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Maheshwar is an unexplored destination, known for the river Narmada, the Ahilya Fort, artisanal heritage, and Malwa Maratha history.

After a stroke, the author of the new novel 'Las Madras' taught herself to read again by remembering how she learned to read in English.

In cinema outside the subcontinent, however, South Asian representation is negligible at best.

The Partition of India and Pakistan provoked the greatest forced migration in human history. A group of Austin Desis share how it shapes their lives.

It is very possible that Peter Kemp is the best-read man in Britain. Certainly, as the Sunday Times’s chief literary critic for goodness knows how many years, he has read and opined upon more works of new fiction than most. His is either a dream job or an absolute nightmare, depending on how you feel

In 1957, when my dear godmother, the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava (1941-2020), was 16, she began her diary. The granddaughter of the Duke of Rutland and daughter of Loel Guinness, an MP, financier and Battle of Britain pilot, Lindy Dufferin had a gilded childhood. Her entries as a teen are like no other: ‘Randolph

The academic’s discursive, wonderfully enjoyable account of South Asia’s journey from a British colony to three independent nations is a classic

Be it weddings, college farewells, festivals, book store dates, or just another photoshoot for the Instagram feed, there has been a peculiar penchant towards light cotton sarees coupled with the old-school accessory, ‘gajra’, the flower garland in one’s hair bun. The newbies of this generation have found treasures in the old trunk of fashion and they are recreating and relishing the old-school era.

Celebrities including Dua Lipa, Reese Witherspoon and Graham Norton, not to mention Queen Camilla, have started book clubs, sharing their favourites so that the public can read along with them.

Every day the world over, good intentions cover up a multitude of sins.