Sayantan Ghosh

Alberto Manguel's A Reading Diary: A Year of Favourite Books is a library in prose form. A reader can stop at any of the numerous lists of books and authors catalogued here and simply search them on the internet to get immersed in a new world each time.

The recently Booker Prize-longlisted novel by acclaimed writer Claire Keegan, Small Things Like These, follows a busy coal merchant in an Irish village in the 1980s just before Christmas, who unwittingly discovers a young woman “locked in a convent coal shed, leaking milk and mourning the loss of her baby.” The economy and precision of this slim novel – which is truly monumental in scope – is startling

Jacinda Ardern, the New Zealand Prime Minister, has rejected the message of hate, paving the path for a more accepting society. Can't we all do the same?

Tintin was no macho Sunny Deol who'd beat his enemies to pulp for purely personal reasons. He believed in dialogue and seeking the truth. We'd do well to revisit this young journalist who just turned 90.

Food is more than just about how it looks and tastes. It's also about how we remember it.

The reason why the audience turned up that day was to ensure that an artist’s voice is heard and discussed, and not silenced by vicious trolling.

The superstar is first one of the masses, from us, inspiring us, never afraid to love us back. This will always make him special

Would you be as shocked if Deepika Padukone wore a tuxedo at her reception?

Imagine Mussoorie without its legendary Cambridge Book Depot where Ruskin Bond still drops by to sign books.

The time of the day, or night, when a woman should be outside her home or inside, is dependent on only one thing. Whenever she chooses to be.

If award committees can step out of their comfort zones, why shouldn’t writers around the world too try to experiment with their form and style?