Harry Potter

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HBO Max drops trailer for 'Harry Potter' reunion

The trailer features the cast reminiscing about the movies, as well as festivities in the Great Hall

21 Dec 2021 9:13 AM

It's currently listed for Rs 16,999 (around USD 225), and will be available exclusively in India. (Photo: Instagram/oneplus_india)

OnePlus launches Harry Potter edition for its smartwatch

The watch comes in a box themed around the magical entryway to Diagon Alley

19 Oct 2021 8:59 AM

Farrukh Dhondy | Of ‘flat earth’ & science denial: New orthodoxy of intolerance

The story goes that, true to his beliefs, as he left the court, he muttered to himself, or perhaps to his God if he still believed in Him

26 Jun 2021 12:13 AM

Children’s literature, if you can call Tolkien that, has been a go-to from whenever I stopped being a child, if that ever happens either. (By arrangement)

Ranjona Banerji | Freedom, as understood by escapists and readers

Those fables and fairy tales told to children follow similar patterns: that adults can be evil, you have to look out for yourself

16 May 2021 8:02 AM

JK Rowling says she is survivor of sexual assault

Rowling says the trauma of those experiences formed some of her feelings about women’s rights

12 Jun 2020 12:35 PM

JK Rowling says she will not ‘bow down’ to critics over her transgender comments

Rowling published a lengthy post on her blog website Wednesday in response to the backlash and her concerns over “new trans activism”

11 Jun 2020 1:39 PM

Blending mythology with history and science

Over two years of writing and telling her the story, it developed into the book that was finally published as The Mahabharata Secret.

21 Jan 2020 4:30 AM

Accidental Magic, By Keshava Guha HarperCollins, Rs 599.

Friends from Potterverse don’t live up to promise

With a silver lightening bolt as the centrepiece of its glossy white cover, Accidental Magic begins with great promise.

12 Jan 2020 2:03 AM

The official told the newspaper that he contacted several exorcists in the US and abroad and they reportedly suggested removing the popular book series. (Photo: AP)

US school bans 'Harry Potter' series due to 'curses and spells'

The students of the school will no longer have access to the famed book series after they were banned and removed from the library.

03 Sep 2019 8:35 AM

The suite was previously known as the ‘Tweed Suite’ but this luxurious room was renamed to the 'JK Rowling Suite'. (Photo: Pixabay)

Relive the magic of Harry Potter in this Edinburgh hotel suite

The suite that JK Rowling stayed at in The Balmoral is open to fans to stay in too.

31 Jul 2019 5:53 PM

The course, designed for the winter semester by Assistant Professor Shouvik Kumar Guha, attempts to serve as a breather from the orthodox law school curriculum.

University in Kolkata offers law course based on Harry Potter

Course will be offered as elective to 4th and 5th year students of B.A LL.B (Hons) programme at National University of Juridical Sciences.

23 Oct 2018 2:12 PM

In one particularly awkward scene, Hermione has to teach Krum how to say her name properly - spelling it out slowly as 'Her-my-oh-nee'.

JK Rowling confirms Harry Potter fan theory about Hermione’s name

Harry Potter fans have speculated scene was inserted deliberately by author, because so many readers were also saying 'Hermy-own'.

20 Sep 2018 12:51 PM

This is not the first time a psychic’s been employed by Helena, who’ll play Princess Margaret opposite Olivia Colman as The Queen. (Photo: AP)

Bonham-Carter hired psychic to contact Princess Margaret for new role

Actress insists Her Royal Highness told her she is “doing a great job” as she films the royal drama The Crown.

20 Sep 2018 10:40 AM

They're based on the film series, offering movie-making tips, behind-the-scenes facts and pop-up landscapes.

Three new Harry Potter books set to release before Christmas

While not written by JK Rowling, they still look like magical offerings that will tickle the collector’s bone in any Harry Potter fanatic.

03 Sep 2018 10:33 AM

Potter fanatics have speculated that the three brothers represent Voldemort (with the Elder Wand), Snape (with the resurrection stone) and Harry Potter (with the cloak) – and Dumbledore is Death.

Harry Potter fans freak out over dark theory about Dumbledore, JK Rowling agrees

The idea is centred on the Tale of Three Brothers, which is a fairytale told to Harry in the Deathly Hallows book.

01 Sep 2018 4:26 PM

Youngsters in the city cosplayed to celebrate Harry Potter’s birthday

Potter’s magical world

Thanks to the immense pull of the Harry Potter series, its marketing, movies and world of mouth, that made the book in vogue.

31 Jul 2018 12:00 AM

She Friend-Zoned My Love Pp. 336 Rs 599 Publisher: Juggernaut

Being Friend-zoned

A tete-a-tete with author Sudeep Nagarkar who has just come out with his new book.

19 Jul 2018 12:09 AM

The technology could one day be used to make objects invisible from every direction. (Youtube Screengrab)

Scientists step closer to developing Harry Potter-like invisibility cloak

The gadget, called a spectral cloak, even worked in bright daylight in tests.

29 Jun 2018 12:31 PM

She explained that the blue and yellow are both sapphires, the red stone is a ruby, and the green is tsavorite. (Photo: Pixabay)

Harry Potter fan gets engagement ring featuring stones from all 4 Hogwarts houses

Engagement ring features a diamond, but also has small gemstones, in red, green, blue and yellow, each representing the Hogwarts houses.

16 Jun 2018 1:57 PM

Evanna during her trip to Kerala — All photos Sourced from Evanna’s Facebook Post

Mammoth miseries

Hollywood actress Evanna Lynch’s undercover exposé on the cruel treatment of captive elephants in Kerala triggers animated discussions.

05 May 2018 12:16 AM

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