Scottish botanist Henry Noltie hopes the recovery of Indias lost botanical art, now in a new book titled Flora Indica, will inspire contemporary artists
Interview | Lily King: I wanted to write about a big first love and a big first heartbreak
Heart the Lover, shortlisted for the 2026 Womens Prize, is billed both as a prequel and sequel to Kings previous novel,Writers & Lovers
Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis and Panahi: Why Iranian cinema sees history through a childs eyes
In the works of Marjane Satrapi, Jafar Panahi, Abbas Kiarostami and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, children are more than protagonists. They are the eyes through which Iran sees itself. OR From lost notebooks and goldfish to revolutions and exile, Iranian artists have repeatedly trusted children to tell their nations most complicated stories.
Interview | Indira Jaising: Now is the time to reclaim the Constitution
The senior advocate on writing her memoir, womens rights, and the challenges facing the judiciary
Review | Yann Martels Son of Nobody reimagines marriage through the Trojan War myth
Martels ambitious conceit doesnt fully deliver though, as the parallels between war and domesticity often feel contrived
Book on Indias first Olympic gold released
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
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.
