India’s Covid Crisis: ‘This is not just human beings dying... Humanity is dying’
With the virus out of control, the government’s inaction has been called a ‘genocide’
India’s oxygen shortage: Volunteers work to plug void in official response
Sikh volunteers and others have created facilities to get oxygen to those in dire need
Record 3,780 Covid-19 deaths in India as ‘oxygen express’ trains reach Delhi
Hospitals appeal for oxygen by invoking India’s constitutional right to protection of life
In the line of fire: Kashmir suffers even as tensions ease
‘Whenever India and Pakistan fight, we are the first ones to suffer
The best of Eileen Battersby, from Tolstoy to Paul Simon
Our late literary correspondent on Darina Allen, Martin Amis, Nigel Kennedy and more
100 books by women you have to read
Iris Murdoch, Edna O’Brien, Marian Keyes and Eimear McBride all appear on the list
Arundhati Roy: 'It’s a hatred that crosses the line'
Arundhati Roy’s new novel has made her a target for violent threats from the Indian government but she’s not about to back down
Sara Baume: ‘I actually hate writing. It’s really hard’
The winner of the 2014 Davy Byrnes Short Story Award gave herself two years to write her debut novel, Spill Simmer Falter Wither. But she remains torn between fiction and visual art
How well do you know your Booker opening lines?
In the week that the 2014 Man Booker Prize was announced, see if you can match these opening lines to their Booker winning novels
Putting war into words
Shortlisted this week for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction, Audrey Magee’s ‘The Undertaking’ has the second World War as its backdrop. Here’s a selection of our favourite literary quotations on war
A damning analysis of Indian injustice and inequality
A sustained counter-narrative of social injustice pours polemical scorn on India’s smug elite
Backlash against digital spying on citizens begins
Limits to the power of state surveillance in digital age must be enshrined in law
Balancing act: How to bring up baby while giving birth to a book
Though it’s never easy, it is possible to pursue your dreams and be a mother
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