Books And Novels

How the rich world exploits loopholes to legally dump toxic waste on poor nations in Asia, Africa and South America

Regaling with stories, the Hindi heartland takes us through history, unraveling not only wars and invasions but also the beliefs of victors across eras, showing how we arrived where we are today

Despite skipping major retailers like Amazon and facing online criticism for typos in the $39.99 hardcover, Swift's fans propelled the book to success

The list of 100 notable books of 2023 includes seven books written by Indian-origin writers, including Salman Rushdie and Pico Iyer

Pulitzer Prize winner Siddhartha Mukherjee's The Song of The Cell is a beautifully crafted exposition of the author's own lifelong fascination with the subject

Covid, climate change, misinformation and Fourth Industrial Revolution have created a perfect storm that needs new paradigm for leadership. Faisal Hoque's Lift offers insights into what that would be

Eminent Indologist Wendy Doniger's latest book focuses on the final days of the protagonists of the epic and makes their stories come alive with different meanings

Geetanjali Shree, the first Hindi litterateur to receive the International Booker Prize, talks in an interview to Sandeep Kumar on many topics including the impact of this award

Aanchal Malhotra evocatively recreates the emotional responses of survivors and subsequent generations

A collection of youthful letters from her year in the country hints at the ideas that eventually shape Wendy Doniger's research and prolific writing

With this expansive chronicle of South India between the sixth and 12 centuries, Anirudh Kanisetti seeks to challenge the North India-centric approach in textbooks and academia

Everyone and their editor is convinced that we want to know exactly what they were reading this year.

Who wants to read about disease, or be reminded of one's mortality, during a pandemic?

The idea of literary agents is still new to authors in India. A few are leading the wave here, compared to a few thousands in the UK

The list has been collated by a panel of writers, curators and critics to select the 100 English language 'Novels That Shaped Our World'

Dasgupta talks about what it means to be the director of a major literary prize and his new book

Traditional publishers and authors might rail against this open violation of intellectual property rights, but many authors appreciate the compliment embedded in piracy

The Book Fairies have put out over 1,000 books across India since they started in March

A novel, in the end, is nothing more than a bunch of fabrications told around a kernel of truth