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Shakespeare. (photo: AP)

Workers' plight akin to Shakespeare's tragdies

When Shakespeare died in 1616, 18 of his plays, among them the more famous Shakespeare tragedies died with him.

30 March 2018 1:10 AM IST

Stephen Hawking passes away at 76 (Photo: AFP)

The man who beat Hawking at more than table tennis

Hawking had posed a query and this was clarified by Narlikar, saying that Hawking had missed the non-linear character...

16 March 2018 1:22 AM IST

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How to tell a story, and how not to: Writers, poets debate

Chaudhuri had used a strong four letter expletive to signify his disillusionment with storytelling.

2 March 2018 1:27 AM IST

The idea for the initiative came to their mind when their self publishing arm The Write Place started getting a lot of talented young authors who would approach them to publish their books. (Photo: Pixabay)

Brahmaputra tales: A literary homecoming

This was the first dated printed book in the world, a translation meant for free distribution.

16 Feb 2018 2:33 AM IST

The idea for the initiative came to their mind when their self publishing arm The Write Place started getting a lot of talented young authors who would approach them to publish their books. (Photo: Pixabay)

Shelve a book and store a memory

Mays records that five copies of the First Folio are in the British Museum and the Bodleian Library in Oxford has one...

2 Feb 2018 1:25 AM IST

Muskans library remains open between 5 pm and 7 pm every day with 20 to 25 kids coming in daily (Photo: Pixabay)

Don't drown the whisky, go easy on the soda!

At the IIC, Devanesen spoke to me about Shillong, what an exciting place it was and his plans for the university.

19 Jan 2018 12:48 AM IST

The idea for the initiative came to their mind when their self publishing arm The Write Place started getting a lot of talented young authors who would approach them to publish their books. (Photo: Pixabay)

A fair where books matter the most

The New Delhi World Book Fair is primarily a book retail fair where books are sold on an over-the-counter basis to...

5 Jan 2018 1:00 AM IST

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With everything recorded in books, what happens to memory?

The secret police discovered he is a Russian and incarcerated in a concentration camp for two years.

29 Dec 2017 12:14 AM IST

The idea for the initiative came to their mind when their self publishing arm The Write Place started getting a lot of talented young authors who would approach them to publish their books. (Photo: Pixabay)

A movement for making kids fall in love with reading

Children too have a short attention span as their days are packed with so much activity.

21 Dec 2017 11:27 PM IST

Muskans library remains open between 5 pm and 7 pm every day with 20 to 25 kids coming in daily (Photo: Pixabay)

Say no more

In the 1980s, two of the greatest book collections in history were auctioned at astronomical values.

1 Dec 2017 1:03 AM IST

The rice field at Ritz Mandapa in Bali

Doing better in maths: Chinese tips

Malcolm Gladwell in his book The Outliers states we have different number-naming systems in Western and Asian languages.

24 Nov 2017 12:10 AM IST

Audiobooks have had a mixed reception in India as the consumer listening experience is overwhelmingly for music.

Hearing stories: Audiobooks may become next big thing

There is an interesting anecdote to the history of promoting audiobooks.

17 Nov 2017 1:09 AM IST