This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a portrait of an often troubled city, tales from the Mahabharata that deliver instructions on life, and a well produced volume that presents a lesser known aspect of Indian art history (HT Team)

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Published on Jul 19, 2024 07:40 PM IST

Mishal Husain – “It’s a celebration of a lost world”

Author Mishal Husain (Courtesy the publisher)

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Updated on Jul 19, 2024 07:40 PM IST

Review: A Matrimonial Murder by Meeti Shroff-Shah

Marriages are definitely not a private matter in India! (Shutterstock)

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Published on Jul 19, 2024 07:39 PM IST

On writing identity, experiencing joy, and representation

Playing to win: Mumbai Women and Pune Women teams in action during the Wheelchair Basketball Premier League at Mastan YMCA Ground, in Mumbai on March 12, 2022. (Bhushan Koyande/ HT Photo)

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Updated on Jul 19, 2024 07:31 PM IST

Review: Three new children’s books on the Irulas

An Irular family in the Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. (Shutterstock)

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Published on Jul 19, 2024 07:28 PM IST

Review: Hero of Kumaon by Duff Hart-Davis

Jim Corbett with the man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag. (HT Pic)

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Updated on Jul 18, 2024 07:29 PM IST

The economics of killing

“The idea of the professional killer, as proposed by formative texts and preserved by Fincher, is shot full of holes by Hit Man. Such a specimen is a Hollywood invention, Linklater’s film argues while acknowledging their stardom within pop culture.” (Netflix)

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Published on Jul 18, 2024 04:16 PM IST

A little village in upstate New York that’s a literary gem

Hobart, a village in upstate New York, makes for a charming literary getaway (Courtesy Hobart Book Village)

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Updated on Jul 17, 2024 05:36 PM IST

Shunyata: the influence of Buddhism on life in Sri Lanka

“I began looking for signs of Ravana in Lanka. I found Buddha instead.” The Seema Malaka Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Vesak night. (Shutterstock)

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Published on Jul 16, 2024 05:37 PM IST

Bhuchung D Sonam - “Human experience is as deep as it is vast”

Author Bhuchung D Sonam (Courtesy Jaipur Literature Festival)

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Updated on Jul 15, 2024 08:48 PM IST

Doppelgangers and dissonance: When Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro disappoint

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Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman and Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Munro

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Published on Jul 13, 2024 08:04 PM IST

Nagasri Book House: At the heart of many love stories about books

Venkatesh KV, founder of Nagasri Book House. (Charumati Supraja)

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Published on Jul 12, 2024 09:11 PM IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a novel about two young people in Delhi, a volume on Safdar Hashmi’s life, work and legacy, and a book on India’s favourite fruit, the mango. (HT Team)

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Published on Jul 12, 2024 08:06 PM IST

Interview: Reem Bassiouney, author, Al Halwani; The Fatimid Trilogy

Author Reem Bassiouney (Nadia Bonini)

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Updated on Jul 12, 2024 08:05 PM IST

Review: Ghuroob-e Shehr Ka Waqt by Osama Siddique

A street in Lahore, Pakistan. (Rebecca Conway/Getty Images)

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Updated on Jul 13, 2024 09:59 AM IST

Interview: Poor Economics for Kids by Esther Duflo and Cheyenne Olivier

Children playing in a waterlogged street. (Vijayanand Gupta/ Hindustan Times)

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Updated on Jul 14, 2024 11:02 AM IST

Review: My Friends by Hisham Matar

Libyan rebels travelling to a battle line where they will fight Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s army in a picture dated April 7, 2011. (Rosen Ivanov Iliev/ Shutterstock)

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Published on Jul 11, 2024 10:26 PM IST

Review: Orwell’s Ghosts; Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century by Laura Beers

“Big Brother is watching you!” (Shutterstock AI Generator)

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Published on Jul 11, 2024 11:12 PM IST

Andrew Quintman: “The notion of sacred geography is fascinating to me”

Author Andrew Quintman (Courtesy Wesleyan University)

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Published on Jul 10, 2024 08:30 PM IST

Chocolate; a taste of paradise

Enough chocolate to satisfy your soul (Daniel D’Souza)

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Published on Jul 08, 2024 09:24 PM IST

The leadership lessons from these 10 inspiring memoirs

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10 memoirs with leadership lessons

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Published on Jul 07, 2024 01:31 AM IST

HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book of translations of classical Indian texts, reportage on a shocking crime, and a book on an icon (HT Team)

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Published on Jul 05, 2024 07:41 PM IST

K Vaishali – “Many literature festivals ignored me”

Author K Vaishali. (Courtesy the subject)

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Updated on Jul 06, 2024 05:00 AM IST

Review: The Scam That Shook a Nation by Prakash Patra and Rasheed Kidwai

The original FIR in the Nagarwala bank cheating case of 1971 on display at an exhibition on Delhi Police Day at the Parliament street police station in New Delhi on 16 February 1991. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jul 05, 2024 07:39 PM IST

Review: Imperial Games in Tibet by Dilip Sinha

Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama being shown a Vampire Jet Fighter in a photograph dated 11 January 1957. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jul 05, 2024 07:36 PM IST

Report: The 9th International Convention of SPIC MACAY

Purulia Chhau by Tarapad Rajak and troupe (Courtesy SPIC MACAY)

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Published on Jul 05, 2024 05:17 PM IST

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