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Tamil Nadu life convict Selvams book Oru Thooku Kaithiyin Vaakumoolam wins Iyal Award of Canada

The book strongly advocates prison reforms and truthfully records life behind bars

23 Aug 2026 9:55 am
Roundtable raises alarm over SIR process, forms Voter Protection Forum in A.P.

The meeting adopts a resolution stating it was the responsibility of the Election Commission to protect the voting rights of all citizens who attain the age of 18

21 Aug 2026 9:13 pm
Kallan Vijayan row: former editor in-charge of Deshabhimani weekend supplement resigns

Following objections to the headline given to a feature article, the supplement was allegedly published later after replacing the article in question

21 Aug 2026 8:33 pm
NCSK to launch missed call facility to address grievances of safai karmacharis

The commission is engaging with the Labour Ministry to raise the minimum wages of safai karmacharis to be on par with those of skilled or semi-skilled workers

21 Aug 2026 8:22 pm
Tenant farmers in Andhra Pradesh seek unsecured crop loans of up to 2 lakh

They say that members of RMGs and JLGs are not receiving crop loans in accordance with the Scale of Finance applicable to various crops

21 Aug 2026 8:19 pm
Mediation must be institutionalised as a permanent process, says Justice P.S. Narasimha

Samadhan Samaroh, which began on April 21, seeks to facilitate the amicable settlement of cases pending before the Supreme Court through consent-based mechanisms. The initiative will conclude with a Special Lok Adalat from August 21 to 23

21 Aug 2026 7:19 pm
YSRCPs charges on DSC 2026 exam are baseless, says SAAP Chairman

Ravi Naidu dismisses allegations of irregularities and challenges YSRCP to debate APPSC Group I and II exams held under previous government

21 Aug 2026 7:13 pm
Starting pregnancy with long-term conditions linked with 20% higher miscarriage risk: study

The researchers analysed over 2.2 million pregnancies and birth events recorded between 2000 and 2022 in five datasets spanning England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

21 Aug 2026 6:53 pm
Unbelievably cruel: Iltija slams move to shift former Pakistan PM Imran Khan back to jail

The former Pakistan Prime Minister and cricketer-turned-politician was shifted back to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Friday (August 21, 2026) morning after undergoing a medical examination

21 Aug 2026 5:00 pm
Illustrator Athulya Pillais silent comic, Nanavu, tells the story of tidal flooding in Kochi

Athulya Pillais silent comic, Nanavu, tells the story of tidal flooding through the life of a little girl

21 Aug 2026 1:35 pm
Return to core values to reform Tata Sons

The Tata group has held together so far; but the conflict of social values with capital valuations are now showing up in its structure. To reconcile them and enable the group to raise capital while adhering to Tatas historical values, the Tata Sons board must be reformed.

20 Aug 2026 10:27 pm
Andrea Oskis explores how our food determines our relationships in her book The Kitchen Shrink

Andrea Oskiss book The Kitchen Shrink underlines why what we eat is a reflection of how and who we love

20 Aug 2026 3:37 pm
19 Aug 2026 12:09 pm
Sonia Gandhis memoir to revisit love, loss and her decision to decline Indias top job

It was heartbreak and loss that threw me into the public world of politics. Up till then I had guarded my privacy fiercely, she said in her statement

18 Aug 2026 5:24 pm
Jerry Pinto on how Nisha da Cunha understood the broken-hearted like no one else

Da Cunha, who passed away in Mumbai on August 11 at the age of 92, was an English professor and short story writer

18 Aug 2026 9:58 am
Independence Day 2026: PM Modi leads India in commemorating 80 years of freedom

For the first time, the national song, 'Vande Mataram', was rendered during the 80th Independence Day celebrations at the Red Fort

15 Aug 2026 2:38 pm
External forces trying to influence youth; only PM Modi can solve their problems: Odisha CM on Independence Day

On the occasion, Mohan Majhi announced that the students of classes 9 and 10 in State-run schools will be provided free textbooks, as is done for the students up to class 8

15 Aug 2026 12:57 pm
PM ModisIndependence Day 2026 speech: Here are the key announcements

Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlines key initiatives aimed at achieving the goal of a developed India by 2047, says India must focus on key sectors, including digital technologies and nuclear energy

15 Aug 2026 12:51 pm
PM Modis Independence Day speech shortest in 4 years

Last year, Narendra Modi had broken Indira Gandhi's record by delivering 12 consecutive speeches from the Red Fort, to stand next only to Jawaharlal Nehru, who delivered 17 Independence Day addresses in a row

15 Aug 2026 10:07 am
Sumit Sarkar: Ways of historical thinking, his times and legacies

Historian Sumit Sarkar transformed how modern Indian history was understood, bringing ordinary people and their experiences to the centre of historical scholarship

14 Aug 2026 7:38 pm
Review | Once Elephants Lived Here by Geetanjali Shree, translated by Daisy Rockwell

The magic between author and translator is alive and brimming with possibilities in this anthology translated from Hindi

14 Aug 2026 2:30 pm
Hyderabads Authorbanter Club connects authors with readers directly

The club was launched by Biswarupa Barik and Nusrath Ali Quadri, who also curate book reading sessions for Hyderabad Reads, a silent book reading community in the city

11 Aug 2026 11:10 am
Review | The Man Who Made Plants Write: Jagadish Chandra Boses essays rediscovered

Sumana Roys translation reveals J.C. Boses audacious experiments and the limits of his dream

7 Aug 2026 5:28 pm
Review | Super by Lindsay Pereira: Chasing the Canadian dream

Pereira presents an important premise but the novel struggles to capture the texture of lived reality

4 Aug 2026 4:22 pm
Why do some people feel lonely even when they are loved?

Emotional loneliness begins in childhood, not adulthood. Understanding that could reshape Indias response to a growing public health challenge

30 Jul 2026 5:40 pm
Egyptian author Shady Lewis on the politics of storytelling and his novel, On the Greenwich Line

This James Tait Black Prize winner explores bureaucracy, migration and identity through a darkly satirical narrative

20 Jul 2026 9:41 am
Fans mark release of new Haruki Murakami novel at midnight event in Tokyo

Murakamis first full-length novel featuring female protagonist releases in Tokyo

3 Jul 2026 3:43 pm
Review | Under Water by Tara Menon is a compelling portrait of friendship

With its examination of environmental issues and natural disasters, the novel is also a work of eco-fiction

27 Jun 2026 6:53 am
Review | Reading debut novel Gloria Dont Speak through the lens of the feminist snap

In her Womens Prize-longlisted work, author Lucy Apps delivers an affecting portrait of female agency and vulnerability

11 Jun 2026 9:15 am
10 Jun 2026 9:35 am
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

20 May 2026 9:39 am
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

15 May 2026 3:45 pm
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

10 May 2026 9:27 am