Friendship Day 2026: Friendships that shaped Bengals cinema, literature, art and politics.
What did Satyajit Ray do when he couldnt bring himself to say Action? Who taught Jyoti Basu to drink Scotch, and why did two artists in Shantiniketan bond over Beethoven instead of Bengal? Revisit the surprising and deeply human friendships that shaped Bengals greatest films, books, politics and art.
An excerpt from Heartland Rising: The Making of Majoritarian India
An excerpt from Heartland Rising: The Making of Majoritarian India examines the cow belts growing political weight and its role in shaping majoritarian politics; it explores the intersections of demography, education, religion and electoral power
Why do some people feel lonely even when they are loved?
Emotional loneliness begins in childhood, not adulthood. Understanding that could reshape Indias response to a growing public health challenge
Chennais Bookish Buffalo serves up books, food, and conversation
The second edition of Bookish Buffalo, a collaboration between Blaft Publications and The Farm, an urban dairy farm and restaurant in Chennai, will explore the making of a cookbook with author Archana Pidathala
Booker Prize 2026: Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout among 13 semifinalists
Booker Prize winners Marlon James and Douglas Stuart are in the running for the 2026 edition of the prestigious fiction award
Nagercoil teen becomes published author with debut mystery thriller
Column | Top books to read this July
Five new books transporting readers across centuries, continents and imagined futures
How Sunandini Banerjee built the distinctive visual identity of Seagull Books
Senior editor and graphic designer at Seagull Books, Sunandini Banerjee reflects on visual storytelling, book cover design and independent publishing through Art of the Book exhibition, on view at DakshinaChitra
Egyptian author Shady Lewis on the politics of storytelling and his novel, On the Greenwich Line
This James Tait Black Prize winner explores bureaucracy, migration and identity through a darkly satirical narrative
Mahasweta Devis best books: grandson Tathagata Bhattacharya recommends five must-reads
The writer-activist once told her grandson that she was appreciated for the wrong reasons. Recalling that conversation, he lists five works that he believes are the most powerful
Fans mark release of new Haruki Murakami novel at midnight event in Tokyo
Murakamis first full-length novel featuring female protagonist releases in Tokyo
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
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
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
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
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
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
Gulbadan Begum was Bbars daughter; she was asked by her nephew Akbar to write her memories of the reigns early years
