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Books, bonfires, and big discussion— inside 3-day Nainital Literature Festival

With Imtiaz Ali, Devdutt Pattanaik and Jerry Pinto, the discussion at the festival moved from World War II histories to contemporary cinema and storytelling.

Max City VoW lit fest returns to Mumbai on 28-29 March with focus on war, peace and ideas

The theme, 'Between War and Peace: One World, Many Words', continues the festival’s focus on public discussion of contemporary issues, with organisers saying it seeks to reflect a world shaped by conflicts in Europe and Middle East.

2nd edition of Nainital Literature Festival to be held from 13-15 March 

With entry free for all, the festival makes the finest conversations and ideas from across India & the world accessible to all, say the organisers. 

Granta’s India issue goes into the heart of ‘vikas’. Restlessness written all over it

The Ramayana entering politics is not the collapse of reason alone; sometimes it is also the search for continuity in a decade that has moved faster than people can catch up with

Why hasn’t India won Nobel Prize for literature after Independence? Quality of education

In Independent India, state policy has increasingly aggressively, if unintentionally, harmed talents and discouraged independent thought.

Young, Left, and reading—Delhi’s May Day Bookstore celebrates Workers’ Day for the 13th year

On May Day, a bookstore in Delhi's Shadipur celebrated its 13th anniversary by hosting a wide array of performers and speakers and by offering special discounts on select volumes.

Aruna Roy once worked with an ‘extremely crude’ politician. Jane Austen came to her rescue

Roy was speaking at the debut session of a lecture series, ‘Literature Matters’, by Hindi writer and cultural czar Ashok Vajpeyi’s Raza Foundation.

150 translated titles, poetry, music—new campaign familiarising Indians with French literature

The week-long celebration, Pardon My French!, kicked off on 20 September with a book launch that included a quick tour of the featured titles and engaging conversations.

Valley of Words announces 2024 book awards shortlist for translated works in English & Hindi

These categories encompass fiction in English and Hindi, translations from various Indian languages, as well as books for young adults and children in bilingual formats.

VoW celebrates ‘National Reading Month’ in honour of PN Panicker, to announce book awards shortlist

Valley of Words will observe the reading month starting today in honour of 'father of Kerala's library movement'. Its shortlist will offer 'connection to India's diverse, rich heritage'.

On Camera

Euphoria season 3 is an empty spectacle. Fans are upset, they want it cancelled

Euphoria's characters, who once carried moral ambiguity and emotional density, now feel like flat archetypes of the people they once were.

Strategic petroleum reserves: Why India needs bigger oil buffers & how others compare | Cut The Clutter

This is the transcript of Ep 1830 of Cut the Clutter, where Shekhar Gupta explains why strategic petroleum reserves are a national necessity & how India compares with China, US & Japan.

DRDO unveils amphibious battle platforms with crewless turrets, anti-tank missile capability

Tracked and wheeled variants, built in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems and Bharat Forge, carry 30mm turrets, cross water using hydro jets, and are 65% indigenous.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.