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Vaibhav Sharma: “Every translator should really like what they’re translating”

Published on Sep 24, 2024 05:33 PM IST

On writers who amalgamate words from different languages, nayi wali Hindi, translating Manav Kaul’s Antima, and being mentored by Booker winner Daisy Rockwell

Translator Vaibhav Sharma (Courtesy the subject)
ByChittajit Mitra

Sneha Desai – “I don’t have luxuries like writer’s block!”

The screenwriter of Laapataa Ladies, India’s official entry for Oscars 2025, on working successfully in theatre, television and film, gender dynamics in writing, and on learning from established film makers

Screenwriter Sneha Desai (Courtesy the subject)
Published on Sep 23, 2024 08:19 PM IST
ByMihir Chitre

Book Box | Why I hug trees

Walk through forests and books to discover the healing power of trees

A forest path(Sonya Dutta Choudhury)
Published on Sep 22, 2024 07:00 AM IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book that analyses stories about widows and their treatment across the world, a portrait of anthropologist and philosopher Irawati Karve, and a chronicle of how the Portuguese were driven out of one of the subcontinent’s last bastions of colonialism

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book that presents stories about widows and their status across the world, a biography of Irawati Karve, and a volume on how a colonial power was chased out of one of its last outposts in India. (HT Team)
Published on Sep 21, 2024 06:53 PM IST
ByHT Team

Ramesh Karthik Nayak – “Mine is a subaltern voice”

On winning the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (Telugu) for his short story collection, Dhaavlo (Song of Lamentation), and on being a member of the Banjara community

Author Ramesh Karthik Nayak (Courtesy the subject)
Published on Sep 21, 2024 05:36 PM IST

Review: A Bouquet of Dead Flowers by Swadesh Deepak

A collection of Swadesh Deepak’s stories translated from the original Hindi, looks at socio-political corruption with a piercing eye

Swadesh Deepak’s play Court Martial as directed by Arvind Gaur in 2007. (Theatreactor/Wikimedia Commons)
Published on Sep 21, 2024 05:32 PM IST
ByMayank Jain Parichha

Review: At Home in Two Worlds by Maria Aurora Couto

Goa’s foremost public intellectual, Maria Aurora Couto’s posthumously published writings sound a warning bell for the coastal state, which is metamorphosing into something unfamiliar and unrecognisable

“For Couto, the Goan is so intrinsically linked to the land that Goa’s very identity is informed of this bond. She is convinced, ‘the cultural strength of Goa lies in what politicians of all stripes describe as Goenkarponn, its uniqueness. This singularity is due to its history and, equally, its landscape: the undulating land, the sea, the rivers, hillocks, paddy fields, and coconut palms alongside mango and cashew groves’.” (Shutterstock)
Published on Sep 21, 2024 05:30 PM IST
BySelma Carvalho

Revisiting Stephen King’s most underrated novels

Right in time for the author’s 77th birthday on 21 September, here’s a list of his books to rediscover

Stephen King turns 77 on 21 September. (Shane Leonard/Courtesy stephenking.com)
Published on Sep 20, 2024 09:16 PM IST
ByTeja Lele

Review: Small Rain by Garth Greenwell

A novel that gives a sense of the life that gay men manage to build together even as it eviscerates both the protagonist and the reader

“While ailments and medical conditions persist in all of Greenwell’s work, the reader experiences the hospital and medicine in this novel with greater intensity.” (Shutterstock)
Updated on Sep 20, 2024 04:13 PM IST
ByRahul Singh

Aditi Maheshwari Goyal – “Publishing is in flux after the pandemic”

Executive director of Vani Prakashan talks about setting up Satrangi Vani, and the publishing house’s takeover of the publication program of Bhartiya Jnanpith

Aditi Maheshwari Goyal (Courtesy the subject)
Published on Sep 18, 2024 07:18 PM IST
ByKinshuk Gupta

Review: Liars by Sarah Manguso

The crisis of motherhood portrayed in the novel begs the question of how tradition and modernity have worked in tandem to keep women in their place

“No matter where you’re in the world, heteronormative roles replicate themselves endlessly.” (Shutterstock)
Published on Sep 18, 2024 06:23 PM IST
ByRutba Iqbal

The critic as artist

On how India’s first openly gay poet, Hoshang Merchant has created an entire tradition of interdisciplinary literary and cultural criticism

Author Saikat Majumdar with poet Hoshang Merchant
Published on Sep 17, 2024 08:36 PM IST

Dolma Choden Roder – “Bhutanese culture is more relational than individualistic”

The anthropologist, publisher and editor spoke about new writing from Bhutan and how the country’s independent past is allowing it to look at the discipline of anthropology minus its colonial baggage

Dolma Choden Roder (Drukyul’s Literature and Arts Festival)
Published on Sep 16, 2024 09:00 PM IST

Book Box | Why readers can't have enough of books about bookstores

These feel-good books about bookstores provide a soothing sense of well-being, a connection with the community and a return to the simple pleasures of life.

