Books & Literature

  Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace is in the news in India after a judge asked an activist to explain why he had a book "about war in...

  Jayant Mankale, a visually impaired 25-year-old and the son of water pump operator cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination this year, securing an all India...

  Come summer holidays, Satara’s Hekalwadi village will witness a unique activity. Children, as young as eight and nine will turn into librarians and story tellers by taking...

  A crime thriller about the death of an activist rescuing women from exploitative work conditions in garment and textile factories in southern India has become an unlikely...

  The Madhya Pradesh government claims to have reached the last mile when it comes to providing schools for children under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan as records claim...

  The former colony now meets Britain as an equal, writes the author of a new book on India and the Empire Many modern apologists for British colonial...

  In the film Karma, Himansu Rai and Devika Rani took part in a ground-breaking moment for Indian cinema: one of the first on-screen kisses. It lasted a...

  India is currently being ruled by the forces of fear, distrust and money, former West Bengal Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi has said. He was delivering the second V.R....

  The complete 32-volume set of Encyclopedia Britannica lay strewn over the book counter at Dhananjay Pandey's stall at the Vijayawada Book Festival. Pandey, owner of the Pratik Book...

It's been five years since fans of "Harry Potter" tearfully said goodbye to the boy wizard they had grown up with, but a new play, book release and...