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The Hindu Lit For Life 2026 | Verses that speak beyond language

Prakriti Foundation honours Geeta Doctor through a fellowship.

The Hindu 18 Jan 2026 5:48 pm

Shobhaa De on intimacy, pleasure, and the conversations India avoids

Shobhaa De questioned Indias enduring discomfort with intimacy, urging a shift from silence and instruction to dialogue and agency

The Hindu 18 Jan 2026 4:29 pm

Look for books that leave a lasting impact: Satoshi Yagisawa

The Japanese author speaks about how books can bring people together, the magic of second-hand book stores and his two books at the literature festival

The Hindu 17 Jan 2026 7:25 pm

Footnotes from the Mahabharata highlights sidelined voices of women in the epic

K. Srilata in conversation with Nikhila Kesavan. Indrani Krishnaier, Geetha Lakshman, Smrithi Parameswar, Snehaa Sesh, and Mrithula Chetlur from The Madras Players present a dramatised reading of excerpts from the book

The Hindu 17 Jan 2026 6:11 pm

Diasporic narratives of Amrita Shah, Viji Krishnamoorthy and Saras Manickam are stories of survival, oceanic journeys, agencies, and activism: Radha Hegde

The diasporic narratives of Amrita Shah, Viji Krishnamoorthy, and Saras Manickam are stories of survival, oceanic journeys, agencies, and activism, said Radha Hegde.

The Hindu 17 Jan 2026 3:19 pm

Delhis iconic Bahrisons Booksellers arrives in Hyderabad

The family-run independent bookstore with a collection of nearly five lakh books hopes to engage readers through interactive sessions

The Hindu 17 Jan 2026 3:00 pm

Translator has to be functionally true to the author, says Justice Prabha Sridevan

Imayam and Prabha Sridevan in conversation with Kavitha Muralidharan at a session titled The Joys and Challenges of Translating Imayam.

The Hindu 17 Jan 2026 12:56 pm

Freedom of expression is the cornerstone of The Hindu Lit for Life: Nirmala Lakshman

Literature festivals should become spaces to celebrate free speech, say speakers

The Hindu 17 Jan 2026 11:22 am

Festschrift for Mahasweta Devi: three books by marginalised voices

In her centenary year Mahasweta Devi would have turned 100 today we read three writers, Sushila Takbhaure, Rakshit Sonawane and Mayyu Ali, who chronicle their lives of oppression. Their stories would have struck a chord with a writer who always kept an eye out for the dispossessed

The Hindu 14 Jan 2026 8:30 am

The importance of blue

The dark blue of indigo, which was related to the Champaran Satyagraha, soon faded from memory. It needed Ambedkar to bring it back into the public imagination

The Hindu 14 Jan 2026 12:58 am

Raat Akeli Hai: The Bansal Murders movie review: A layered exploration of crime and entitlement

Anchored by a phlegmatic Nawazuddin Siddiqui, director Honey Trehan crafts a mystery that intertwines crime and social commentary. Though uneven in pacing, the film deftly examines the intersection of entitlement and morality in society

The Hindu 19 Dec 2025 10:39 pm

Geetha Iyers new book, Miniature Giants, captures the fascinating world of insects

The book brings together her field adventures, scientific insight, and childhood memories to show how insects shape our ecosystems

The Hindu 10 Dec 2025 4:26 pm

World of ChatGPT | Reviews of Empire of AI and The Optimist

Two cautionary tales by Karen Hao and Keach Hagey on artificial intelligence told through the prism of the life and works of Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI

The Hindu 28 Nov 2025 6:00 am

Why telling stories from the Himalaya is an argument against extinction

Stephen Alter, who recently won the Himalayan Echoes Nature Prize, has often put the young, fold mountains at the centre of his writing. Other chroniclers, from Peter Matthiessen to Namita Gokhale, have written about the reality of living in a region which inspires both awe and fear

The Hindu 27 Nov 2025 8:30 am

Exploring familial tenderness and discord in author Krupa Ges book Burns Boy

What intense moments of familial drama lead to a 15-year-old boy arriving at a burns ward? Find out at author Krupa Ges book release on November 16

The Hindu 12 Nov 2025 3:32 pm

Torie Trues Seven Kitchens spotlights culinary traditions of seven Indian communities

The London-based author blends Indian history, storytelling, and recipes in her latest book, Seven Kitchens PRINT: Torie Trues Seven Kitchens spotlights culinary traditions of seven Indian communities

The Hindu 7 Nov 2025 10:33 am

Vaishali Shroffs Submerged Worlds explores the untold stories of Indias rivers

In her latest book published by Penguin, Vaishali Shroff uncovers the ecology, history and forgotten human tales that flow beneath Indias mighty rivers. The author will be in Visakhapatnam for the Vizag Junior Lit Fest

The Hindu 30 Oct 2025 3:38 pm

Interview with Kunzang Choden on her memoir Telling Me My Stories

Bhutanese author on her memoir, and the role of Bhutans monarchy in its modernisation

The Hindu 24 Oct 2025 12:26 pm

Shock, horror, terror: how Dalit stories are stirring the literary world

Books like Daya Pawars Baluta and Baby Kambles memoir foreground the oppressed and marginalised lives of Dalits. In Dadu Mandrekars Untouchable Goa, the past in the form of myths and legends and the lived reality of the present are highlighted in the hope of a better future

The Hindu 23 Oct 2025 8:30 am

Beyond the full stop: Nobel Laureate Lszl Krasznahorkai and the tradition of the expansive sentence

Where science has failed to effectively communicate consciousness and the bridge between brain and mind, authors have managed it flawlessly

The Hindu 11 Oct 2025 3:46 pm

Now, read and sing the Hanuman Chalisa in English

Diplomat-poet Abhay K. launches a singable English version of the Hanuman Chalisa, blending poetic rhythm with devotional spirit.

The Hindu 10 Oct 2025 3:29 pm

British author Jilly Cooper dies at 88

Jilly Coopers book Rivals found a new generation of fans when it was made into a series for Disney+ in 2024

The Hindu 6 Oct 2025 3:34 pm