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Perumal Murugan’s Pyre makes it to International Booker prize longlist

Perumal Murugan’s Pyre makes it to International Booker prize longlist

After Hindi writer Geetanjali Shree became the first Indian writer to win the award, Murugan is the first Tamil writer…

March 14, 2023

Maulana Azad remains more relevant today than ever: S. Irfan Habib

At the launch of Maulana Azad: A Life, historian and author S. Irfan Habib spoke about how the freedom fighter…

March 10, 2023

World Book Fair: Haven for young and old book lovers

The festival, held after two years, is hosting French, English, Hindi, Urdu, and Punjabi writers and books in many Indian…

March 3, 2023

No comics relief

Comics are fading into oblivion as famous publishers and bookstores search alternatives while unique cafes blend them with food

January 4, 2023

Not quite fair

Delhi Book Fair returned to the Capital after three years but without the news-making Booker-winning two titles as stall owners…

December 28, 2022

Bourgeois pleasure: Delhi’s Soviet-era bookstore

People’s Publishing House, which was established in 1947 and thronged by people till the mid-90s, has lost its sheen due…

November 22, 2022

Solace for mind and body

India International Centre presents a two-day yoga workshop by Yoga guru Bijoylaxmi Hota, followed by book launch of Yoga For…

August 22, 2022

The books that have readers hooked in Delhi

What is Delhi reading this summer? As the heatwaves kept people indoors, they picked up titles that caught their fancy…

June 2, 2022

Geetanjali Shree wins International Booker Prize for first Hindi novel ‘Tomb of Sand’

Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian author to win the prestigious International Booker Prize for her "utterly original" Hindi…

May 27, 2022

Metronama: going places, rapidly

The mass transit system which serves commuters from all strata of Delhi-NCR is abuzz with the stories of common people.…

August 22, 2022