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Delhiwale:This way to Mohalla Niyaryan, part 1
Mohalla Niyaryan in Old Delhi, featured in Ahmad Ali's "Twilight in Delhi," blends fiction and reality, echoing the street's vibrant life today.
Published on Apr 26, 2025 05:16 AM IST
Review: Nevermore by Cécile Wajsbrot
Wajsbrot demands the full attention of her reader as she plays with form, ideas and writing in this novel about an unnamed protagonist arriving in Dresden to translate Virginia Woolf’s ‘To the Lighthouse’
Published on Jan 30, 2025 04:48 PM IST
Rahul Singh
Women @Booker 2024: Breaking boundaries, dismantling one moniker at a time
For centuries, women picked monikers to evoke communication. The Bronte sisters — Charlotte, Emily and Anne — were Currer Bell, Ellis Bell and Acton Bell.
Published on Sep 25, 2024 06:54 PM IST
Anuradha Vellat
Who was Aphra Behn? A look at a trailblazing 17th-century poet, writer, spy
She inspired Virginia Woolf, wrote of gender-fluidity, and was likely overshadowed by the growing legacy of Shakespeare in her time.
Updated on Jan 20, 2024 03:09 PM IST
Anesha George
Roundabout: A Tryst with Translation
The upsurge of translation from Indian languages to English has created an interesting literary milieu, breaking the hierarchies of those writing in English due to the colonial legacy
Updated on Apr 09, 2023 01:43 AM IST
Nirupama Dutt
Sans gala or red carpet, a stylish fashion show at the Metropolitan Museum
The annual hoopla around the celebrity-studded Met Gala is so intense, it’s often forgotten who the real star is: the fashion exhibit inside. This year, it’s the only star. A stylish Costume Institute show at the Metropolitan Museum has opened, six months behind schedule.
Updated on Oct 31, 2020 10:45 AM IST
New York | Associated Press | Posted by: Alfea Jamal
Delhiwale: Meet the plant lady
A passing glimpse into a street vendor’s life and business on a Delhi street
Updated on Oct 03, 2020 06:48 AM IST
New Delhi | Mayank Austen Soofi
Met Gala 2020 postponed, future of fashion in question
This year’s ball which was slated to be held on May 4 has been given no later date. As the gala stands postponed now, one’s keen to know how it would affect the future of fashion?
Updated on Mar 20, 2020 06:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Prerna Gauba
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Bernardine Evaristo, Olga Tokarczuk, Virginia Woolf and other women authors you should read
From important topics such as gender, feminism, mental health, body positivity to evergreen discussions pertaining to poetry, romance, erotica among others, the conversations are aplenty as much as the platforms - social media, podcasts, videos, blogs and more.
Updated on Mar 08, 2020 07:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Saumya Sharma
Humour: In search of balance
Looking for equanimity in Buddhist meditation and steamed spinach
Updated on Jan 26, 2020 12:06 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rehana Munir
Virginia Woolf 138th Birth Anniversary: Why you should read Virginia Woolf; quotes by the author for every 21st-century feminist
Virginia Woolf’s quotes stand true most in our times. Here are a few that evoke feminist pride and show what a visionary this celebrated author and important voice was in literary history.
Updated on Jan 25, 2020 08:43 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Delhi | Saumya Sharma
Books we haven’t read: Time to turn the page?
December is Read A New Book Month. But new can be old, if there is a classic or celebrated work that’s been lying neglected on your bookshelf for years. Ten writers tell us about the books they have yet to finish
Updated on Nov 30, 2019 08:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Poulomi Banerjee
Pack your bags and set out on a mouth-watering food trip in USA
For an unforgettable travel experience too, food is undoubtedly one the most important components.
Updated on Oct 16, 2019 09:57 AM IST
Washington D.C. | Asian News International
Essay: Demolishing the women’s ghetto
Mita Kapur writes of the need to do away with categorizing writers according to their gender
Updated on Jul 27, 2019 03:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Mita Kapur
Relative humour: Invoking Einstein to prove that time moves five times slower in Goa and 7.5 times slower during a summertime power cut!
As the physicist famously proved, clocks and calendars are not to be trusted
Updated on May 05, 2019 12:51 AM IST
Hindustan Time | Rehana Munir
Humour: A quirky take on how writers write
Coleridge used opium. Hemingway alcohol. Dickens did it standing up. It’s interesting to read how writers get their writing done!
Updated on Feb 24, 2019 01:22 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rehana Munir
Indian women lack privilege to roam around city spaces, Gurugram is no exception
The privilege of moving around the city without purpose is a right largely given to men in Indian cities. Women in public spaces are always moving and not standing in one place, but for some exceptions.
Updated on Jun 28, 2018 10:13 AM IST
Kalpana Viswanath
Weekend Binge: Like Stephen Hawking’s Theory of Everything, here are 6 great films about gifted geniuses
In honour of Stephen Hawking, who died this week, here are six films about gifted men and women and boys and girls that you must watch.
Updated on Mar 17, 2018 08:59 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Rohan Naahar, New Delhi