Muzaffarnagar killings: In his new book, Harsh Mander writes on the betrayals of secular parties

‘The role of the Samajwadi Party (SP) government and of other parties that claim to be “secular” require much closer investigations.’

Harsh Mander

· 6 hours ago

A man is missing because he cannot engage with his daily life. A novel is written about him.

Manzoor Ahtesham’s ‘The Tale Of The Missing Man’ is a novel in translation that needs an Indian readership.

Asif Farrukhi

· 15 hours ago

‘He always remained first class’: Shaukat Kaifi on the legendary poet and lyricist Kaifi Azmi

On the occasion of Kaifi Azmi’s birth centenary, edited excerpts from Shaukat Kaif’s memoir about her acclaimed poet-lyricist husband.

Shaukat Kaifi

· 15 hours ago

In ‘Conversations’, Jorge Luis Borges revealed the dreams, mirrors and labyrinths of his art

At the age of 85, blind for 30 years, Borges had long dialogues with the Argentinean poet and essayist Osvaldo Ferrari for radio.

Devdan Chaudhuri

· Yesterday · 05:30 pm

Nayantara Sahgal invitation was withdrawn for fear of losing BJP minister as patron, says organiser

BJP leader Madan Yerawar, who is also head of the reception committee for the Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, denied the claim.

Harsimran Gill

· Yesterday · 01:04 pm

How the World Book Fair brought up a writer’s memories (and the desire for Toni Morrison’s books)

As a writer looks back to 2006, a photo tour of the World Book Fair 2019 in Delhi shows us what the latest version looks like.

Devapriya Roy

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Sambit Dattachaudhuri

· Yesterday · 08:30 am

Perumal Murugan’s double sequels to ‘One Part Woman’ explore what comes after a transgression

‘Trial by Silence’ and ‘A Lonely Harvest’ imagine different fates for their protagonists but are united in opening a wider lens to society and politics.

Sharanya Manivannan

· Yesterday · 07:30 am

With Indian liberals under attack, the idea of the free-thinking university is under threat

This collection of essays shows that the illiberalisation of a liberal education is a deeper tragedy in India than perhaps any other place in the world.

Saikat Majumdar

· Jan 12, 2019 · 05:30 pm

Before Lisbeth Salander: The couple that invented Nordic noir with the Martin Beck series of books

Bleak landscapes and brooding detectives with personal demons are par for the course in books and TV now because of Swedish writers Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo.

Amish Raj Mulmi

· Jan 12, 2019 · 12:30 pm

‘Life is non-literary, unstructured. We try to give our own structure to it’: Writer Jayant Kaikini

An interview with the Kannada writer who says, ‘Clothes drying on strings, a single baby shoe at a bus stop, a greying hair stuck in a comb, all tell stories’.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Jan 12, 2019 · 08:30 am

In 30 essays, this book shows what living with religion means in different parts of the world

Neil MacGregor’s ‘Living With The Gods’ is the book of the enormously popular BBC radio show.

Urmi Chanda-Vaz

· Jan 12, 2019 · 07:00 am

How the ghazal traveled from 6th-century Arabia to Persia, India and the English-speaking world

The literary form has been adopted by many different cultures and adapted for a variety of languages, writes the editor of an anthology of Urdu ghazals.

Anisur Rahman

· Jan 11, 2019 · 05:30 pm