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"If I were choosing the title for this session, it would be the sound of failure”, acclaimed poet Jeet Thayil said at the Times Litfest. In a freewheeling chat with writer Jerry Pinto, the Narcopolis author reflected upon failures of different kinds. Above all, they cheekily dissected what it means…

I’m not a journalist. I wait 20 years, look back, make sure anyone who could take offence is dead and then I write.”

In a speech that was both a playful departure from the conventions of literary gatherings as well as a gentle interrogation of the conventional definition of literary canons, Samir Jain, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Times Group, said India’s great spiritual texts, passed down generations, should be read as literature,…

Philosopher, historian and bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari regularly travels to India to practice Vipassana. “If not for meditation, I’d still be researching medieval military history and not talking about Neanderthals and cyborgs,” he shared during an absorbing session at the Times Litfest 2023. “The key thing when writing big…

Denise Fergus said not being able to say goodbye or I love you to her son still hurts her to this day

The US writer and psychotherapist on helping her husband to die and finding the humour in writing about it – and why she’s now spending more time with waves and sunsets

Tony King's masterclass memoir offers a whirlwind tour from nascent rock 'n' roll in the 1950s through the present

The novelist is still recovering from a knife attack last summer, but the loss of an eye won’t stop him writing about it

Our fourth and final review of Birnam Wood

Who gets to wield the power of representation might be important to columnist Pamela Paul, but it's a distraction