Author Amitava Kumar on the importance of keeping a journal, juggling words with drawings, and writing fiction in the time of fake news
The favourite jheel of a mohalla’s kids is bulldozed in front of their eyes
Two hundred years earlier, the Martians had found that the water sources and canals on the surface of their planet had started drying up. But the Martian...
A school girl bedazzled by fancy pencils turns into a thief but an act in kindness causes a change of heart and quality of writing
A story of love and fetish, suffering and survival that unfolds across the scarred landscape of a bruised relationship.
As Ma laid her healing hand on her back, Anisha felt like she had magically inserted some fallen, missing piece of a little bone back into her column of...
He had thought of her as she was, as her name spoke of: a single star. And now the star had burnt out, consumed by the vastness of the galaxy.
For youngsters in Kashmir, the unprecedented lockdown of 2019 was a tough time: the phone lines were dead and they couldn’t get to whisper sweet nothings...
Saadat Hasan Manto’s short story ‘Das Rupay’ is the tale of a 15-year-old pushed into the flesh trade by her mother. In his early days in Mumbai, Manto...
Kunal Basu’s latest novel, ‘In An Ideal World’, is not just about two competing visions of India, but also about the courage of compassion.
A sculptor finds himself engaged in sculpting the soft nuances of a woman’s body — hips that would make Botticelli blush, and breasts that would make...
He ran a small press. When she sent in an essay, they got talking. Hungry to know more about each other, they fell in love soon — hectically, hopelessly. But...
They met on an expedition in the hills. He had his eyes on her. She thought he was merely flirting. Love happened.
A short fiction story by author Namita Das on the travails of young lovers trying to marry the people they choose in the face of parental policing.
The extraordinary story of cheating death, again and again and again and again...
Actor Dwayne Johnson turned down the offer by Vin Diesel and also slammed him for involving Paul Walker's death.
We take a look at five popular films, which dealt with the themes of post apocalypse and dystopia.
A promising author, Zehra Naqvi, nuancedly articulates how the multi-layered and complicated processes with its intense emotional pressure leave mothers...
As the year draws to an end, we bring to you the top 10 Indian fictions of 2021. And a must-read they are!
Actor Keanu Reeves and actress Carrie-Anne Moss' daredevil stunt in 'The Matrix Resurrection' has a reason. They simply wanted the scene to appear natural!...
Actor Tom Holland revealed that he is on a WhatsApp group with actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
'It was midnight I heard footsteps stop at my window… A chill ran down my spine and even though it was winter, I could feel sweat trickle down my...
Ashar Najmi’s Urdu novel explores the complex perception of gender roles, gender identity and the ubiquitous unitary sexual orientation in the literary...
From The Gilgamesh to Gulliver’s Travels, from the Mahabharata to Six acres and a Third, they all speak to us eloquently even today.
Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama, who formed their production banner, Higher Ground last year, unveiled seven projects, scheduled...