A year of mourning with books: How literature helped cope with personal losses from Covid-19

‘Through this year of grieving and reading, I have found my way to stories, as shelter, an old habit from my childhood.’

Lopamudra Basu

· Feb 26, 2022 · 12:30 pm

Remembering Homen Borgohain (1932-2021), the Assamese writer who influenced generations of readers

Borgohain, whose personal life was not without controversy, died of Covid-related complications at the age of 88.

Mayur Bora

· Sep 12, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How this children’s publisher defied the downtrend to boost sales during the pandemic

What’s behind the success story of Wonder House Books?

Selina Sheth

· Aug 22, 2021 · 08:30 am

While other libraries closed down, this community library in rural UP was begun during the pandemic

Law student Jatin Lalit Singh took his learnings from Delhi’s Community Library Project to the village of Bansa.

Rohan Datta

· Aug 03, 2021 · 08:30 am

Why Pagdandi of Pune transformed its library-cum-cafe into a bookstore during the pandemic

While other bookshops were closing down, Neha Pipraiya and Vishal Pipraiya had a different idea.

Arunima Mazumdar

· Aug 01, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Before the pandemic and (maybe) after: A catalogue of what cities lose

You can never go back to the city the way it was, because it has been changed, perhaps irrevocably by Covid-19.

Parimal Bhattacharya

· Jul 25, 2021 · 05:30 pm

‘My husband died of Covid-19. To channel my pain, I went back to writing the novel I had started’

Writer Andaleeb Wajid on how going back to writing her novels is helping her live after the loss of her husband and mother-in-law to the pandemic.

Andaleeb Wajid

· Jul 10, 2021 · 12:30 pm

India’s national archives might go partly out of reach for writers. What happens to their holdings?

What does the delay in archival access following the imminent demolition of the Annexe to the National Archives of India mean for publishers?

Narayani Basu

· Jul 09, 2021 · 08:30 am

In Varanasi, Harmony bookshop is keeping its faith in the return of customers once the pandemic ends

Bookseller Rakesh Kumar Singh is selling his books online, but he longs for the return of browsers to his shop.

Karan Madhok

· Jun 24, 2021 · 08:30 am

How a student in rural Bengal is defying the pandemic (and cyclones) with his libraries

Soumyadipta Bose has got his modest libraries for children going despite the second wave of Covid-19.

Rohan Datta

· Jun 23, 2021 · 08:30 am

Siddalingaiah (1954-2021): The Dalit poet who broke the rules and challenged the norms

The Kannada poet and writer died on June 11 of Covid-related complications at the age of 67.

S R Ramakrishna

· Jun 20, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Shekhar Malhotra (1954-2021): Reluctant publisher, avid bookseller, another person lost to Covid

Protege and business associate Vikas Rakheja pays a tribute to founder of Full Circle publishing and bookshops, who died in Delhi on May 2.

Vikas Rakheja

· Jun 17, 2021 · 08:30 am