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Glory: An Orwell-flavoured allegory for the ages

NoViolet Bulawayo's Glory is one of the finest political satires of the last decade or so, and richly deserves it spot on the 2022 Booker shortlist.

A genocide denier, a #MeToo scandal and more: The controversies that have marred the Nobel Prize for Literature

The Swedish Academy, also known as The Eighteen, responsible for the Nobel prize in literature have found themselves at the centre of many scandals. From choosing Peter Handke in 2019 to awarding singer-songwriter Bob Dylan in 2016, here’s a look at when they created a row

PARAM- Exhibition of supreme conception and creativity

With 15 years in the market, Divine Art opens its post pandemic ventures with a meaningful collection of contemporary Indian art from the studios of eminent artists as well as those from personal collections.

Gandhi's journals: How the Mahatma shaped a nation's ideas through Young India, Navjivan and Harijan

Many, before Gandhi, had employed the press to further their cause. Many did so after him. Few have been as effective as he was in the early 1920s when Young India and Navjivan were at their zenith

From Ben Kingsley to Naseeruddin Shah, actors who brought Mahatma Gandhi and his ideals to life

This Gandhi Jayanti, we revisit some of the most memorable portrayals of Gandhi on stage and in cinema.

Arjun Raj Gaind: This book emerged out of my struggles to understand what it means to be Punjabi

Based on real incidents and real people, ‘The Anatomy of Loss’ was first attempted 25 years ago. Its author speaks to Firstpost, shares why it took him so long, and other things.

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour: This play by Sir Tom Stoppard comes to the NCPA Mumbai

The cast includes Neil Bhoopalam, Denzil Smith, Sohrab Ardeshir, Deepika Deshpande Amin & Mihaail Karachiwala. The multi-award-winning international creative team is led by the NCPA Head of Theatre & Films.

Book Review: 'CROCHET - The Gordian World of Tahir Khan' and children are NOT all right

Raman Agarwal's 'CROCHET - The Gordian World of Tahir Khan' lifts the veil from the societally entrenched unscientific and false belief that children are naturally insulated against mental illnesses just because of their young age through his protagonist Tahir

Food Friday | Durga Pooja: Remembering grandma’s pooja delights

What Durga Pooja is for Bengalis, Navratri is for North Indians. Here is a look at some homemade delicacies of Durga pooja which brings back fond memories.

Arti Sonthalia’s new book Read, Write, Race is about a 10-year-old’s struggle with dyslexia

Arti Sonthalia, who has written award-winning children’s books such as Big Bully and M-me (2015) and Best Friends Forever (2018) is back with a new title called Read, Write, Race. It revolves around a 10-year-old boy named Raghav who is diagnosed with dyslexia.

Book Review | Délio Mendonça's 'Fonseca' is a tribute to the pioneer of Indian Christian Art

Angelo da Fonseca’s Christian iconography is an important part of modern Indian art but, sadly his art was not celebrated during his lifetime in his homeland Goa

Food Friday | Sweet Nostalgia: Iconic eateries that have stood the test of time

What is it about certain eateries that allows them to reach cult status despite the onslaught of global competition? Sheer, sweet nostalgia.

Book Review: After Sappho is a feminist novel for literary nerds

The women of After Sappho aren’t just some of the best people in the writing business; they’re also trailblazers.

Sheela Tomy's Valli brings the beauty and the fury of nature alive for the reader instantly

Sheela Tomy's VALLI is the ambitious, sprawling story of the Wayanad region of Kerala and four generations of people who call it home. It's among a handful of recent Indian works that have centred ecological themes.

Namita Thapar opens up about lessons and regrets from Shark Tank India

Namita Thapar’s book The Dolphin and The Shark offers tips to entrepreneurs on building teams and brands, and attracting the right kind of investors for their business. She also looks back at her journey on Shark Tank India, and writes candidly about her experience.

Raahein: A curated space that aims at nurturing art and craft by Shefali Khanna

Social entrepreneur Shefali Khanna launches a new experiential space for creators, musicians, and artisans; the workspace-cum-studio is a uniquely curated space that aims at creating a conducive environment for nurturing art and craft.

Book Review | ‘Khela’ essentially portrays childhood of every Indian amid growing capitalism and communalism

The novel has two main themes —one is the idea of capitalism, and the other is the misrepresentation of religion as a tool for resistance

Jodhpur RIFF 2022 is back after Covid break: Here’s what to look forward to

This year, the world famous folk music festival will be held from 6-10 October at Jodhpur’s Mehrangarh Fort

Book Review | Ruchikaa Bhuyan’s 'Until It Rains Again', sexuality and society

From subject, characterisation and style, it has been a great read all through

Food Friday | Pune- The world on a platter

From the Chinese staple, Peking duck, to gems from Nikkei cuisine to Japanese robatas— there is much to be sampled.

Dispatches from the pearly gates

Sri Lankan writer Shehan Karunatilaka's Booker-shortlisted novel is a rip-roaring mystery set in the afterlife, with some first-rate political satire and admirable depth of characterization.

Amitav Ghosh unpacks colonization and global warming in The Living Mountain

Amitav Ghosh’s new book is set in a valley where indigenous people from warring villages live off the abundant riches from a sacred mountain. Their lives are disrupted by outsiders who force their way into the valley and treat the mountain as nothing but a resource.

‘Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl’: The Queen as imagined by the Beatles, Netflix, novelists

Over the past 70 years, authors, filmmakers, playwrights, songwriters and painters have responded to the Queen as both symbol and human being, whether commenting on the heights of her position or attempting to tease out the inner life of a woman who spoke infrequently in public and avoided personal

Vaibhav Purandare talks about his book Shivaji: India’s Great Warrior King

This biography aims to fill in the gaps left by previous biographers. It draws heavily from archival sources in the Marathi language, including letters written by Shivaji to his aides and adversaries, official state documents, treaties, and revenue administration documents.

Udaipur city and its understated treasure of arms and armour

The collection includes a full range of arms and armour from the late 16th to the 20th centuries that express the unique cultural identity of Mewar. In addition to these, it includes south Indian, Mughal, Middle Eastern, European, and American masterpieces.

Musings on Delhi’s Art Weeks

The Delhi Art Week and Delhi Contemporary Art Week took place back-to-back this year offering the Capital’s denizens a focussed selection of the best that Indian art has to offer.

In a class of her own

Selby Wynn Schwartz's After Sappho is an enchanting, idiosyncratic novel about the lives of iconic women like Virginia Woolf, Lina Poletti, Sarah Bernhardt and many, many others.

Claire Keegan’s masterpiece ‘Small Things Like These’ is a story of hope in a time of despair

Set in 1980s Ireland, Keegan’s book is a historical fiction inspired by the horrific Magdalene laundries, where “fallen women” were concealed for free labour.

Nagesh Kukunoor to direct crime procedural on Rajiv Gandhi murder case

Applause Entertainment has acquired the rights to Anirudhya Mitra’s book Ninety Days: The True Story of the Hunt for Rajiv Gandhi's Assassins (2022). It will be adapted into a web series to be directed by Nagesh Kukunoor and produced by Elahe Hiptoola.

Ipshita Nath: Memsahibs were mostly just women trying to thrive in a man’s world

Author Ipshita Nath, in an exclusive interaction with Firstpost, talks about her book Memsahibs: British Women in Colonial India, where the idea came from, and how she feels memsahibs were mostly just women trying to thrive in a man’s world.