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India Art Fair 2025: Delhi, take a nose-y dive into a sea of artsy emotions

Drawing exhibitors as well as visitors from India and abroad, the India Art Fair has played a major role in placing Delhi on the global art map.
Published on Feb 10, 2025 02:46 AM IST

Book Box: The Golden Road

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Sanjoy Roy and William Dalrymple
Updated on Dec 18, 2024 02:45 PM IST

Review: The Golden Road by William Dalrymple

Avalokiteswara Padmapani in the Ajanta caves. (Shutterstock)
Updated on Dec 07, 2024 05:04 AM IST

The wonder that was India in ancient times

The golden road of Dalrymple’s title is not a land route. It’s a set of sea lanes, which the powerful monsoon winds made possible for Indian seafarers to traverse, either westwards to Arabia or eastwards all the way to Sumatra and Java.. (Photo by Raj K Raj/ Hindustan Times) (Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Nov 02, 2024 07:27 PM IST

Book Box: William Dalrymple: The man with a foot in both camps

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William Dalrymple
Published on Jan 16, 2024 03:36 PM IST

Just Like That | Remembering the last Mughal Emperor's indelible cultural impact

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Although history was against Bahadur Shah Zafar, he was perhaps the best example of the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb.
Published on Oct 15, 2023 09:11 AM IST

Book Box | 6 books, 3 podcasts to help you understand Israel-Palestine conflict

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Palestine by Joe Sacco
Published on Oct 15, 2023 09:02 AM IST

Delhi’s Begumpur Masjid roof collapse not recent: ASI counters William Dalrymple

A photo of Delhi’s Begumpur Masjid from 1988, shared by Archaeological Survey of India. (Sourced)
Updated on Sep 17, 2021 05:57 AM IST

Almost 90% of my reading is non-fiction: Amish Tripathi

The author says he reads around 5-6 books per month.
Updated on Jul 30, 2020 09:20 PM IST

William Dalrymple’s next book being penned through lockdown

No newcomer to the concept of a lockdown, the author is wasting no time on a ‘time-out’; feverishly penning his next work.
Updated on May 03, 2020 05:42 PM IST

Rare Indian art displayed in London exhibition

Images of artwork at the London exhibition.
Updated on Dec 05, 2019 06:42 AM IST

Dalrymple, Murugan, Tharoor in line-up for Kerala lit fest

Shashi Tharoor shall be part of the fifth edition of the Kerala Literature Festival 2020 that will be held at Calicut from January 16 to 19.
Updated on Nov 30, 2019 02:28 PM IST

HT Picks: The most interesting books of the week

Exquisite paintings, the life of a genius spymaster, and a book on freeing your mind - all that on the reading list this week!
Updated on Nov 29, 2019 06:38 PM IST

‘The Cellular Jail should be a place of pilgrimage’

Vikram Sampath
Updated on Oct 02, 2019 04:42 PM IST

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: The Cultural Provocateurs

Asad Lalljee and Sanjoy K Roy.
Updated on Sep 20, 2019 12:14 AM IST

Brunch Book Challenge: Five books that writers are reading this month

Five books to add to your bookshelf
Published on Aug 31, 2019 11:14 PM IST

Book Review: William Dalrymple’s tome to perils of corporate power abuse

Historian, writer, art curator, as also an award-winning broadcaster and critic, William Dalrymple has written a new book titled The Anarchy - The East India Company, Corporate Violence, And The Pillage Of An Empire.
Updated on Aug 25, 2019 02:25 PM IST

The Anarchy by William Dalrymple’s to release on Sept 10

William Dalrymple’s next book is named The Anarchy: India Between Empires 1739-1803.
Updated on Aug 15, 2019 02:51 PM IST

Malavika’s Mumbaistan: A Woman Thing?

Sushma Swaraj abd Sheila Dixit
Updated on Aug 08, 2019 09:19 AM IST

Is the TV show Beecham House a case of Raj nostalgia? Two British historians weigh in

Beecham House follows a former East India Company soldier, John Beecham, as he returns to Delhi to become a trader in the late 18th century.
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 05:58 PM IST

For the man who rebuilt Jamia, his knowledge was his strength

Mushirul Hasan passed away after a prolonged illness.
Updated on Dec 11, 2018 10:55 AM IST

Snapshots of life from over 200 yrs ago are on display at a city museum

Clay figurines were a popular art medium in the days before photography.
Published on Dec 07, 2018 04:49 PM IST

Jaipur Lit Fest 2019 lineup announced, speakers to include Markus Zusak, Hari Kunzru

Come January, literary heavyweights will gather in Jaipur for a sumptuous feast of ideas at the annual Zee Jaipur Literature Festival.
Updated on Oct 20, 2018 07:29 PM IST

William Dalrymple’s upcoming book of photographs captures historical places

In the process, William Dalrymple also explored the art and culture.
Updated on May 17, 2018 02:57 PM IST

William Dalrymple’s visual tribute to a Mughal emperor who fought East India Co rule

William Dalrymple, At the Marble Palace, Calcutta, Archival pigment print.
Updated on Apr 13, 2018 09:43 AM IST

Author William Dalrymple: I would love to see regular mehfils in Zafar Mahal

William Dalrymple’s next book is named The Anarchy: India Between Empires 1739-1803.
Updated on Mar 30, 2018 06:37 PM IST