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
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
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
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 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
Another industry hit by global war The US-Israel-Iran conflict is now disrupting raw material supply and impacting Indias 8,000-crore condom manufacturing industry.
R. Parthasarathys best-known work is the 1977 book-length poem Rough Passage
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
