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Delhiwale: ‘Climbed the tea, drank the stairs’

“I can now engage in full-time writing,” she Tiash, sitting at her usual window-side table in a Gurugram café. (HT)
Published on Sep 26, 2025 03:36 AM IST

Bialik in translation: Peter Cole and the politics of poetic memory

A long wagon train of rural Jewish refugees in Rowno (Rivne), northwestern Ukraine. From 1903-1906 pogroms left thousands of Jews dead and caused migration to North America. Hayim Nahman Bialik’s In the City of Slaughter (1904) is a Hebrew poem about the 1903 pogrom in Kishinev, which borders north western Ukraine and is today in Moldova. (Shutterstock)
Published on Sep 25, 2025 01:25 PM IST

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 21 September 2025

Catch It Live on Sunday, 21 September 2025.
Published on Sep 21, 2025 06:00 AM IST

Book review: Khushboo Patani pays an ode to the female spirit in her letters

Wellness expert and former Army Major Khushboo Patani has come up with her new book, Letters From The Womb.
Published on Sep 19, 2025 12:20 PM IST

Dayar-e-Ishq Festival: An evening of music, poetry and devotion

Ustad Shujaat Husain Khan and Minu Bakshi
Published on Sep 16, 2025 11:29 AM IST

Shloka Shankar: “Nothing is more fulfilling than being a literary midwife”

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Shloka Shankar of Yavanika Press (Courtesy the subject)
Updated on Sep 16, 2025 12:33 AM IST

In Dylan Thomas’s Mousehole, ‘the loveliest village in England’

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A view of the harbour at Mousehole (Visit Cornwall)
Updated on Sep 10, 2025 11:24 PM IST

Report: Enlightenment from an Unlikely Envelope

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Deeptha Achar(L) and Chithra KS, co-curators of the show, Enlightenment from an Unlikely Envelope (Courtesy The Guild)
Updated on Sep 04, 2025 10:20 PM IST

Weekend Planner (September 6-7): Delhi-NCR residents, you must check this out!

From Sunil Grover's live comedy to Tiger Shroff's Baaghi 4 and Gopal Datt's theatrical performance, this week has a lot to offer. Check out HT City's weekend planner for September 6 and 7.
Published on Sep 04, 2025 03:03 PM IST

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 25 August 2025

Catch It Live on Monday, 25 August 2025.
Published on Aug 25, 2025 12:00 AM IST

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on 24 August 2025

Catch It Live on Sunday, 24 August 2025.
Published on Aug 23, 2025 11:15 PM IST

Delhiwale: Her bay window

Nandini writes poetry, and she graciously agrees to share a poem, inspired from the bay window. (HT)
Published on Aug 18, 2025 03:56 AM IST

St Xavier’s to celebrate Eunice de Souza’s birth anniversary as Poetry Day

Eunice Desouza - Taught English Literature at St. Xavier's College - HT Photo
Updated on Jul 28, 2025 04:13 PM IST

Ludhiana: Students’ Punjabi poems find place in int’l book project

The students of Government High School, Mattewara, who contributed in a Canada organisation’s book. (HT Photo)
Published on Jul 19, 2025 10:54 PM IST

Andrea Gibson cause of death: Popular Colorado poet dies at 49, tributes pour in

Colorado poet Andrea Gibson passed away at the age of 49.
Updated on Jul 14, 2025 11:59 PM IST

Review: The Notbook of Kabir by Anand

Painting of Kabir weaving, c. 1825 (Central Museum, Jaipur/Wikimedia Commons)
Published on Jul 11, 2025 10:36 PM IST

Review: The Diamond-Encrusted Rat Trap by Adil Jussawalla

Beating Mumbai’s scorching summer at Mahim Beach. (Vijay Bate/HT PHOTO)
Published on Jun 07, 2025 06:28 AM IST

Spice of life: Lord Wavell, a viceroy with the heart of a poet

Apart from fighting the Boer War, two World Wars, attaining the highest rank of Field Marshal, earning an earldom and serving as viceroy of India, Lord Wavell was known to devote a lot of time to his duties as president of the Poetry Society, the Royal Society of Literature, the Kipling Society and Browning Society. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
Published on May 26, 2025 08:40 AM IST

Review: Mithu UnMyth Sen

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Mithu Sen with her work at the India Art Fair in New Delhi in 2013 (Jasjeet Plaha/Hindustan Times)
Published on Apr 29, 2025 02:31 PM IST

Book Box: Raju Tai’s Guide to Disobedient Creativity

Raju Tai
Updated on Apr 20, 2025 12:45 PM IST

A soulful evening of poetry and dance showcasing Mirza Ghalib's poetry

A Kathak recital dance performance showcasing Mirza Ghalib's timeless poetry
Updated on Apr 03, 2025 01:58 PM IST

World Poetry Day | Siddhant Chaturvedi: I will publish my poems as a book, but…

Actor Siddhant Chaturvedi
Published on Mar 21, 2025 10:39 AM IST

Delhi-based poet-singer Minu Bakshi's Urdu verses vet Gen Z emotions

Poet Minu Bakshi talks about her latest collection of poems, Barish-e-Rahmat.
Updated on Mar 18, 2025 12:33 PM IST

Roundabout | The lunatic, lover and poet are of imagination compact

Poet-psychologist Salman Akhtar. (HT Photo)
Published on Feb 23, 2025 08:24 AM IST

Sahitya Sankalp: Two-day event begins in Lko with discussion on aspects of Hindi Literature

Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak inaugurates the two-day Sahitya Sankalp in Lucknow on Wednesday. (HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 19, 2025 09:49 PM IST

TV actor Shailesh Lodha makes theatre debut in Delhi, sips on tea at Mandi House

TV actor Shailesh Lodha recently debuted in theatre with the play Dad's Girlfriend, and performed for two back-to-back houseful shows in Delhi.
Updated on Jan 21, 2025 11:57 AM IST

Why no kavi sammelan during Mahakumbh, asks writers’ body

An aerial view of the Sangam during the ongoing Mahakumbh Mela (File)
Updated on Jan 18, 2025 07:48 AM IST

Roundabout | Flying on the wings of verse from Chandigarh to Delhi

Visiting US poet Franklin Abbot. (Diwan Manna)
Updated on Jan 12, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Remembering Ghalib: A poet’s legacy and the fight to preserve his haveli

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Mirza Ghalib (HT Photo)
Published on Dec 22, 2024 02:29 PM IST

Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar celebrate 50 years of artistic contributions

Shabana Azmi and Javed Akhtar
Published on Dec 15, 2024 04:16 PM IST