Amitav Ghosh Revisits Opium Trade in New Nonfiction
Smoke and Ashes is the story of how, under the aegis of the British Empire, India became the world’s largest producer of opium between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the different conditions under which opium was produced in various regions, with lasting effects for those areas
OUTSKILL – Future-proofing Your Career
HarperCollins presents OUTSKILL – Future-proofing Your Career in the Post-Pandemic World by Partha Basu. The book will be published on November 24th. The job market... Read More
Hyderabad – a Novel Set in History of Liberation
Hyderabad – A liberation? A tragedy? The result of the Ironman’s will and Nehru’s vision to build a nation? The daydreams of... Read More
Chetan Bhagat now with Harpercollins
HarperCollins has announced the acquisition of four backlist titles by Chetan Bhagat, three out of which are fiction – One Arranged Murder,... Read More
Nidhi Chanani’s new graphic novel ‘Jukebox’
Following up on the success of Pashmina, Nidhi Chanani delivers another story about family and friendship, tinged with magical realism-this time featuring a... Read More
Gulzar – A Poem A Day (HLF 2021 – Curtain Raiser)
Gulzar will be inaugurating the Hyderabad Literary Festival on January 22, Friday at 6pm followed by a session – ‘A Poem a... Read More
The Not So Perfect Murder
With Indian fiction turning a new leaf, it is heartening to see how Indian authors are attempting the genre of crime novel, and quite successfully so. Author Arjun Raj Gaind decides jump on to the bandwagon with A very pukka murder
Half of a Yellow Sun wins the Baileys
Half of a Yellow Sun recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra’s impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria, and the chilling violence that followed
