Penguin India Blog

Art in the Time of Orthodoxy

Art is the elephant; and an artist must make space for the subsequent battles that their art lets into their life.

Samah Visaria on Millennials, Marriage and More

India today is a phenomenally changed place from it used to be. The Millennials are constantly innovating. They are reinventing traditions if not omitting them completely.

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4 Books by Gita Mehta that Give You a Glimpse of the Real India

Refreshingly irreverent, brilliantly candid, Gita Mehta’s four stories give a different slice each of the country we can only ever dream of knowing completely.

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A Lesser-Known Poem by Vikram Seth that You Must Know Of

Here is a lesser-known poem from Vikram Seth’s collection of poems, ‘All You Who Sleep Tonight’.

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5 Great Quotes from Salman Rushdie’s Books that will Tug at Your Heart

Salman Rushdie remarked once, “We are the only creature on earth that does this unusual thing of telling itself stories in order to try and understand what kind of creature it is.”

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7 Times Our Fathers Made Us Fall in Love with Books

Moments from our everyday lives that take us back to the childhood memories we have with our dads.

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Ruskin Bond’s Years with His Daddy: An Excerpt

For years, Ruskin Bond has regaled and mesmerized readers with his tales. In Looking for the Rainbow, Bond travels to his own past, recalling his favourite adventures .