1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (237+ words) They may be young, but their imaginations know no bounds. Children are the greatest wonder on Earth, capable of absorbing vast amounts of knowledge and turning their experiences into remarkable creations, noted writer Vaishakhan said. He was speaking after inaugurating…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (153+ words) It became a ritual every Monday evening to eat dinner while watching Rooster, which, despite its many flaws, was hugely enjoyable, thanks to a set of memorable characters. While the show relies on tired tropes and has some glaring plot…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (231+ words) The targeting of books is as old as the book itself. Books have been censored, banned, torn, burnt, and pulverised to suppress opposing views, enforce state ideologies, silence uncomfortable truths, or for being deemed heretical. Why are these two different…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (498+ words) Nidhi Gupta, the executive director of Crossword, remains remarkably optimistic about the future of books and bookstores, despite the spectre of AI looming over the industry. “I believe people continue to crave a personal point of view, and a book…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (17+ words) Eminent Kannada writer Nataraja Huliyaar discusses the dynamic interplay between tradition and modernity at a national seminar....

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (384+ words) Updated - August 26, 2026 09:09 am IST (This story is part of The Hindu on Books newsletter that comes to you with book reviews, reading recommendations, interviews with authors and more. Subscribe here.) The buyers went by unusual names, including Red Sparrow Project,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1625+ words) Published - August 21, 2026 07:00 am IST - Bengaluru C.S. Yogananda, founder of Sriranga Digital Software Technologies, remembers a funny instance of coming across a post on X around two years ago. Originally written in Kannada, the post, after machine translation, took on an entirely…...