Bookseller Sherab at the Book Worm Manali(Sonya Dutta Choudhury)
Published on Sep 15, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Review: Circles of Freedom by TCA Raghavan

In Circles of Freedom, TCA Raghavan’s portrayal of a group of individuals, including Asaf Ali, Syud Hossain, Syed Mahmud, Aruna Asaf Ali and Sarojini Naidu, invites readers to appreciate the crucial role these figures played in the broader tapestry of India’s fight for independence

Jawaharlal Nehru with Asaf Ali (centre) and Aruna Asaf Ali (right) in a picture dated 8 February 1947. (HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 05:30 AM IST
ByFazzur Rahman Siddiqui

Anton Hur: “The plan was always to write, not translate”

In an interview conducted at the Drukyul’s Literature and Arts Festival in Thimphu, Bhutan, the Korean novelist and translator spoke about his new sci-fi novel, queer literature, and finding success as a literary translator

Author and translator Anton Hur (Courtesy the subject)
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 05:28 AM IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a volume that presents an understanding of India’s laws on equality, a book that redefines successful commercial activity and leadership, and a commentary on an ethnic art form from northern Bihar

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes a book that explains existing laws on equality in India, another that looks at the possible future of the modern corporation, and a volume on an ethnic art form from northern Bihar (HT Team)
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 05:26 AM IST
ByHT Team

Review: The Politician Redux by Devesh Verma

Set in Uttar Pradesh of the 1970s and ’80s, this is the story of a middle class man, a wannabe politician, who yearns to be counted among the powerful

The bungalow of Ram Mohan’s dreams? (HT Photo)
Updated on Sep 14, 2024 05:24 AM IST
ByLamat R Hasan

Review: The Devil’s Teacup and Other Ghost Stories

Featuring phantom beds, haunted teacups, shadowy portraits, mysterious riversides, abandoned houses and dark forests, The Devil’s Teacup and Other Ghost Stories by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay makes the reader think about the profound impact of tales of the supernatural on culture and community

Of peculiar paranormal objects (Shutterstock)
Published on Sep 13, 2024 09:33 PM IST
BySaleem Rashid Shah

HBD Roald Dahl: Dive into his legacy through the lens of his adult short fiction

On his birth anniversary today, we will be exploring the colossal legacy left behind by writer Roald Dahl through a few of his adult short stories

On his birth anniversary today, we will be exploring the colossal legacy left behind by writer Roald Dahl through a few of his short stories
Published on Sep 13, 2024 02:52 PM IST
ByAadrika Sominder

HBO’s Harry Potter reboot announces casting call, here's what fans have to say

As HBO prepares to launch a decade-long Harry Potter series, the search for actors has begun. Here's everything fans have to say

Despite the controversy that surrounds author creator JK Rowling, Harry Potter is about to get its very own TV adaptation on HBO
Published on Sep 13, 2024 09:51 AM IST
ByAadrika Sominder

Alien: Giger counter

With each new Alien instalment, the eldritch mystery that came with the HR Giger-designed xenomorph has all but evaporated

Cailee Spaeny in Alien: Romulus (20th Century Studios)
Published on Sep 12, 2024 05:51 PM IST

Review: Be Financially Smart by Nita Menezes

Though aimed primarily at women, this book, which explains complicated concepts in an organised manner, is a helpful resource for anyone trying to navigate the complex world of finance and money

Just one of the many ways to invest: Women shopping for gold. (Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times)
Published on Sep 12, 2024 02:54 PM IST
ByNeha Kirpal

Ranjit Hoskote: “Mir is very much our contemporary – a wounded sensibility”

On his latest work, ‘The Homeland’s an Ocean’, Ranjit Hoskote says he aims to address the misconception of Mir as working chiefly from his trauma and loss

Ranjit Hoskote (Teju Cole)
Published on Sep 11, 2024 09:16 PM IST
BySuhit Bombaywala

What ‘The Desire for Mischief’ can lead you to do

VK Nayanar wrote what is considered to be the first short story published in Malayalam, ‘Vasanavikruti’ (The Desire for Mischief), in 1891.

Writer and social critic VK Nayanar (Courtesy KE Priyamvada)
Updated on Sep 10, 2024 08:34 PM IST
ByKE Priyamvada

What to read to become a better writer

Five texts that explain how to write simply and well

The first words are the hardest. For many of us writing is a slog. (Pixabay)
Published on Sep 10, 2024 08:00 AM IST
The Economist

Sara Rai – “Exhibitionism has really taken over our society ”

At the Drukyul’s Literature and Arts Festival in Bhutan last month, bilingual author, literary translator, and editor Sara Rai spoke about her latest work, Raw Umber, on how writing helps you transcend pain, and why her grandfather Premchand’s writing is still relevant today

Author Sara Rai (Sohail Akbar)
Published on Sep 09, 2024 08:22 PM IST

Book review: Author Nadia Hashimi packs a tale of two Afghani teens in America

In Spilled Ink, pediatrician turned novelist, Nadia Hashimi delivers a narrative of two teenagers struggling to find a place in America as an Afghan family.

Author Nadia Hashimi packs a tale of two Afghani teens in America in her book, Spilled Ink
Published on Sep 09, 2024 11:39 AM IST
ByAadrika Sominder

Book Box | How to stay calm

From breathing to boundaries, here are books to help you stay calm in an age of anxiety

Breath by James Nestor(Sonya Dutta Choudhury)
Published on Sep 07, 2024 08:37 PM IST

Report: sā Ladakh Festival, Asia’s highest land art exhibition

Set against the stunning backdrop of the Himalayas, the 10-day event blending art, culture, and environmental consciousness, transformed Leh’s Disko Valley Bike Park into a living gallery

The sā Ladakh Festival (Royal Enfield Social Mission)
Published on Sep 06, 2024 08:07 PM IST
ByShireen Quadri
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