A visitor taking pictures of the Imprint exhibition in Chennai on Saturday (January 18, 2025). M. Srinath/The Hindu From quirky clipboards to fraying sketchbooks and intricate sculptures, paper in its many forms were spread over the Lady Andal School campus at The Hindu Lit for Life 2025. Titled âImprintâ, the display was largely categorised into…
Amal Allana in conversation with Ritu Menon at The Hindu Lit for Life 2025. | Photo Credit: R. Ragu Theatre director Amal Allana, who recently released a riveting biography of her father Ebrahim Alkazi: Holding Time Captive gave a racy account of Alkaziâs revolutionary contributions to arts and culture in the creative landscape that was…
Hariharan and Kamal Haasan | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement In 2009, Kamal Haasan presented a screenwriting course at IIT-Madras and wanted to start a full-fledged film school. It was during that time that a conversation with him sowed the seeds of my book, Kamal Haasan: A Cinematic Journey. This book, aimed at an international audience,…
Malini Agarwal | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement When I set out to write Under the Influence: How to Survive and Thrive Online, I realised that we are not given any sort of guidance on how to be online, or what to expect. This was on my mind for a while, and I thought about how…
Interior of old Villa in Vedado, suburbs of Havana. Library area desk with typewriter | Photo Credit: Nikada The Hindu Lit for Life is presented by KIA India and in association with Christ University. Associate partners include RR Donnelley, Blue Star, Brigade Group, NITTE Deemed-to-be University, PROchure, Singer, Uttarakhand Tourism, Chennai Port Authority & Kamarajar…
Vinita Sidhartha, the founder of Kreeda Games | Photo Credit: Special arrangement What do the games aadu puli attam, dhadi, and anju katta dhayam have in common? The philosophies that guide life itself. Vinita Sidhartha, the founder of Kreeda games, an organisation that has been reviving traditional games, is set to show participants how to…
Shashi Tharoor | Photo Credit: ANI In his new book A Wonderland of Words, Shashi Tharoor writes about being in love with words since he was a child. Over the years, he says he has become a role model for aspirational Indians. In an interview, Tharoor talks about his literary pursuits and why he would…
