Books
Book fairs and lit fests: Do they have anything for the real reader?
The annual season is upon us. Skip it all and read a book at home instead if you are not interested in hype and hoopla, and networking.

Ashish Mehta is a New Delhi-based independent journalist and researcher.
The annual season is upon us. Skip it all and read a book at home instead if you are not interested in hype and hoopla, and networking.
Former Tata Coffee CEO and MD Sanjiv Sarin's memoir, 'The Other Side of the Mountain', shares his learning of how spiritual practice helped him in both work and life.
There is a lot to look forward to: From fiction by George Saunders, Daniyal Moinuddin and Yann Martel to non-fiction on consciousness and India's mammals and memoirs by Murakami and others
In Delhi, the daily troubles faced by bus commuters are a little-noticed piece of the larger urban puzzle.
Ever wondered if you would ever have the time and courage to pick up War and Peace in this life? Here are some tried-and-tested hacks to help confused readers.
Forty years later, the boy and his stuffed tiger continue to spread joy and wisdom, elevating the cartoon strip to an art form.
Amazon has opened a new chapter with its Kindle Translate. Before writing it off, we should note its creative potential too.
The winner of the prestigious prize will be announced on Monday, and a little surprise can safely be expected.
Nabokov's masterpiece is a cornucopia of word play and language games, even if its theme of sexual abuse is even more troubling now.
The best of fiction from the first quarter of this century are nowhere close to their counterparts from the twentieth century – despite so many parallels in the theatre of the world