Sarah J. Maas’s New Novel Becomes Britain’s Fastest-Selling Adult Fantasy Book (Picture Credit – Facebook) A fantasy novel has achieved something few books manage in an increasingly competitive publishing industry: it has turned its release into a major cultural event. After more than five years…
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Manav Kaul Recommends Nox, The Unusual Book on Grief By Nobel Laureate Anne Carson
Manav Kaul Recommends Nobel Laureate Anne Carson’s Experimental Book On Grief A book about losing someone might be expected to offer memories, consolation or a way towards acceptance. Anne Carson’s ‘Nox’ offers something more elusive: a box containing an unfolding trail of photographs, handwritten fragments,…
Diwali 2026 Outfit Inspo: Celebrity Looks to Bookmark for the Festive Weekend Ahead
Diwali Weekend 2026: Festive styling tips from celebrity wardrobes (Credit: Instagram) If you’re still down and out about what to wear over the Diwali weekend, it’s highly unlikely that another Pinterest deep dive is going to relieve you of your dilemma. Scroll through these fresh…
Tara Sutaria’s Homemade Vongole is All the Inspiration You Need for Your Next Pasta Night
Tara Sutaria seemingly makes a mean vongole! (Credit: Instagram/tarasutaria) Nobody does exquisite quite like Tara Sutaria – and her homemade vongole is cue enough for that. In a recent post recounting her innumerable jaunts to London over the years across summers and winters, she listed…
Book Review: Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden
When you first meet Debbie, she seems like any other stay-at-home mother. She has two teenage daughters, a husband, a fairly ordinary suburban life and a popular advice column called Dear Debbie, where she responds to readers’ problems with advice that is so sharp and…
Why The Future Of Publishing May Be Written Beyond The English-Speaking World
Why Publishers Are Looking Beyond English To Reach The Next Generation Of Readers An Istanbul literary agent sat down for an unscheduled lunch in Sharjah last week and stood up with a letter of intent. Nermin Mollaoğlu had agreed to place a novel by the…
Brocade Jackets, Silk Dupattas, Potli Bags: Vintage Pieces From Your Mom’s Wardrobe To Elevate Your Diwali Party Look
Before you add another lehenga to your cart this Diwali, open your mom’s almirah. Somewhere between the neatly folded sarees and the trunk of “good” jewellery, there are pieces no store can copy. Old textiles have a richness that comes from real zari, hand weaving…
Dr Ashok Kumar Mahapatra Dies at 74: Remembering the Padma Shri Neurosurgeon Behind India’s Landmark Craniopagus Separation Surgery
Padma Shri Dr Ashok Kumar Mahapatra Dies at 74 (Credit: Wikipedia, Facebook) Eminent neurosurgeon and a respected recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri award, Dr. Ashok Kumar Mahapatra is no more. He was 74. The visionary institution builder, who was the Founder Director of AIIMS…
Chris Pappas’ Senate Win is a Reminder Of Why Visibility and Representation Matter
Chris Pappas makes history with landmark US Senate win for the LGBTQ+ community (Credit: X) The world may just be trying really hard to heal. At a time when conversations around identity and acceptance have brashly found themselves on the face of public debate and…
Coperni, the Paris-Based Brand Behind Bella Hadid’s Spray-On Dress, Shuts Down
(Left) Sébastien Meyer and Arnaud Vaillant (Photo: Instagram/@coperni); (Right) Bella Hadid in Coperni’s spray-on dress at the Spring/Summer 2023 show in Paris. In September 2022, Bella Hadid walked onto a Paris runway in white underwear and stood still while two people sprayed her with a…