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HT reviewer Syed Saad Ahmed picks his favourite read of 2025

Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:32 PM IST
“Merchant shows how workers today face the same threats as the Luddites did in 19th-century England. Again, the problem is not technology, but how those with power and wealth are using it.” (Little, Brown and Company)

Sandesh Jhingan reflects on Messi tour frenzy amid Indian football crisis

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Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:32 PM IST

HT reviewer Uttaran Das Gupta picks his favourite read of 2025

“Although Chaudhuri does not spell it out, I was constantly struck by how often the incidents of the 19th century included in her book were similar to those of our times.” (Penguin)
Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:31 PM IST

HT reviewer Teja Lele picks her favourite read of 2025

“Little about the real Jane Boleyn survives, but Gregory writes her as a woman defined by intellect, instinct, and ambition.She is a sharp observer, a quiet strategist determined to outthink a court ‘filled with wolves’.” (HarperCollins)
Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:29 PM IST

HT reviewer Suhit Bombaywala picks his favourite read of 2025

“The book is based on teachings from the Pali canon, which examines the nuts and bolts of the human condition: inconstancy and impermanence ( anicca ), frequent unsatisfactoriness ( dukkha ) and not-self ( anatta ).” (Wisdom Publications)
Updated on Dec 19, 2025 05:27 PM IST

HT reviewer Simar Bhasin picks her favourite reads of 2025

“What stood our about both Fierceland by Omar Musa and Gurnaik Johal’s Saraswati was their play with form, their use of English that reflected hybridity as well as the geographically broad scope of their texts that unravelled across continents and political contexts.” (Penguin, Hachette India)
Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:26 PM IST

HT reviewer Saurabh Sharma picks their favourite read of 2025

“What research papers or academic books fail to capture, fiction illuminates — the emotional truth of a story, and its intensity seldom wavers in this 384-page debut novel. “ (Simon and Schuster)
Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:26 PM IST

HT reviewer Saudamini Jain picks her favourite read of 2025

“This book is essentially about the fracturing of the self, the disintegration of the psyches of Begum Wilayat Mahal and her children, Sakina and Ali Raza, as they are faced with the political and cultural changes of the subcontinent and the weight of history.” (HarperCollins)
Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:25 PM IST

SC refuses to stay CBI probe in FIRs against suspended Punjab DIG in DA case

SC refuses to stay CBI probe in FIRs against suspended Punjab DIG in DA case
Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:25 PM IST

HT reviewer Rutvik Bhandari picks his favourite read of 2025

“At its core, Anxious People, is about the absurdity of human life. Rather than mocking his characters for their mistakes and mishaps, Backman holds them with tenderness.” (Penguin)
Published on Dec 19, 2025 05:23 PM IST