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 lamented the low sales and turnout post pandemic

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 to changed reading habits and the digital era

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 Super Immunity

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 – and might interest Patriot readers. 

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 novel ‘Tomb of Sand’, a family saga set in northern India about an 80-year-old woman who travels to Pakistan to confront the unresolved trauma of her teenage experiences of Partition and re-evaluates what it means […]

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. Now a book by Rashmi Sadana explores the diverse lives that have a common meeting point: the Delhi Metro

Literary tête-à-tête: French LitFest 2022

The mutual love for books, that India and France share, came alive at the French LitFest 2022 with eminent French authors and novelists bringing forth a literary extravaganza filled with round tables, debates, and insightful interactions

Viking traders may have visited Gujarat, claims Dr Cat Jarman

Cat Jarman was at the 2022 Jaipur Litfest to hold a conversation with William Dalrymple on the research methods and forensic techniques that led to her authoring a path-breaking book