Ruskin Bond: His life as a story
Ruskin Bond’s autobiography ‘Lone Fox Dancing’ allows a glimpse into the mind of a writer deeply observant and open to life
A Jharkhand town, as a post-apocalyptic world
One of the three projects that won the Getty Images Instagram grant 2016 is now a book
The house of forgotten art
For over 30 years, a regular Gurugram home has housed a priceless, yet little-known collection of tribal and folk Indian art. Now its keepers are looking for a permanent space
Alan Hollinghurst on writing queer subjects
Booker-winner Alan Hollighurst recommends the novels of Ronald Firbank and Edmund White, and thinks out loud about the likely intersectionality of minority causes in Donald Trump’s America
You can't appreciate the greatest books if the translation is rubbish: Deborah Smith
Man Booker Prize International 2015 winner Deborah Smith on how she chose to be a translator six years ago, and whether she could ever write her own novel
Image-makers versus photographers
What makes an image a work of art in the age of selfies?
Jeff Kinney: The writer of longform comics
Jeff Kinney, the author of the hugely popular children’s book series ‘Diary Of A Wimpy Kid’, on why his stories would fall flat without the artwork in the books, and how being an international bestseller has influenced his writing
Recreating deaths—through memoirs, reports and perfect lighting
Azadeh Akhlagi’s ‘By An Eye Witness’ series remembers Iran’s bloody history from a time before camera phones
Learning the weft and weight of weaving in Maheshwar
A handloom school that could work as a template for other weaving clusters
India's student satellites
In June, the historic launch that put 20 satellites in orbit also included two built by student groups
The adult colouring books craze
In the current flurry of shiny big-ticket releases, Indian indie artists are joining the genre