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Thursday, August 20, 2026
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Reading in the age of distraction is quietly becoming a radical luxury

Much like smoking, books too are back in Vogue. Gone are the days of the literati; now is the time of the 'hot literati'. Books boost your sexual, intellectual and economic appeal.

Daryaganj book bazaar was a Delhi institution. Stories of its ‘ustads’ are now being told

A discussion on Kanupriya Dhingra’s ‘The Sunday Book Bazaar’ at Delhi’s Bookshop Inc explored the lives of the market’s booksellers and the fight over its relocation.

Everyone is writing a book in this US city. It all started with a workshop 90 years ago

Around every corner, bookstores are hosting aspiring writers and celebrated authors, making Iowa City a powerhouse that continues to produce writers on an almost industrial scale.

100 authors sue Anthropic for pirating books, demand $75 million

Anthropic allegedly used over 500 pirated books for its AI models, which include Tiffany Aliche’s New York Times bestseller Get Good with Money and Laura Esquivel’s Like Water for Chocolate, an international bestseller.

Why tourists are letting novels plan their trips

Bookworms are swapping their cosy blankets for passports to chase fictional boyfriends and board actual romance-novel cruises in Croatia.

Chinese libraries install new book sanitisers. No more grimy germs of borrowers on them

Shanghai Library leads the tech wave with 40 password-protected machines designed to keep readers, students, and staff safe from germs.

Why Jerry Pinto joined a workshop on washing dead babies. Death, fear & palliative care

Jerry Pinto didn’t just talk at a Chandigarh discussion of his book A Good Life: The Power of Palliative Care. He acted out exchanges, joked, and stressed one idea: see the person, not the illness.

Punjabi Dalit fiction is reaching an English audience at last. The book is called Gangrene

Dalit literature in India is usually tied to the Ambedkar-Phule revolutionary legacy and raw Marathi autobiographies. Now a new translation of Punjabi-Dalit stories shows caste as Punjab lives it.

India’s teens are reading Young Adult fiction. They don’t want myth & morality lessons

Young adult fiction is filling a long-ignored reading gap for teenagers navigating identity, relationships and growing up. The copies are rising and so are book sales.

Comic books were precious but never considered respectable, says graphic designer Orijit Sen

The session, titled 'Comics as Witness', brought together comic creators, publishers, and distributors to discuss comic book readers in India.

On Camera

Indian politicians need to learn to take a joke

From stand-up comics facing FIRs to political leaders bristling at memes, India remains deeply uncomfortable with the freedom to mock.

India’s crude import bill jumped by 57% year-on-year to $63.4 bn in April-July as oil prices rose

India’s crude import volumes remained largely unchanged in April-July, but higher oil prices sharply increased the import bill, with renewed US-Iran tensions raising the risk of another rise in costs.

Hafiz Saeed’s Muridke headquarters was hit by woman fighter pilot during Op Sindoor

ThePrint has learnt that more than one woman fighter pilot were involved in targeting military locations during the 87-hour conflict with Pakistan last year.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman