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A Cloud Called Bhura to Hello Sun, Indian children’s fiction is telling climate stories

Indian children’s fiction is taking on the climate crisis. There are now mysteries, picture books, modern fables, and adventure titles with environmental themes.

Is Bookstagram the new fast fashion? It has turned reading into a performance

Instagram book content creators read at inhumane speeds to keep up with the algorithm. This isn’t a sustainable practice–economically, environmentally or intellectually.

SubscriberWrites: In a world rife with misinformation & manipulation, it is time to become critical readers

Readers need to be careful about what they read and hear because of the farrago of information and misinformation in circulation, writes Satyam Choudhary.

8 books that should be on every reading list in 2021

Poetry, short stories, science fiction and humour — here are the best books to read in 2021.

We remember more by reading – especially print – than from audio or video

University students remember more when they read an article as opposed to listening to a podcast of it, a study shows.

Walking librarian — the Kerala woman who distributes over 500 books a month on foot

Residents of the hilly Mothakkara village in Kerala’s Wayanad district had no easy access to books at the library. Then Radhamani took matters into her own hands.

Penguin, Bloomsbury, Juggernaut can wait—Twitter is the new fiction publisher

Indians are writing stories on Twitter. In case you can’t sit through a 500-page novel

Bookstores are the kind of endangered species Covid-19 could nearly wipe out

A lot of people will understandably be uneasy about browsing through bookstores now because it increases the chances of catching the infection.

If you can read this headline, you can read a novel. Ignore your phone & do it

It’s not just readers raised in a digital-age who have difficulty with long-form text. Are you finding it difficult to stay with a novel? You are not alone.

Best non fiction books of 2019 for contrarians and the curious

2019 was a good year for books that made one think — from Steven Strogatz's take on the powers of calculus to Tyler Kepner's account of the history of baseball.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.