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Er Rashid advocates for meaningful dialogue
9+ hour, 14+ min ago (468+ words) Er Rashid advocates for meaningful dialogue | Hindustan Times'Hindustan Times...
In Shabbir Ansari’s death, OBC Muslims lose a leading light
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (203+ words) MUMBAI: Shabbir Ahmed Ansari, national president of the All-India Muslim OBC Organisation and a prominent social activist, passed away last Sunday after battling cancer for over a year. He was laid to rest in Jalna. While commissions such as the…...
Review: Maryam & Son by Mirza Waheed
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (364+ words) Waheed's novels have been marked by the tussle of complicity and conscience, from The Collaborator (2011) to Tell Her Everything (2018). His characters, enmeshed in familial and social ties, often exist in a state between morality and duty, between past and present....
Book Review | This murder mystery is a slow-burning whodunit with taut suspense
1+ week, 2+ day ago (300+ words) Murder is serious business. Even more so when it occurs within the confines of a closed house inside a gated society, a space presumed to be safe. But what happens when the story is narrated through the lens of an…...
5 psychological thrillers you must read in 2026; most popular picks for avid readers chasing suspense
2+ week, 4+ day ago (499+ words) I remember reading my first psychological thriller years ago. It gave me goosebumps, but I could not keep it down. This genre is the perfect way to jump-start your brain and to get out of a non-reading rut if you…...
A Guardian and A Thief: Read an excerpt from the new dystopian novel by Megha Majumdar
2+ week, 5+ day ago (417+ words) Fake fish, excruciating heat, rare glimmers of hope that can only be secured by snatching them from someone else......
Latest Books, Top Book Authors and Popular Books in India
3+ week, 4+ day ago (11+ words) Latest Books, Top Book Authors and Popular Books in India'Hindustan Times...
A tale of two horrors
4+ week, 23+ hour ago (340+ words) Globally, there is evidence that women routinely face violence, both within and outside their homes. But two recent cases of horrific violence have come to light that are beyond our imagination. In 2024, Dominique was convicted of aggravated rape and sentenced…...
Hard Times to magic realism: Friendship owed to literature
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (222+ words) How do you turn a timid and solitary person into someone vibrant, colourful, and brimming with love for every little thing? It happens when she finds a friend, someone far more than just a BFF or a social media story…...
Finnish horror fable Nightborn explores parents' emotional hardships, motherhood taboos
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (329+ words) BERLIN, - Finnish director Hanna Bergholm knew from very early on she wanted her horror film Nightborn to tell a story about difficult emotions that arise when you become a parent and to break taboos that still exist around motherhood. "I…...