Ashish Mehta

Michael Pollan surveys the exciting field that has become more relevant in the age of AI.

In Donald Westlake's 'The Ax' and its latest film version from Park Chan-wook, the villain is capitalism and its ruthlessness.

Swami Sarvapriyananda's 'Fullness & Emptiness' brings out similarities between Advaita Vedanta and Mahayana Buddhism.

Rishi Rajpopat's Cambridge thesis that made headlines and sparked debates rejuvenates a great ancient intellectual tradition.

'The Amazing Generation' by renowned psychologist Jonathan Haidt and science writer Catherine Price shows a fun way to counter the unprecedented epidemic.

Daniyal Mueenuddin's 'This Is Where the Serpent Lives' unspools spellbinding tales of the docile and the desperados from Punjab who can actually be found everywhere.

The annual season is upon us. Skip it all and read a book at home instead if you are not interested in hype and hoopla, and networking.

Former Tata Coffee CEO and MD Sanjiv Sarin's memoir, 'The Other Side of the Mountain', shares his learning of how spiritual practice helped him in both work and life.

There is a lot to look forward to: From fiction by George Saunders, Daniyal Moinuddin and Yann Martel to non-fiction on consciousness and India's mammals and memoirs by Murakami and others

In Delhi, the daily troubles faced by bus commuters are a little-noticed piece of the larger urban puzzle.

Ever wondered if you would ever have the time and courage to pick up War and Peace in this life? Here are some tried-and-tested hacks to help confused readers.

Forty years later, the boy and his stuffed tiger continue to spread joy and wisdom, elevating the cartoon strip to an art form.

Amazon has opened a new chapter with its Kindle Translate. Before writing it off, we should note its creative potential too.

The winner of the prestigious prize will be announced on Monday, and a little surprise can safely be expected.

Nabokov's masterpiece is a cornucopia of word play and language games, even if its theme of sexual abuse is even more troubling now.

The best of fiction from the first quarter of this century are nowhere close to their counterparts from the twentieth century – despite so many parallels in the theatre of the world

Confessions of a confused reader: An ever-growing to-be-read list means there's so much you're missing out on.

Despite Delhi University's prestige and government support for Sanskrit, admissions for the subject remain low, as students increasingly opt for in-demand courses, leaving several seats vacant even in top colleges.

The Associated Press will end its weekly book review section, reflecting a broader decline in in-depth literary criticism as media shift to briefer, personality-driven coverage.

Samskrita Bharati has taught spoken Sanskrit to millions of people through workshops in India and abroad, introducing it as an everyday language. Its innovative approach avoids rote grammar, using natural, immersive methods with storytelling, dialogue, and songs. The movement began in 1981 in Bengaluru.