The 16th Jaipur Literature Festival brought in A-list speakers and first-class listeners
Examining the big issues of our time, from climate change to mortality to the origins of the universe
An epic time-travelling novel by Salman Rushdie and other mysteries
To own a house is to be owned
Life Ceremony | The Years | The Trees | The Birth Lottery and Other Surprises | The Last White Man
Shehan Karunatilaka is out with a collection of short stories, soon after his Booker win. The Sri Lankan author in conversation with Open
The French author’s book on the city’s poverty also showed the resilience of its people
Few authors are as synonymous with a city as French author Dominique Lapierre was with Kolkata
In conversation with Siddhartha Mukherjee, author
George Saunders has a cult status in contemporary fiction. In his new short story collection, the American author explores power and ethics, love and morality. He speaks to Open about creating characters with tenderness
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
MJ Akbar is the author of several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and Member, Board of Governors, India Foundation
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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