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You've got tales: Titles to bookmark this year

Ai Weiwei writes a graphic novel on his life; AI retells Animal Farm; Questlove on hip-hop; a robot on the run... check out books with a twist to watch out for.

Lisbon , Lisboa , Portugal , United-kingdom , United-states , Bali , Zhejiang , China , Auwa , Rajasthan , India , New-york

We are driven by the fear of death: A Wknd interview with Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan

The biologist’s new book, Why We Die, is on the science of ageing and the quest for immortality. Life would lose meaning without death, he tells Graeme Green.

India , United-states , United-kingdom , Sweden , Tamil-nadu , London , City-of , Cambridge , Cambridgeshire , Swedish , Britain , British

Early ears, audible plants, and bizarre acoustic experiments through the years

Humans have been fascinated by who can hear, and how, for centuries. We’ve used endearing, intriguing and brutal methods to study how sound works.

France , Italy , United-states , Virginia , Italian , American , French , Seth-robertson , Joseph-sauveur , Charles-darwin , Charles-kellogg , Lazzaro-spallanzani

Venti minutes to chill: Inside India's anti-cafés

Time is on the menu here. Patrons pay by the hour or minute, and are welcome to sit, read, chat, nap. Beverages and light snacks are free. Take a look.

Slovenia , Bengaluru , Karnataka , India , Guwahati , Assam , Tokyo , Japan , Manchester , United-kingdom , Pune , Maharashtra

Training day: A long wait is ended, says Rudraneil Sengupta

Two years after Odisha decided it wants to be a sporting hub, its Kalinga Stadium complex is India’s finest multi-sports facility.

China , India , Odisha , Orissa , Gagan-narang , Sandeep-sejwal , Pullela-gopichand , Reliance-foundation , Aditya-birla-group , Dalmia-group , Abhinav-bindra-targeting-performance , Kalinga-stadium

Heading into a dry run: Mridula Ramesh, on water

Dams, protests, siltation, lost trees all play a role as water goes missing. What can we do to prepare for a new reality, amid climate change?

Karnataka , India , Mysuru , Pune , Maharashtra , Tamil-nadu , Shahapur , China , Delhi , Bengaluru , Telangana , Andhra-pradesh

We had no camps, apps or even TV, but we had the best summers, says Poonam Saxena

Train journeys with home-made aloo-poori, afternoons spent lounging with cousins and comic books. Saxena takes a fond look back, in this week’s The Way We Were.

Tundla , Uttar-pradesh , India , Kanpur , Delhi , Panki , Carolyn-keene , Rooh-afza , Richie-rich , Enid-blyton , Tundla-junction

What does it take to change the world? Wknd talks to environmental policy consultant S Faizi

He has spent his life pushing for international treaties to be fairer. Perseverance is the only certainty, and failing is a big part of the job, says Faizi, 63.

India , Odisha , Orissa , Japan , Kerala , Venezuela , Malaysia , Qatar , South-africa , Bombay , Maharashtra , Thiruvananthapuram

Book, line and sinker: Are we living in the world George Orwell predicted?

His classic, 1984, turns 75 this year. Where did the idea come from? Who was the man? Dhamini Ratnam takes a look at his life and complex legacy.

London , City-of , United-kingdom , France , Paris , France-general- , United-states , Myanmar , Motihari , Bihar , India , Barcelona

It's alive! The making and remaking of 'monster'

Why does a 200-year-old tale continue to draw storytellers? See how modern retellings of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein are taking on patriarchy, migration, AI.

Jacob-elordi , Alasdair-gray , Charles-dickens , Maggie-gyllenhaal , Lisa-frankenstein , Christian-bale , Mary-shelley-frankenstein , Annette-bening , Peter-sarsgaard , Mia-goth , Bella-baxter , Oscar-isaac