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The British author who won this years Booker Prize has long championed resistance to the status quo, but his latest novel reflects a deepening pessimism about humanity and its future

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

Literary fiction and SFF can offer different possibilities even within the same novel, and the conventions of one form cannot be used to judge them all

The memoir stands out for its striking candour, not as much for its scrutiny of the party and its leadership

Frances new Prix Pascal for AI-assisted books prompts a writer to reflect on the slow pleasures of making art, loss of individuality, and need to reclaim human imagination

Lisa Jewell talks about her latest novel, It Could Have Been Her, and her audiobook, All She Wants For Christmas, and how she would rather her books were boring than inauthentic, unrealistic, or unlikely

How much of history is curation, and can the past ever be fully known, asks Perry with her novel

M. John Harrison, 81, became the oldest winner of the award, which comes with a 50,000 ($67,000) prize

It is important to stem the rot before it spreads, all the more so if this book was AI-generated, the economist said in a clarification via e-mail to The Hindu

In an interview with The Hindu by N. Ram, former Congress President Sonia Gandhi reflects on her upcoming memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love. She discusses the impact of twelve years of BJP-RSS rule on Indian democracy, defends the Congress partys fight for a level playing field, and shares how her love story with Rajiv Gandhi evolved into a lifelong commitment to India.

Ahead of the launch of her book, Sonia Gandhi speaks to The Hindu, answering a number of questions personal and political

In her memoir, the senior Congress party leader revisits the years of hesitation and personal conflict before duty finally prevailed

Ahead of the release of her much-discussed memoir, the senior Congress party leader talks about her journey from privacy to public life in India

The author reveals the hope and disillusionment behind Hollywoods glittering facade via two young protagonists

This dazzling debut longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize is a powerful portrait of masculinity and desire

A look at the few specially curated Deepavali editions featuring articles ranging from cinema, science and literature to music and culture.

Registrations are open for Vizag Junior Literary Fest, with seats for limited-capacity sessions filling up fast

Collins Dictionary has named mogging as its word of the year

NBT report based on sample survey of visitors to Delhi book fair, of which 40% were college students; best-sellers included global fiction, self-help titles, Hindi classics; regional language literature suffers from publisher availability constraints

Publisher Faber said it could no longer distribute Ms. Rooney's books in the United Kingdom because it could not transfer U.K. earnings to the author after she announced plans to donate those proceeds to Palestine Action, which is banned in Britain

What shall we publish to sensitise Indian teenagers?

The last transformation of the Indian map happened in 2019 with the creation of the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh

The former Supreme Court judge on delays in clearing collegium recommendations and the need for reform

Democratic lawmakers Ro Khanna, Pramila Jayapal, Ami Bera and Suhas Subramanyam are seeking re-election to the U.S. Congress

Kulbhushansingh Suryawanshi explores what it means to share a landscape with the snow leopard

The public policy expert says financial interests and claim rejections are driving up the cost of treatment

The bookstores on Church Street in Bengaluru are well known; here are a few lesser-known ones that keep the love for reading alive in other parts of the city

Accessible and affordable public spaces for literary programmes, better coordination of local events and initiatives to encourage young writers sought

The winner, announced in December, will receive a cash prize of 15 lakh

This Orwell Prize-winning novel explores memory, technology and the fragile boundaries between reality and imagination

With a mix of the classic and contemporary, this anthology attempts to bring fresh perspectives and greater range to the Urdu literary canon

A wry, atmospheric novel about the search for tenderness amid the uncertainties of modern life

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

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

The Womens Prize-shortlisted author goes behind the scenes of literary obsession in her new novel

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mary Lambert, director of the audio adaptation discusses why Dracula remains relevant, Jonathan Baileys take on the vampire count, and the freedoms and limitations of the medium

The Nobel for Anne Carson celebrates experimentation and imagination