Psychiatrist and writer Anand Nadkarni passes away
His work spanned mental health awareness, addiction treatment, literature, and theatre
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
Why India is turning to slim non-fiction books
Whether bought on impulse, to meet yearly reading goals, or read as introductions to complex ideas, compact books are carving out a larger place in Indian publishing
Interview | Translator Ross Benjamin on the International Booker-shortlisted novel,The Director
Authored by Daniel Kehlmann, the novel is based on the life of German filmmaker G.W. Pabst
U.S. judge considers Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement of authors' lawsuit
Authors and other copyright holders filed claims covering over 92% of the more than 480,000 works included in the settlement, an attorney for the authors said during the hearing
Chouhan pens book on his association with Modi
The Union Agriculture Minister says Apnapan offers readers an opportunity to understand Mr. Modis personality, leadership style, sensitivity and work ethic from a closer and more personal perspective
Review | EarthboundClimate Stories from South Asia: the unequal race to survive
This anthology aims to offer a glimpse into the future, allowing us to rethink our myopic outlook
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
Desmond Morris: Controversial thinker who redefined human evolution with The Naked Ape
British zoologist Desmond Morris, who passed away on April 19 aged 98, received both accolades and brickbats for his wild ideas about human behaviour
Mark Zuckerberg personally authorized Metas copyright infringement, publishers allege
Five publishing houses and author Scott Turow are suing Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg for copyright infringement
Two Indian journalists win Pulitzer Prize for highlighting cyber fraud
Anand RK and Suparna Sharma won the award in the Illustrated Reporting and Commentary category for their work highlighting digital surveillance and cyber fraud
Gerry Conway, comic book writer who co-created Punisher character in Spider-Man, passes away
From Spider-Man to the Avengers, Iron Man to Captain Marvel, Gerry Conway has deftly written almost every character in the Marvel Universe, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief C B Cebulski said
Bookworm slowly picks up pieces after the floods
Interview | Saurabh Mukherjea: All routine jobs will be AI-ed out
Is Indias middle class facing an economic crisis? Equity strategist Mukherjeas new book argues that it is
Review | A story of outsiders in a divided Germany: The Others by Sheena Kalayil
The novel, longlisted for the 2026 Womens Prize for Fiction, ably captures the anxieties of ordinary people amid political upheaval
Everyone is busy building intelligence, but no one can define what it is
In their books, Karen Hao, Max Fisher, and Dwarkesh Patel explore the AI industry that has become a juggernaut even as it still struggles to define intelligence, measure its costs, or agree on its end goal
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Interview | The loss of Palestine defined my fathers life: author Hannah Lillith Assadi
Assadis novel Paradiso 17, based on her fathers life, was longlisted for this years Womens Prize for Fiction
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
Noted Bengali author Sankar dies at 93
Mani Sankar Mukhopadhays novel Chowringee captured the complexities of urban life and society
Letters off the wall: Exploring Varsha Seshans novel and career
Friendship can happen in the most wholesome, and sometimes, the most interesting ways possible. Varsha Seshan -- through the pages of her novel The Wall Friends Club --- explores a one of a kind friendship: one exchanged in letters.
In conversation with Barbara Kingsolver, author of Demon Copperhead
At the Kolkata Literary Meet, the Pulitzer-winning author discusses the role of literature in cultivating compassion, writingDemon, and her new book
Mark Tullys India stories, talking to George Saunders, Anthony Hopkins memoir and more
Lalita Iyers book on ageing is about finding our authentic selves
In her recent book, Aging (Un)Gracefully, author Lalita Iyer says that growing old is both a liberation and a licence to be your true self
Technology trouble is a light term that can be used to describe the idea of this subgenre!
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
