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HT Picks; New Reads

This week’s pick of interesting reads includes an autobiographical book that blends anecdote with social commentary, a novel about Parsis that presents the community’s eccentricities, and a manifesto that dares the reader to make the world a better place (Akash Shrivastav)

books

Published on Apr 11, 2025 08:27 PM IST

Life let me carve my own path; it has been a hell of a fun ride: Chitra Palekar

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Mumbai, India. March 19, 2025: Indian Filmmaker and Author Chitra Palekar poses during her interview for Hindustan Times in Mumbai. Mumbai, India. Mar 19, 2025. (Photo by Raju Shinde/HT Photo) (Hindustan Times)

mumbai news

Published on Mar 23, 2025 09:04 AM IST

Seema Kapoor: My writing began 34 years ago, during my divorce from Om Puri

Seema Kapoor during the release to her autobiography Yun Guzri Hai Ab Talak

cinema

Updated on Mar 08, 2025 05:14 PM IST

Must globalise compassion to solve basic human issues: Kailash Satyarthi

Kailash Satyarthi

india news

Published on Jan 30, 2025 07:28 AM IST

Majeed Memon's front-row seat to Mumbai’s iconic legal battles

Mumbai, India. Jan 17, 2025: Senior lawyer Majeed Memon`s book cover. Mumbai, India. Jan 17, 2025. (Photo by HT Photo)

mumbai news

Updated on Jan 18, 2025 09:31 AM IST

Pope Francis reflects on election and controversies in new autobiography

An introspective Pope Francis’ autobiography, which was published on Tuesday, doubles down on some of his most contentious actions as pope and reveals some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the pushback he has faced ever since.

world news

Published on Jan 14, 2025 11:38 AM IST

TSMC founder Morris Chang offered top job to Jensen Huang, memoir shows

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technology

Published on Nov 29, 2024 04:48 PM IST

Jayarajan rallies for Sarin a day after autobiography row

On Thursday, at a public meeting in Palakkad, the senior CPI(M) leader called Sarin an ‘ideal’ candidate for the party who had resigned from civil service to engage in public service. (HT PHOTO)

india news

Updated on Nov 15, 2024 09:04 AM IST

Wrestling with doubt: Rudraneil Sengupta writes on Sakshi Malik’s new memoir

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Malik celebrates gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Six years earlier, she won bronze at the Rio Games, the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in wrestling. (Getty Images)

art culture

Updated on Oct 18, 2024 07:58 PM IST

Sushilkumar Shinde’s autobiography casts a warm glow upon a time when camaraderie ruled over calumny

In the book, Sharad Pawar took a large share of Shinde’s affection. He looked up to Pawar in his early years.

mumbai news

Updated on Oct 06, 2024 07:02 AM IST

Cricketer R Ashwin's autobiography to hit stands on June 10

cricket

Published on Jun 03, 2024 04:00 PM IST

Shoolini University chancellor launches autobiography

Shoolini University chancellor Prem Kumar Khosla launching his autobiography “Eighty-Four Memoirs” at the Chandigarh Press Club. (HT Photo)

chandigarh news

Updated on Mar 12, 2024 08:52 AM IST

Spice of Life: Chronicling life through its ups & downs, one page at a time

In inking while thinking, my pen transmits the voice of my soul. There is no fear of being judged and often it acts as a catharsis as the ink drains out a significant amount of negativity off my mind, writes Col HP Singh. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

chandigarh news

Updated on Jan 22, 2024 05:18 AM IST

Upset with controversy, ISRO chief withdraws publishing of his autobiography

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chairman S. Somanath

india news

Published on Nov 04, 2023 07:59 PM IST

Haven't targeted anyone in autobiography, says ISRO chief Somanath

ISRO chairman S Somanath

india news

Published on Nov 04, 2023 03:49 PM IST

HT Picks; New Reads

On the reading list this week is a book on the Indian village, another on Indian women wildlife biologists and their journeys across the country’s wild spaces, and the memoir of an academic and activist. (HT Team)

books

Published on Sep 15, 2023 11:08 PM IST

Ideal worship: After #GirlBoss, it’s now #GirlFailure

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Perfect mothers, spouses, cooks? A still from The Stepford Wives (2004). The problem lies with assigning labels to women, says behavioural analyst Aditi Surana. “Society needs to just normalise our journeys as humans instead.”

art culture

Updated on Sep 15, 2023 05:24 PM IST

Ruminations on a maverick’s career

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Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar

opinion

Published on Aug 26, 2023 10:22 PM IST

Move to include Shailaja book in varsity syllabus draws flak

CPI(M) MLA and former Kerala health minister KK Shailaja’s book, ‘My life as a Comrade’, was recommended as reading material in an elective course for first-year semester students of MA English at Kannur University. (ANI)

india news

Updated on Aug 25, 2023 01:15 AM IST

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle put under ‘strain’ after memoir's fallout

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle speak during the 2021 Global Citizen Live festival at the Great Lawn, Central Park on September 25, 2021 in New York City (Photo by Angela Weiss / AFP)

world news

Updated on Jul 28, 2023 10:50 AM IST

Devendra Fadnavis cites Pawar’s book to target Thackeray

Deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis speaking during the event in Pune. (Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)

pune news

Updated on May 19, 2023 12:13 AM IST

Assam: Defamation case filed against former CJI Ranjan Gogoi in local court

Gogoi after retiring from Supreme Court became a member of Rajya Sabha. (File image)

others

Updated on May 11, 2023 04:53 PM IST

Sharad Pawar all praise for his driver serving him for more than 4 decades

NCP chief Sharad Pawar.

india news

Published on May 04, 2023 11:35 AM IST

Daily brief: What Sharad Pawar wrote about nephew Ajit in autobiography

Sharad Pawar announced his exit for the post of the party supremo at the launch of his autobiography which too contains explosive revelations about Maharashtra politics.

india news

Published on May 02, 2023 08:52 PM IST

BJP secretly worked against ally Shiv Sena to destroy it, says Pawar in autobiography

The second edition of Sharad Pawar’s autobiography, ‘Lok Maze Sangati’, will be published on May 2. (HT Photo)

mumbai news

Updated on May 01, 2023 12:38 AM IST

Taste of Life: When lemonade and ‘John Collins’ stirred up spirits of European soldiers

The craze for aerated water and lemonade made a few Indians sell the beverages in the bazaars. In 1883, Sadar Bazaar had nine soda water and lemonade sellers. (REPRESENTATIVE PHOTO)

pune news

Updated on Apr 20, 2023 04:34 PM IST