In the summer of 1976, a 20-year-old Amitav Ghosh visited some 30 plus foreign embassies in Delhi, delivering letters that offered his services as a teacher. The actual intention was not to teach ...

One chapter concerns the plant that is the focus of Amitav Ghosh’s Smoke and Ashes. ‘I should like to have accurate information about the AMFIAM which is what the people of this land use, and we call ...

Novelist Amitav Ghosh discusses climate change ahead of his address at Loyola University Maryland 2025 Humanities Symposium.

Among the Indian novelists who arrived on the world stage after the publication of Midnight’s Children in 1981, Amitav Ghosh has long stood out for the range and consistency of his work. Indian ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter. The firebrand Kannada writer, advocate and activist, Banu Mushtaq, whose collection of stories, Heart Lamp (Penguin), translated by ...

To avoid reading slumps, take breaks, especially after finishing a long book, before diving back into more literature.

Apart from women, and some men, an overarching character of the book is a place. The author uses geography to develop, frame, ...

Today, March 10, is the last date to apply for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test for Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) ...

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A new study has revealed that xposure to fluoride during the foetal stage or early childhood is not good for kids. High concentrations of fluoride can occur in well water and in some countries, it ...