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American novelist Toni Morrison was born on this day in 1931. Here is a quiz on one of the most famous writers of all time.

Long before viral reels and YouTube tutorials, Mrs BF Varughese was shaping Malayali tables from her pantry in Kottayam. Now, 52 years after it was first published, Recipes for All Occasions returns in a redesigned edition

In a wide-ranging interview, the novelist and essayist explains why nation-states are morphing into something new, the China model and what a post-nation future may look like

Writing on Muslim food reflects an inwardness, with recipes shaped by memory, ethics, and care

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.

As book supplements are dropped, literary festivals feel like the last sanctuaries for readers

Tracing the enduring emotional and spiritual appeal of Jayadevas Gita Govinda in contemporary times.

At the Kolkata Literary Meet, the Pulitzer-winning author discusses the role of literature in cultivating compassion, writingDemon, and her new book

Jerry Maguires director has lived an unbelievable life, and he shares his wide-eyed wonder with readers in his new memoir

A complex satire of corporate greed and moral culpability, Vigil is the authors first novel in nearly a decade

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 questioned Indias enduring discomfort with intimacy, urging a shift from silence and instruction to dialogue and agency

In her centenary year Mahasweta Devi would have turned 100 today we read three writers, Sushila Takbhaure, Rakshit Sonawane and Mayyu Ali, who chronicle their lives of oppression. Their stories would have struck a chord with a writer who always kept an eye out for the dispossessed

The dark blue of indigo, which was related to the Champaran Satyagraha, soon faded from memory. It needed Ambedkar to bring it back into the public imagination

Anchored by a phlegmatic Nawazuddin Siddiqui, director Honey Trehan crafts a mystery that intertwines crime and social commentary. Though uneven in pacing, the film deftly examines the intersection of entitlement and morality in society

The book brings together her field adventures, scientific insight, and childhood memories to show how insects shape our ecosystems

Two cautionary tales by Karen Hao and Keach Hagey on artificial intelligence told through the prism of the life and works of Sam Altman, co-founder and CEO of OpenAI

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

The latest in the much-loved picture books series by Ashok Rajagopalan is about the gentle elephants sleep troubles

What intense moments of familial drama lead to a 15-year-old boy arriving at a burns ward? Find out at author Krupa Ges book release on November 16

The London-based author blends Indian history, storytelling, and recipes in her latest book, Seven Kitchens PRINT: Torie Trues Seven Kitchens spotlights culinary traditions of seven Indian communities

In her latest book published by Penguin, Vaishali Shroff uncovers the ecology, history and forgotten human tales that flow beneath Indias mighty rivers. The author will be in Visakhapatnam for the Vizag Junior Lit Fest

Bhutanese author on her memoir, and the role of Bhutans monarchy in its modernisation

Books like Daya Pawars Baluta and Baby Kambles memoir foreground the oppressed and marginalised lives of Dalits. In Dadu Mandrekars Untouchable Goa, the past in the form of myths and legends and the lived reality of the present are highlighted in the hope of a better future