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Utilising Coronavirus Lockdown Time to Pursue Hobbies, Catch up on Netflix: Navjot Kaur

Indian women's hockey team player Navjot Kaur said she has been drawing and colouring with more spare time in hand amid coronavirus lockdown.




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Coronavirus Delay Gives Indian Men's Hockey Team Chance to Utilise Time and Give it Best in Tokyo, Says Varun Kumar

Indian men's hockey team defender Varun said they were not sure when they would be able to resume outdoor training due to coronavirus crisis.




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Indian Women's Hockey Team Mentally Prepared to Face Challenges on Way to Olympic Medal: Salima Tete

Salima Tete said there was a lot of scope improvement for the Indian women's hockey team in the one year before the Tokyo Olympics.




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Will Use Next 12 Months to Earn Place in Tokyo Olympics-bound Squad: Dilpreet Singh

Dilpreet Singh revealed it was chief coach Graham Reid's pep talk during a junior training camp that motivated him to work hard and reclaim his spot in the senior side.




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After Injury and Eye Surgeries, Reena Eyes Olympics Selection

Reena is looking to make it to the Indian women's hockey team for the Tokyo Olympics.




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Indian Women's Hockey Team Raises Over Rs 20 Lakh to Feed Poor Amid Coronavirus

The Indian women's hockey team raised funds for the charity through an 18-day fitness challenge, which started on April 17.




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Hockey India Invites Expression of Interest to Host 2021 National Champioships

HI wants to host the 2021 National Championships as well as the inaugural Inter-Department National Championship and Academy National Championship.




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Maintaining Fitness Will Be Biggest Challenge For Athletes: Viren Rasquinha

Viren Rasquinha also stressed on the importance of sports psychologists for athletes in the run-up to the Tokyo Olympics




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Hockey Veteran Ashok Diwan Says Health Much Better, Set for Return from USA

Ashok Diwan had sought help to return from the USA, where he is stuck because of the travel restrictions in place owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.




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Indian Hockey Teams' Olympics Preparation Status to be Discussed on May 13

Both the men's and women's hockey teams are currently at the SAI facility in Bengaluru, where they are carrying out their fitness drills and anaylsing their game.




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Manpreet Singh Motivates the Team Through His Game: Nilakanta Sharma

Nilakanta Sharma said Manpreet Singh motivates the Indian men's hockey team through his game.




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Hockey India Condoles Demise of Kodava Hockey Festival Co-Founder Pandanda Kuttappa

Hockey India condoled the demise of Pandanda Kuttappa, a legendary figure in the region of Coorg who gave the sport the world famous Kuttani, family hockey tournament.




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Narinder Batra Gets Extension as FIH President Following Postponement of Body's Annual Congress

Narinder Batra will continue as FIH President till next year Congress, which was postponed to May due to coronavirus.




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Senior Hockey Players to Undergo Coaching Course Online Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

The basic coaching course will be attended by 32 senior men and 23 senior women core probables on May 11 and 15 respectively.




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Jean-Paul Sartre Birth Anniversary: 5 Books By the French Philosopher You Must Read

On the 114th birth anniversary of Jean-Paul Sartre, we take a look at five books by and on the author-philosopher that one must read.




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George Orwell Birth Anniversary: 5 Books You Must Read by the Noted Author

Here's looking at five books by George Orwell that prove his relevance even today.




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Books This Weekend: Of Boardroom Shenanigans, Serial Killers, Controlling the Mind

There's much to ponder over at the bookshelf this weekend.




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Book Excerpt: Mahabharata Retold in ‘Shakuni: Master of the Game’

This re-telling of Mahabharata from the perspective of Shakuni delves into how the heir of Gandhara used the Padavas and the Kauravas as pawns in an intricate and clever power play that culminated in an epic battle of 18 days.




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Book Excerpt: Amitav Ghosh Tackles Climate Change And Migration In 'Gun Island'

Weaving old folklores with modern-day adventures, Ghosh again tries to draw readers attention towards climate change.




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'Flawed, Complex Characters Make Fine Stories': Amish Tripathi on His Book Raavan, Enemy of Aryavarta

Author Amish Tripathi launched Raavan: Enemy of Aryavarta, which is the third installment of his wildly popular Ram Chandra series.




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Amitav Ghosh on New Book Gun Island, Our Changing World and the Uncanniness of It All

Amitav Ghosh says he feels fortunate and privileged to be able to make a living from writing, which according to him, is the only thing he knows how to do.




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Easterine Kire's 'Walking The Roadless Road' Takes You Into the Heart of Nagaland

Author author Easterine Kire's book gives a vivid account of Japanese invasion in India through the northeast during World War II.




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World Snake Day: 5 Famous Serpents from Literature that You Must Read About

As wildlife enthusiasts around the world celebrate World Snake Day, we take a look at 5 times authors turned snakes into memorable literary characters




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Nelson Mandela Birth Anniversary: Here are 5 Books by Nobel Laureate You Must Read

As the world remembers the great leader on his 101 birth anniversary, here's taking at look at 5 books by Nelson Mandela.




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Actor Balraj Sahni's Biography by Son to Hit Stands in August

A book on the life and times of veteran actor Balraj Shani, written by his son Parikshit, will release in August.




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Book Excerpt: Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha Harivansh Chronicles Former PM Chandra Shekhar's Rise in Politics

The book, titled ‘Chandra Shekhar: The Last Icon of Ideological Politics’, has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and chronicles the political journey of former PM Chandra Shekhar.




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Booker Prize 2019 Longlist: Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood on the List, Winner to be Announced in October

Before the final announcement of the Booker Prize 2019 winner, here’s a list of all the books that has been nominated this year.




