New Delhi, June 14 -- In an undated but not too distant past, Dutch writer and artist Valentijn Hoogenkamp, who now identifies as non-binary and uses the he/him pronouns, discovered that he had the de... Read More
New Delhi, June 13 -- Nirmala Thomas's novel Manjil Oruval, translated from the Malayalam as Snowed Under by Radhika P. Menon, has an unusual coda. Written by Dr M.V. Pillai, clinical professor of onc... Read More
New Delhi, June 8 -- In 2011, when I decided to leave my first job after more than five years because it no longer felt fresh or challenging, my father was more upset by the decision than my then empl... Read More
New Delhi, June 1 -- The covid-19 pandemic pushed us to the brink of an abyss-and the abyss stared back with a multitude of answers. Some discovered a lifeline in baking sourdough bread. Others found ... Read More
New Delhi, June 1 -- August 17, S. Hareesh's novel translated from the Malayalam by Jayasree Kalathil, is rooted in the fantasy of the kingdom of Thiruvithamkoor (Travancore) refusing to join the Unio... Read More
New Delhi, May 24 -- If there were a Met Gala for books, Taste (conceptualised by journalist Lakshmi Chaudhry and published by Juggernaut) would have undoubtedly turned heads on the red carpet. Retail... Read More
New Delhi, May 23 -- If you are looking for a eureka moment when Taranjeet Singh Chhabra and Amar Preet Singh decided to start their footwear venture Neeman's, you may be disappointed. The idea behind... Read More
New Delhi, May 23 -- Satyajit Ray jokingly described Nemai Ghosh as "the bug" on his windowsill. Since 1968, when the duo first met, Ghosh was Ray's unofficial photographer until the director's death ... Read More
New Delhi, May 16 -- On an unusually mild May morning, Sunder Nursery in Delhi's Nizamuddin Basti area is all abuzz. Quite literally. Behind the stone wall marking the end of the territory accessible ... Read More
New Delhi, May 9 -- In 2018, photographer and documentary filmmaker Shino Cherian decided, on an impulse, to attend the Koovagam festival in Tamil Nadu, which spans 18 days of the month of Chithirai (... Read More