about his mother

The acclaimed writer takes a break from fiction to write a memoir.

Perumal Murugan

· Dec 13, 2019 · 06:30 am

Book Excerpt: When Viswanathan Anand’s father lost a bet against him becoming world chess champion

‘Mind Master: Winning Lessons from a Champion’s Life’ is the autobiography of India’s first chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand.

Viswanathan Anand

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Susan Ninan

· Dec 12, 2019 · 04:00 pm

Ambedkar wanted unjust, unconscionable suffering to inform the critical idiom of the Constitution

An excerpt from ‘Inlays of Subjectivity: Affect and Action in Modern Indian Literature’, by Nikhil Govind.

Nikhil Govind

· Dec 12, 2019 · 08:30 am

‘I will not italicise all the parts of myself that make no sense to you’: The poetry of Jasmin Kaur

An excerpt from ‘When You Ask Me Where I’m Going’, a debut collection of poems and prose by the Canada-based writer of Indian origin.

Jasmin Kaur

· Dec 11, 2019 · 05:30 pm

India built a visionary nationwide computer network, NICNET, but could not beat Google to the game

An excerpt from ‘Midnight’s Machines: A Political History Of Technology In India,’ by Arun Mohan Sukumar.

Arun Mohan Sukumar

· Dec 11, 2019 · 08:30 am

When UR Ananthamurthy said: ‘Kannada can produce a Bertrand Russell, the language is good enough’

An excerpt from ‘A Life In The World: UR Ananthamurthy in conversation with Chandan Gowda’.

UR Ananthamurthy

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Chandan Gowda

· Dec 10, 2019 · 08:30 am

A new theory of business says companies must stop trying to win if they are to last

An excerpt from business strategist Simon Sinek’s new book, ‘The Infinite Game’.

Simon Sinek

· Dec 08, 2019 · 05:30 pm