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Arundhati Roy shot to international fame after becoming the first Indian citizen to win the Booker Prize for her novel, 'The God of Small Things'. Her memoir, 'Mother Mary Comes to Me', is a moving account of her relationship with her influential mother.
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Organisations, like individuals, can decline through small shifts -- mediocrity, procrastination, and failure to execute. Leaders must recognise these signs early, enforce standards, streamline decisions, and commit to disciplined execution for sustained growth
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Anti-caste publisher S Anand on co-founding Navayana, re-printing the memoir of Adivasi leader-Olympic hockey player-Constituent Assembly member Jaipal Singh Munda, rejecting Carnatic music for Kabir songs & seeing Kabir through the prism of BR Ambedkar in his latest book 'The Notbook of Kabir'.
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Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar on her first book of recipes, the concept of Mitahara, mainstreaming forgotten foods, what to eat during monsoons, and her recipe for making goda masala at home.
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While some are gifted with a natural flair for leaving an impression through their communication skills, there are others who struggle with it. However, several excellent books can equip you with the right tools to improve your communication and stand out from the crowd. Here’s a list of the top 10 books to help you do just that
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Book clubs, communities and events have persisted in the 21st century—albeit in different formats, and sometimes with the help of richer media that makes it possible to connect more deeply and quickly with favourite authors and fellow fans.
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NAAV.AI cofounder and author of 10 books Vikram Sampath on training agentic AI for translating books into Indian regional languages, and what the speed and ease of translating with AI could mean for content across Indian languages.
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An ongoing art show at DAG Delhi and a new book by Trinity College literature professor Sarah Bilston revisit two ways in which the British sought to collect plants as well as knowledge about plants from colonized countries.
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Novelist Isabel Allende on being 'eternally displaced', and why 1891 is a big year in her latest novel 'My Name is Emilia del Valle'.
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Benyamin on why he thinks 'The Second Book of Prophets' is unlike anything he's written before, and translator Ministhy S. on why she had to read other books before taking up the Malayalam to English translation of Benyamin's latest novel.
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IFS Jeysundhar D and Bharatnatyam dancer Rama Vaidyanathan on their engagement with 8th century Bhakti poet-saint Andal's Tiruppavai, and the dance adaptation of 'Maalyada: The Sacred Garland'.
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Alleged sexual harassment, apathy and a ridiculous amount of navel-gazing and entitlement: Former Facebook global policy head Sarah Wynn-Williams' book about working at the social media giant from 2011-17 paints a hilarious but grim picture.
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Lawyer and author Gautam Bhatia on what every citizen needs to know about the Indian Constitution, and spaces for public participation in our 75-year-old Constitution.
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Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Covid-era novel about mothers and daughters is also an introduction to West African culture, food and history. Look out for the para about Delhi towards the end of the book!
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From Bengal to Maharashtra and from the Hindi heartland to the four southern states, editor AJ Thomas has curated a sampling menu of short stories from different regions, languages, time periods and styles in '100 Indian Stories'.
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India’s International Booker Prize 2025 contender Heart Lamp, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s first novel in a decade and 5 more books to read and / or gift for International Women's Day 2025.
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Marathi writer Shahu Patole & translator Bhaskar Korgaonkar talk about 'Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada', the English translation of the original 'Anna He Apoorna Brahma' & the little-known food practices of Maharashtra’s Dalit subcastes Mahar & Mang.
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Coolest thing about gravity that most people don't know, one sci-fi film that got the physics of gravity right, why blackholes are so interesting, how Harry Potter-style portkeys are theoretically possible & more questions answered by Imperial College London Professor Claudia de Rham.
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Born in Russia in 1902, Isaac Asimov first read a science fiction magazine in 1929. His experiments in writing began a couple years later. In June 1938, a publisher rejected his first story, but offered copious notes that Asimov said he found useful.
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Made for India: Bake with Shivesh creator Shivesh Bhatia's fifth and latest book has (mostly) eggless chocolate recipes that are on-trend for 2025. (Think chocolate pistachio thumbprint cookies.) What's missing is something to challenge the palate and really push chocolate as an ingredient in Indian kitchens.
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You lead yourself by choosing priorities and making choices that move you closer to the outcomes you want and away from outcomes you don’t.
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It is the kind of book that one is constantly dipping in and out of. Every time, you visit a page, you learn something new, or manage to look at it with a fresh pair of eyes.
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Paul’s analysis of India’s quest for status also sheds important light on the current geo-strategic situation and serves as a new framework for understanding the China–India rivalry, as well as India’s relative position in the broader Indo-Pacific theater.
