Sunday book pick: ‘The Year of the Hare’, a 1975 Finnish novel, shows how to create your own miracle
Arto Paasilinna’s novel was first published in Finland as ‘Jäniksen vuosi’. Herbert Lomas translated the book into English in ...
‘The School for Bad Girls’: Rule-breakers who became trailblazers of Indian women’s liberation
Feminists like Kadambini Ganguly, Bidhumukhi Ganguly, Sarala Ray, and Abala Bose are the protagonists in this children’s book ...
2024’s big film stories: A costly Oscar snub to the Hema committee report
One of the year’s most endearing images was from May 23, the day Payal Kapadia won the Cannes Film Festival’s Grand Prix ...
As MAGA attacks Indian tech workers and H1B visas, a debate about racism plays out on social media
The appointment of Chennai-born Sriram Krishnan as a senior advisor on Artificial Intelligence seems to have rubbed some ...
Physical activity can lead to a temporary memory boost
The findings point to the importance of maintaining active lifestyles as we age – and supporting this active lifestyle with ...
Our personalities change when we speak another language – but that’s not always a bad thing
The choice of language in which bilingual people communicate affects not only emotional intensity, but also the way they ...
Aneesh Pradhan: Zakir Hussain’s legacy encourages us to innovate, anticipate and communicate
Going beyond the adulation that Zakir Hussain will continue to receive from his seniors, contemporaries, juniors and fans, ...
A view of 19-century Bombay and its Parsis through the eyes of a Russian poet
On a trip to India with Nicholas II, Esper Ukhtomsky expressed disdain for British colonialism and how anglicised the elite ...
Lawyers’ body protests removal of temple from official residence of Madhya Pradesh HC chief justice
The state’s bar association said the move was insulting to believers of sanatan dharma and that the house was not the chief ...
The ten best international novels of 2024 – according to literary experts
The book, which won the 2024 International Booker Prize, is set in the last years of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) ...
BOB recruitment 2024: Apply for 1267 Manager, AMO and other posts from December 28
The Bank of Baroda has released the official notification for the recruitment of Human Resources on a regular basis for ...
‘There was no loss, no gain’: This new book is an essential guide to understanding Ghalib’s couplets
Excerpted with permission from The Essential Ghalib, translated from the Urdu by Anisur Rahman, HarperCollins India.