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Review | Under Water by Tara Menon is a compelling portrait of friendship

With its examination of environmental issues and natural disasters, the novel is also a work of eco-fiction

The Hindu 27 Jun 2026 6:53 am

Review | The GreatestStoriesfrom the Northeast Ever Told is an ambitious undertaking

This collection ofstoriesby 27 writers, both established and emerging voices, is a compelling showcase of Northeast Indias literary vitality

The Hindu 27 Jun 2026 6:52 am

Review | Courtesans Dont Read Newspapers captures the absurdities of modern India

Anil Yadavs stories, deftly translated by Vaibhav Sharma, lay bare societys hypocrisies, inequalities and quiet heartbreaks

The Hindu 27 Jun 2026 6:46 am

Mapping queer lives through books: identity, resistance and equality in India

A selection of fiction and non-fiction works offers a layered understanding of the evolving realities of queer life in India, spanning law, personal memory, family, and workplaces; they show how identities are shaped by legal frameworks, lived experiences, and intergenerational shifts

The Hindu 25 Jun 2026 10:34 am

Portrait of an Artist takes you inside the studios of Indias renowned painters and sculptors

A new book on the sanctuaries of S.H. Raza, T. Venkanna and other leading Indian artists that prove as revealing as the works themselves

The Hindu 20 Jun 2026 10:17 am

Review of Marathi novellas My Last Autobiographyand The Woman Who Wore a Hat

The writings of Rajendra Banahatti and Kamal Desai come vibrantly alive in these translations by Jerry Pinto and Shanta Gokhale, respectively

The Hindu 19 Jun 2026 8:20 am

Column by Devdutt Pattanaik | The parrot that flew to Baghdad

How a collection of Sanskrit stories influenced One Thousand and One Nights and reflected the everyday concerns of Islamic society

The Hindu 18 Jun 2026 12:04 pm

Review | Reading debut novel Gloria Dont Speak through the lens of the feminist snap

In her Womens Prize-longlisted work, author Lucy Apps delivers an affecting portrait of female agency and vulnerability

The Hindu 11 Jun 2026 9:15 am

Conflict over comics

The Hindu 10 Jun 2026 9:35 am

Taiwan Travelogue wins International Booker Prize 2026

The novel, originally written in the Mandarin Chinese,succeeds as both a romance and an incisive postcolonial novel

The Hindu 20 May 2026 9:39 am

Review | Rene Karabashs She Who Remains reimagines gender and freedom through Albanias sworn virgins

The International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel is a haunting meditation on identity, violence and the cost of freedom

The Hindu 15 May 2026 3:45 pm

Review of The Kerala Club, edited by K.M. Chandrasekhar, T.P. Sreenivasan

In a collection of essays, civil servants write on governance in a State known for sharp contrasts

The Hindu 10 May 2026 9:27 am

The Humayun Nama: Reading Gulbadan Begum, the only Mughal royal woman to have written about the dynasty

Gulbadan Begum was Bbars daughter; she was asked by her nephew Akbar to write her memories of the reigns early years

The Hindu 17 Apr 2026 4:49 pm

Jerry Pintos tribute to R. Parthasarathy and how this poets influential voice receded from literary memory

R. Parthasarathys best-known work is the 1977 book-length poem Rough Passage

The Hindu 24 Mar 2026 9:29 am

The autocrats playbook

The Hindu 18 Mar 2026 10:25 am

Books against resistance

The Hindu 11 Mar 2026 1:45 pm

Daily Quiz: on John Steinbeck who has been called a giant of American letter

American writer John Steinbeckwas born on February 27, 1902. Here is a quiz on the author who has been called a giant of American letters

The Hindu 7 Mar 2026 10:25 am

In the shadow of conflict

The Hindu 4 Mar 2026 10:52 am

Noted Bengali author Sankar dies at 93

Mani Sankar Mukhopadhays novel Chowringee captured the complexities of urban life and society

The Hindu 3 Mar 2026 12:21 pm