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Not quite fair

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

Bomb scare at Jama Masjid, turns out to be a bag with religious books

Panic among the crowd at the religious monument punctured the traffic flow in the narrow streets of old Delhi

July 21, 2022

Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar and the slow death of a language

The lane that is now seen as the go-to place for kebabs and other Mughlai cuisines was once the hub…

July 18, 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

The books are closed

The lack of clarity behind shutting down Westland publishers has raised several questions about this sudden decision. While employees speak…

August 22, 2022

Almost broke

Sellers of second hand books are often migrants whose earnings on Sunday have been already depleted after relocation from Daryaganj.…

January 20, 2022

Discoverers of India

In the 19th century, the Brits came to serve the East India Company and in the 20th century the Crown.…

January 18, 2022

Man from Manda, of Mandal

VP Singh believed that historically, any real change comes through an element of ruthlessness or not at all. Whether it…

December 29, 2021

An author who fought for writer’s moral right over their creative work

One of the leading personalities of the Nayi Kahani (New Story) movement of Hindi literature, Mannu Bhandari was quite unlike…

November 24, 2021