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Century of change in Almora | Review of Sanjay Joshis Brahmins of the Himalaya

Joshis study traces social transformation in a little-known Brahminical stronghold

The Hindu 23 Oct 2026 4:33 pm

The other face of air pollution | Excerpt from The Nitrogen Bombby Jacob Koshy

The book explores how ammonia, largely emitted by agricultural activities, contributes to worsening air quality across the Indo-Gangetic Plain

The Hindu 23 Oct 2026 4:32 pm

Review | Moms by Shivani Sibal offers a startling glimpse into the lives of Delhis elite

By uncovering the fragilities of the so-called privileged, the novel provokes the reader to examine life and literature closely

The Hindu 23 Oct 2026 4:15 pm

Registrations for Vizag Junior Literary Fest open on October 24; fest on November 21, 22

The festival for children aged four to 16 will have around 100 sessions at Hawa Mahal on Beach Road

The Hindu 23 Oct 2026 11:44 am

Zohran Mamdani Says It Was 'Honour' To Join Hindu New Yorkers Celebrating Navratri After Failed Temple Attack

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joins Hindu community celebrations in Queens in the backdrop of a foiled temple attack in Illinois.

NDTV 22 Oct 2026 3:53 pm

Mayor Zohran Mamdani Celebrates Navratri With Indian Community, Extends Wishes To Hindus

In an interesting turn of events, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani joined members of the Indian community to celebrate Navratri where he was seen performing Garba with women dressed in traditional Indian outfits. Mamdani attended the celebration wearing a black

Oneindia 22 Oct 2026 2:47 pm

Zohran Mamdani joins Hindu festivities, urges unity after Illinois temple plot

Zohran Mamdani joins Hindu festivities, urges unity after Illinois temple plot

India Today 22 Oct 2026 1:12 pm

The memories we keep

The Hindu 21 Oct 2026 11:29 am

How this Bengaluru bookstore is reviving the practice of writing letters

The Sunday Letter Project, which began in 2025, is a global initiative with letter keepers across the world with Beku Books in JP Nagar Bengaluru as the only participating letter keeper from India. We find out what it is all about

The Hindu 20 Oct 2026 1:47 pm

Garividi Lakshmi movie review: Anandhi leads a compelling biopic

Director Gowri Naidu Jammus debut Telugu film spotlights Srikakulam burra katha artist Garividi Lakshmi with a strong story and rooted music, but the old-school treatment limits its appeal

The Hindu 17 Oct 2026 9:19 am

Peasants hold the key to a more sustainable future: sociologist Maryam Aslany

In her new book, Aslany says that peasants are humanitys last buffer against climate catastrophe

The Hindu 16 Oct 2026 5:18 pm

Heated Rivalry: A new book on the story behind the sensation

A new annotated scripts book reveals how Jacob Tierneys hockey romance, starring Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie, became a global pop-culture sensation

The Hindu 14 Oct 2026 8:49 pm

The writer who defies genres

The Hindu 14 Oct 2026 12:03 pm

Review | Maya: Seed Takes Root has big ideas but is trapped in franchise dreams

Part of a multimedia undertaking, the novel explores surveillance, free will and consciousness with a heady mix of philosophy and science fiction

The Hindu 13 Oct 2026 5:34 pm

Shubho Mahalaya 2026: WhatsApp Wishes, Quotes

mashable 10 Oct 2026 11:55 am

Beyond forms: On the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel for Anne Carson celebrates experimentation and imagination

The Hindu 10 Oct 2026 12:36 am

Interview | Tiger man K. Ullas Karanth on protecting Indias wildlife habitats

The conservation zoologist argues that India needs more protected habitat and less dependence on forest resources to conserve wildlife

The Hindu 9 Oct 2026 8:11 pm

Nobel Laureate Anne Carsons flight from boredom

Moving seamlessly between the ancient and the contemporary, Anne Carsons works blur the boundaries between scholarship, poetry, and prose

The Hindu 9 Oct 2026 6:19 pm

Nobel Laureate Anne Carsons flight from boredom

Moving seamlessly between the ancient and the contemporary, Anne Carsons works blur the boundaries between scholarship, poetry, and prose

The Hindu 9 Oct 2026 6:19 pm

Malayalam author Devadas VM on the genesis of his novel Eru

Eru, recently translated into English as Backlash by Nandakumar K, is about a retired policeman who is up against a faceless enemy and how his predicament upsets the socio-political fabric

The Hindu 7 Oct 2026 1:41 pm

Farewell, Jeffrey Archer

The Hindu 7 Oct 2026 10:29 am

Jeffrey Archer: politician, novelist, conman, jailbird and survival specialist

With a combination of charisma and chutzpah, Archer survived everything life threw at him and was loved by hordes of readers, especially in India

The Hindu 6 Oct 2026 6:36 pm

Jeffrey Archer: A collection of interviews and book reviews

The Hindu has followed Jeffrey Archers oeuvre extensively over the years, featuring interviews with the best-selling author and reviews of his books

The Hindu 6 Oct 2026 12:49 pm

Review | Paul Zacharias 50 Stories is a rich blend of the ordinary and the bizarre

The veteran Malayalam author remains as wild and fearless as ever, his writing stirring a complex mix of emotions while retaining a deeply human core

The Hindu 6 Oct 2026 11:51 am

Jeffrey Archer, best-selling U.K. author and politician, dies aged 86

The author led a life as colourful as the characters in his novels, which sold over 300 million copies, according to his website

The Hindu 6 Oct 2026 11:46 am

Jeffrey Archer, U.K. author and politician, dies aged 86

Mr. Archer was a best-selling author and sold over 300 million copies worldwide

The Hindu 6 Oct 2026 2:29 am

Review | Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer: love, chaos and a jolly Tuscan romp

This funny and soulful coming-of-age story will delight readers who enjoy an unhurried pace, though some aspects of the novel are left unexplored

The Hindu 5 Oct 2026 12:37 pm

Review | Graphic novel A Mild Case of Mass Hysteria offers a peek into Singapores history

Author Felix Cheong and illustrators Ritwick Roy and Riddhi Trivedi use sexual and bodily anxieties as metaphors to make sense of war and empire

The Hindu 5 Oct 2026 12:25 pm

Interview | Luke Kennard on writing against the technocratic times in his novelBlack Bag

Kennard has based his book on an experiment conducted at Oregon State University in the U.S. in 1967

The Hindu 2 Oct 2026 6:26 pm

Review | The End of Everything by M. John Harrison: the aliens are here

Fantasy-fiction doyen Harrison taps into the chaos of the present, not to arrive at some final truth but to turn our gaze inwards

The Hindu 2 Oct 2026 5:57 pm

Meet Captain Smit Machchhar:

mashable 1 Oct 2026 12:37 pm

Finding refuge in translation

The Hindu 30 Sep 2026 8:41 am