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Jashn-e-Premchand: Here's How Mumbai is Celebrating the Birth Anniversary of the Renowned Author

Popularly known as Upanyas Samrat, Premchand is famous for his modern Hindi-Urdu literature.




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Ruskin Bond Releases Latest Book 'Words From My Window-A Journal'

Ruskin Bond was invited at a school event in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, where he shared insights about his literary journey with his fans among the students as well as the teachers.




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PD James 99th Birth Anniversary: 5 Books by English Crime Author One Must Read

List of novels by PD James which is a must read for all those who have interest in mystery and crime.




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Shirley Jackson Death Anniversary: 5 Works of The Author One Must Read

On Shirley Jackson's 54th death anniversary, here's looking at 5 most acclaimed works of the author.




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Book Excerpt: Dalit Scholar Suraj Yengde Tells You Why 'Caste Matters' In His Latest Novel

In this deeply passionate, and angry memoir, titled 'Caste Matters', writer and academic activist Suraj Yengde peels the layers of the deep-rooted caste system in India to show you how this impenetrable social divide has for centuries crushed human lives and is very similar to other forms of oppression, such as race, class and gender.




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Nobel Laureate Hermann Hesse Death Anniversary: 5 Books by Author One Must Revisit

German-born poet, novelist and painter Hermann Karl Hesse, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1946, passed away on August 9, 1962.




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'Sridevi-Girl Woman Superstar': New Book Chronicles Extraordinary Life of The Actress

This is the first and only detailed chronicle of the screen goddess' long journey in Bollywood.




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Veer Savarkar Believed Some Muslims, And Christians Possess 'All Essential Qualifications of Hindutva', Claims Biography

Savarkar defined his idea of a Hindu resurgence in political terms, not religious.




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Book Excerpt: When Rajnath Singh Refused To Give a Ticket to His Son for 2007 UP Polls

Rajneeti: A Biography of Rajnath Singh written by Gautam Chintamani chronicles the fifty-year long political journey of Singh from a Swayamsevak in the RSS to the defence minister of India.




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Scientist’s Death, Threat to PM: Meenakshi Lekhi’s Fiction Book is Thriller That Lays Bare Political Divides

The novel begins with the death of a scientist, who warns a woman politician in new Delhi about the impending danger to the life of Raghav Mohan, who is the beloved Prime Minister of the country.




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Gau Mata ko Bhata: This Satirical Novel Tells Story of a British Chewing Gum Company That Uses Cows To Woo Indians

Cow and Company uses satire to take stock of India and its complex relationship with religions.




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When Amitav Ghosh Found Climate Change to be Stranger Than Fiction

Ghosh's novel leaps from the United States, to the Sundarbans mangrove forest between India and Bangladesh, to Italy, places where rising temperatures and water levels have uprooted human and animal lives and upended political systems.




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Shiv Sena's Anti-Bihari Rhetoric Has an Underlying Irony That Traces its Origin to Bal Thackeray’s Father

While his son Bal Thackeray and grandsons Uddhav and Raj were to take a political position against north Indians, Prabodhankar traced the roots of Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu caste -- the same caste to which the Thackeray family belongs -- to Bihar.




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HG Wells 153rd Birth Anniversary: 7 Books by the Author One Must Read

On HG Wells 153 birth anniversary, here's looking at a few works by the acclaimed author.




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Book Alert! Here's What You Can Expect From Christopher C. Doyle's 'The Pataala Prophecy' Sequel

The newest book of The Pataala Prophecy series claims to have a good mix of adventure, mythology and mystery as series' teenager protagonists, Maya and Arjun, return to have a face-off with a new ruthless enemy.




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Can Robots Take Away Our Jobs? Here's How Indian Employment Market Will Change with AI-driven Revolution

The evolution of AI has brought us to the precipice of a fourth industrial revolution, and the worrying question being asked is: How will this affect our livelihoods? Will this revolution result in mass job losses?




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26/11 Terror Attacks: Martyred ATS Chief Hemant Karkare Was Brave in Life, as He Was in Death

One of the biggest issue that Karkare's death brought to light was that of 'faulty' bulletproof jackets, which allegedly could not protect him and resulted in his death on 26/11.




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From Heart of Darkness to Lord Jim, Here are 5 Books by Joseph Conrad That One Must Read

Joseph Conrad passed away on August 3, 1924 and left behind a rich heritage in terms of works, which have often transcended the pages of books and have found new life in varied media.




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Remembering Luigi Pirandello: 5 Works by the Celebrated Italian Writer

Luigi Pirandello is considered to be one of the forerunners of the Theatre of the Absurd. On the writer's 93rd death anniversary, here's looking at 5 works by him one must read.




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Amitabha Bagchi’s Novel 'Half The Night Is Gone' Wins DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019

Amitabha Bagchi won the award from a shortlist of six South-Asian novels.




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Haruki Murakami Holds Rare Public Reading to Mark Debut Anniversary

Now 70 and one of the world’s most popular and acclaimed novelists, Murakami debuted with 'Hear the Wind Sing' in 1979.




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Author JK Rowling Draws Criticism for Transgender Comments

JK Rowling tweeted in support of a researcher who lost her job for stating that people cannot change their biological sex. A spokeswoman for Rowling said that the author would not have any further comment.




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'Replicated His Tattoo...': How Anita Nair's Iconic 'Inspector Gowda' Became Face of Indian Crime Fiction

In the last decade, detective Borei Gowda has appeared in two of Nair's books -- Cut Like Wound (2012) and Chain of Custody (2016) and have already won a strong fan base among crime fiction lovers in the country.