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Best books of 2024

Best books of 2024

Columnists and book critics of the Asian Age and Deccan Chronicle give their verdict on the titles that...

28 Dec 2024 12:16 PM IST

What does Draw My Life mean

The latest Internet meme to hit YouTube this year; a recollection of one’s life down the ages in the form of stick...

20 July 2013 11:50 AM IST

English Literature professors will now be required to ensure the presence of Black and Minority Ethnic writers (BME) in their courses. (Photo: Pixabay)

Cambridge University to decolonise' Eng Lit course after student...

Academic department of institution will put less emphasis on white authors and ensure the presence' of Black and...

25 Oct 2017 1:58 PM IST

Road to Insta(nt) fame

Hugely popular Insta poet Nikita Gill gets published with a collection of poems that explore identity, empowerment,...

15 Oct 2017 3:14 AM IST

Harvey Weinstein. (Photo: AP)

Hachette decides to dissolve book partnership with Harvey Weinstein

Publisher announces decision after authors including Mika Brzezinski pull out of deals over sexual abuse scandal.

13 Oct 2017 6:40 PM IST

Author Gaurav Sharma completed the book Gone are the Days in 10 months

In conversation with Gaurav Sharma about his book Gone are the Days...

The author already has three textbooks to his credit before foraying into the world of novels.

10 Oct 2017 1:07 PM IST

The study opens up the possibility that exposure to narrative storytelling can have a widespread effect on triggering empathy. (Photo: Pixabay)

Reading can make you feel more empathy for others: study

The study opens up the possibility that exposure to narrative storytelling can have a widespread effect on triggering...

9 Oct 2017 3:32 PM IST

Penguin Random House India being awarded the Tata Literature Live! Publisher of the Year.

Prestigious Tata Literature Live! Publisher of the Year bagged by...

The award was instituted in 2016 to recognise the efforts of India's publishers in discovering and nurturing writers.

20 Nov 2017 7:44 AM IST

Audiobooks have had a mixed reception in India as the consumer listening experience is overwhelmingly for music.

Hearing stories: Audiobooks may become next big thing

There is an interesting anecdote to the history of promoting audiobooks.

17 Nov 2017 1:09 AM IST

$Pathak termed Modi as \an able and true mentor\ for social welfare and development of India (Photo: PTI)$ Newsmakers

Coffee table book about life of PM Modi launched in Washington

Describing Modi as a "true grassroots leader", Pathak said India is all set to ensure 100 per cent sanitation coverage...

27 Sept 2017 1:57 PM IST

Tintin was created in 1929 by the Belgian comic-book author Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Herge

Tintin is a girl, says French philosopher

Creates stir with claim regarding Tintin's gender says there are instances in books where Tintin dresses in skirts or...

23 Sept 2017 2:13 PM IST

The book signed by Adolf Hitler has a blue cloth covering and was originally expected to sell for $20,000. (Photo: AP)

Adolf Hitler's phone directory put up for auction

Book contains more than 200 key Third Reich figures' private numbers; expected to fetch up to $20,000.

21 Sept 2017 1:10 PM IST