V J James hadn’t planned on becoming a writer. Well, not in the traditional sense. He loved writing and indulged in a few ...

The Malayalam classic won four National ... directorial is based on the autobiographical novel of the same name by Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. The film focuses on the prison life of Vaikom Muhammad ...

For example, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (legendary Malayalam writer) infused his political writings with a pinch of humour. This later evolved into graphic novels and comic strips, serving as social ...

Welcome to this edition of The Hindu on Books Newsletter ... S.K. Pottekatt’s ‘On the Riverbank’, translated from the Malayalam by Thomas, Premendra Mitra’s ‘The Discovery of ...

Other authors who mean a lot to the musician (and now children’s book writer): Kevyn Aucoin and Hilary Mantel. Karen Russell’s “The Antidote” is set in 1930s Nebraska, when the promising ...

The author of “If We Were Villains” recommends novels that will make you shiver with delight one moment and recoil in horror the next. By M.L. Rio M.L. Rio is the best-selling author of “If ...

But it is the one favored by critics. By Alex Marshall Reporting from London The majority of the books nominated for this year’s International Booker Prize, the prestigious award for fiction ...

Her latest book is the essay collection “After Lives: On Biography and the Mysteries of the Human Heart.” March 7, 2025 It takes a lot for me to lose patience. My first biography ...

The film stars Mohanlal, Meena and an ensemble cast including Asha Sharath, Esther Anil, Siddique, Kalabhavan Shajohn, Roshan Basheer, and Neeraj Madhav. The original Malayalam film, which was ...

Women are always for others to find,” states the narrator, a policewoman called Vanitha. If they aren’t where they are ...