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HT Reviewer Syed Saad Ahmed Picks His Favourite Read of 2025
Brain Merchant’s Blood in the Machine shows why we should all be Luddites to build a better world
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Book Review: An Unkindness of Ghosts By Rivers Solomon
Today, as blundering billionaires seek to establish utopias on Mars, one can only wonder what dystopia it would entail for the rest of us. Rivers Solomon imagines one such world built on the back of a dystopia in An Unkindness of Ghosts
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Interview: Esther Duflo and Cheyenne Olivier on Their Book Poor Economics for Kids
Nobel Prize-winning economist Esther Duflo and illustrator Olivier talk about collaborating on the book, talking to children about difficult topics, and the challenges and joys of creating the stories.
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‘Trouserless Tribals’ and Other Inanities | Review of John Keay’s Himalaya: Exploring the Roof of the World
At its best, Himalaya has interesting trivia every 50 pages or so. At its worst, it serves as a guide on how not to write a book
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A Rural Doctor’s Memoir Shows the Way Forward for India’s Healthcare System
Kavery Nambisan draws upon her four decades of medical practice to discuss how healthcare systems can serve people better in her first non-fiction book, A Luxury Called Health: A Doctor’s Journey through the Art, the Science and the Trickery of Medicine
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Sex, Subversion, and Sanskrit: Review of ‘The Ocean of Mirth’, a Bawdy Sanskrit Play
Hasyarnava-Prahasanam (The Ocean of Mirth), written between the 14th and 17th centuries, punctures social norms, undermines hierarchies, and lampoons religious strictures. With its utter disregard for propriety, it revels in the crass and offensive.
