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‘It’s hard to stop me from writing’: Ruskin Bond on why he simply can’t stop writingSubscriber Only

May 30, 2026 17:27 IST

Ruskin Bond on turning 92, his new book of friendship stories and why he keeps turning to the past for for memories and storylines

Romila Thapar on her memoir ‘Just Being’, battle over history, JNU and the Aryan questionSubscriber Only

May 17, 2026 07:18 IST

The 94-year-old historian-author speaks on her life, the university as a safe space and why questioning remains essential to intellectual life

From shape-shifting birds to snake princes: How ‘Voices in the Wind’ maps Himalaya’s living folk talesSubscriber Only

May 03, 2026 10:47 IST

Namita Gokhale and Malashri Lal have edited Himalayan Folk Tales Come Alive in Voices in the Wind

With Hugh Gantzer’s death, the end of the road for old-fashioned travel writingSubscriber Only

February 04, 2026 17:12 IST

A former Navy officer, Hugh’s postings took him all over the country, cementing his love for travel. The Indian Tourism Development Corporation commissioned them to write a book on Kerala in 1974. So, they took off on their Vespa with their 12-year old son. That journey put them firmly on the road for ever

The first International Spice Routes Conference in Kerala tells the story of spices through ancient trade networks and social historiesSubscriber Only

January 06, 2026 17:29 IST

The conference in Kochi that has delegates from 22 countries revisits the cultural, religious and commercial potential of global networks

‘As filmmakers, we try and document our times’: Anusha Rizvi on how The Great Shamsuddin Family reflects today’s Delhi and its social anxietiesSubscriber Only

January 03, 2026 12:04 IST

The director discusses storytelling, family dynamics and using an intimate setting to make a larger point

Once upon a time in Dehradun, a Chinese man, an Indian weddingSubscriber Only

January 01, 2026 07:41 IST

Anjel Chakma’s death exposes how decades of social change and political polarisation have altered who feels at home

‘Jugnuma’ director Raam Reddy on magic realism and working with Manoj BajpayeeSubscriber Only

September 20, 2025 19:02 IST

The filmmaker, who debuted with 'Thithi', talks about addressing both class and ecological faultlines in his latest film

Nayantara Sahgal on the Emergency and her rift with cousin Indira Gandhi that never quite healedSubscriber Only

June 29, 2025 05:00 IST

'If my elder sister does something wrong, it’s my duty to write against that', says Sahgal, 98, at her home in Dehradun

Sudhir Mishra on his film ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi’ and his new series on the EmergencySubscriber Only

June 28, 2025 17:30 IST

The filmmaker talks about his new series, 'Summer of ’76’ a tribute to youth, curiosity and dissent and how rebellion is at the heart of his movies.

Ruskin Bond at home in Landour: A look back at how the hill town inspired his writingSubscriber Only

April 26, 2025 10:41 IST

The author, who turns 91 on May 19, on his new book, what keeps him writing, Landour’s transformation into an Insta destination and why there are more young readers than before

At home with Irfan Habib: The History KeeperSubscriber Only

January 25, 2025 07:50 IST

He was 19 when the Republic was born. In the 75 years since then, as the nation grappled with new identities and aspirations, Irfan Habib spent years uncovering India’s complex history, helping generations to make sense of their present.

New Year Postcards: ‘Women fought for Uttarakhand…we hope for a safer place’Subscriber Only

January 01, 2025 07:59 IST

Pant remembers both the happiness and anxiety over the future on November 9, 2000 — when Uttarakhand gained statehood — but she can’t forget the struggle that activists like her underwent to make that day possible.

All about a girl: ‘Still remember that first day — there was complete silence when I walked into the class’Subscriber Only

November 09, 2024 08:06 IST

Shekinah will be the first girl to graduate from Colonel Brown, an all-boys’ school and one of the oldest residential schools in Dehradun, in over 50 years

Old Rajinder Nagar, the Mecca of UPSC aspirations, and what series and films set in that world don’t showSubscriber Only

July 31, 2024 12:50 IST

What they don't convey is the crushing weight of expectations and pressure on aspirants. Issues such as dangerous infrastructure, high fees and quality of services by coaching centres never take centre stage.

‘It’s a time when women more than ever want to cheer for each other loudly’: Anasuya SenguptaSubscriber Only

May 31, 2024 07:16 IST

In 2020, a few months after the initial lockdown, Sengupta, who had been toying with the idea of doing less film work and more art and of moving to Goa, where there is a thriving artist community and where she felt welcome, finally took the plunge.

History Headline: Are Uttarakhand’s pine trees to blame for the fires?Subscriber Only

May 19, 2024 07:00 IST

“During forest fires in Mussoorie and Landour, one of the frustrating things would be that people fighting the fire would put it out in a certain section but one of the pine cones would catch fire up above and come rolling down and start it all over again,” says Stephen Alter, author of Wild Himalaya: A Natural History of the Greatest Mountain Range on Earth.

Understanding Kashmir’s tallest leader Sheikh Abdullah, and the region and its politicsSubscriber Only

January 07, 2024 13:05 IST

With the Supreme Court last month validating the move to abrogate Article 370, historian Chitralekha Zutshi's biography of Abdullah is a timely look back at the journey that culminated here

At 90, Madhur Jaffery still has a few spices up her sleeveSubscriber Only

December 09, 2023 12:00 IST

As her classic book on Indian cuisine completes four decades, actor and author Madhur Jaffrey talks about being an accidental cook, introducing the West to Indian recipes, and the show that made her a star

The Purola Story: How an Uttarakhand town discovered ‘love jihad’Subscriber Only

June 23, 2023 17:44 IST

An attempted abduction transforms into a ‘love jihad’ case, feeding grist to the political mills and exposing familiar fault lines. Yet, in this town up in the hills, there are other issues that are up for discussion: jobs, price rise

Director Sudhir Mishra on his latest film Afwaah, rumour-mongering and why he will stand up for Vivek AgnihotriSubscriber Only

May 06, 2023 10:25 IST

The maker of films such as Hazaaron Khwaishein Aisi and Serious Men speaks on why he believes in engaging with the other and keeping things real.

Hunting cats that became the hunted: Life & death of the cheetah in IndiaSubscriber Only

May 06, 2023 06:35 IST

With the cheetah project taking off in India, the author decided to bring the story to date. The Story of India’s Cheetahs is a revised edition of out-of-print The End of a Trail, with reworked and new text.

‘If somebody says Vivek Agnihotri is not allowed to make Kashmir Files, I will stand with him. Every film should be made’: Sudhir Mishra

May 03, 2023 21:12 IST

Director Sudhir Mishra on his latest film Afwaah, rumour-mongering and why he will stand up for Vivek Agnihotri.

Explained Books | The story of Humayun, beyond his failure and exileSubscriber Only

March 04, 2023 06:06 IST

Humayun was a complex, fascinating personality. Ebba Koch's account stitches together his life, his campaigns, his exile in Iran, and his military and diplomatic successes, which "enabled him to regain the Mughal throne in Hindustan".

Tale of the fundamental unit of life, told by a master storytellerSubscriber Only

January 21, 2023 06:57 IST

Siddhartha Mukherjee’s latest work of nonfiction, The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human, takes off from the study of the fundamental unit of life — the cell — and leads the reader through the integral role it plays in medical science.