Literary Tribute
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Remembering Gulshan Rai of Diamond Comics: The man who gave us Chacha Chaudhary
How did Diamond Comics become a hit with readers across a vast range of age, location, affluence, and levels of literacy?
Arunava Banerjee
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Farewell to bookseller Mirza Yaseen Baig of Midland, who always greeted readers with recommendations
The founder of Delhi’s Midland bookshop died on Thursday at the age of 94.
Sayantan Ghosh
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Temsula Ao (1945-2022): The Naga writer’s literary legacy covers more than her stories and poems
Temsula Ao died on 9 October, 2022, at the age of 76.
Chitra Ahanthem
Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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How Pakistan’s massive power outage has reaffirmed fears of a Sri Lanka-style economic collapse
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Bharat Jodo Yatra is ending. What do voters think about it?
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Hilary Mantel (1952-2022) was one of the great voices of historical fiction – and so much more
The British author, twice the winner of the Booker Prize, died on Thursday, 22 September, at the age of 70.
Dinah Birch, The Conversation
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Writer Javier Marías (1951-2022): ‘The world has become childish to an incomprehensible extent’
Javier Marías died on September 11 at age 70.
Various
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Why writer Barbara Ehrenreich (1941-2022) never stopped trying to change the world
As her body of work shows us, witnessing human experience through the lens of class and power is a potent teacher.
Barbara Pocock, The Conversation
Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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‘A dignified son of the Western Ghats’: A tribute to Narayan, one of India’s early Adivasi writers
A winner of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi, Narayan died on August 16, 2022, at the age of 81.
Catherine Thankamma
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The subversive genius of Marathi writer and rationalist Nanda Khare (1946-2022)
His anti-hero Maratha protagonist in ‘Antajichi Bakhar’ disrupted the patriotic trope, while in Udya, he imagined life in the not-so-distant dystopian future.
Prachi Deshpande
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Publisher and editor Nandita Aggarwal (1964-2022): Colleagues, writers remember a warm human being
Nandita Aggarwal, who spent 32 years working in English language publishing in India, died on June 30.
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu
The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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What made Maria Aurora Couto write books that were deeply political and heartbreakingly personal?
Jerry Pinto recounts an unusual friendship with the grand writer of Goa, who died on January 14 at the age of 85.
Jerry Pinto
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Afra Bukhari (1938-2022): The short story writer from Pakistan was among the last of a generation
The writer died in Lahore on 2 January, 2022 at the age of 83.
Raza Naeem
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Why writer Maria Aurora Couto (1937-2022) was the grand dame of letters and culture of Goa
The author of ‘Filomena’s Daughters’ and ‘Goa: A Daughter’s Diary’ died on January 14 at the age of 85.
Peter Ronald deSouza
The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared