Wednesday, April 1, 2026

In Pics: These Sci-Fi Books Eerily Predicted Our Future Long Ago

Disclaimer: Originally published in February 2018. It is being republished since it still remains an interesting topic till today.  In 1888, Edward Bellamy’s utopian sci-fi...
Lock The Box Sale

The Lock The Box Book Sale Is A Dream Come True For Book Lovers...

By Sumedha Bansal When it comes to books, the thing that usually puts off book lovers is the high price of some books and that...

Daastan-e-Gulzar: Ek akela is shahar mein

Five months after a successful Annual Penguin Lecture, Penguin was back with Annual Spring Fever at India Habitat Centre, Delhi.  Penguin is raising the...

Historian Rana Safvi Tells Us How Delhi Mughals Adopted Hindu Festival Of Raksha Bandhan...

Raksha Bandhan, meaning safety bond, is an auspicious occasion wherein Indian girls tie an amulet on the wrists of their brothers and in return...
mahabharat deleted scenes

SexED: 5 Controversial Deleted Scenes From Mahabharat You Must Know About

Disclaimer: My intention is not to hurt the sentiments of any religious group, the article talks about supposedly true facts from the epic of...
Jashn Events Literature Carnival

Jashn Events Literature Carnival (JELC) Will Have Authors Showcase Their Book And Talk About...

#PartnerED Book events are somewhat of a rarity wherein either they are the typical Book Fair at Pragati Maidan or individual book launches at the...

Watch: Limited-Edition And Rare Comics That Are Now Worth A Fortune

With their unique blend of art, creativity, fantastic storylines and iconic characters, comic books have managed to keep readers gripped and over the years...

Why Do We Need To Move On From Seeing Just The Sexual Side Of...

  Sally Rooney’s novel “Normal People”, which was nominated for Booker Prize in 2018, is soon going to be a TV series. Psychological issues are...

Khushwant Singh’s Book Shows India’s Police Brutality Since Partition

Khushwant Singh’s remarkable novel “Train to Pakistan” was published in 1956. It is about a fictional village called Mano Majra during the partition. However,...

Ahoy Potter Fans ! The Boy Who Lived Is Back !

Get out your wands and brooms, people…Harry Potter is BACK!!!! And this time its not as his usual Hogwarts-student-on- a mission-style, but as a...
micro-fiction

“For Sale – Baby Shoes, Never Worn”: Magnifying The Art Of Micro-Fiction

By Deepa Thomas Being a Literature student, I’m expected to read A LOT of novels for my classes and I’ve found that having the attention...
Masculinity

“मर्दानगी क्या है:” कॉमिक मर्दों वाली बात भारत में विषाक्त मर्दानगी को दर्शाती है

इस बात से कोई इंकार नहीं कर सकता कि सदियों से समाज में महिलाओं पर अत्याचार और दुर्व्यवहार होता रहा है। अब भी, हालाँकि...
dystopian novels

Why Are Dystopian Novels Going Mainstream In Today’s Time?

By Mahira Dasgupta  Death. Violence. Oppression. Ruin. These are common to all dystopian novels. Many people fail to understand this fascination with stories where things...

Why You Should Need (Read) The Japanese Wife

The Japanese Wife is a collection of twelve short stories written by Kunal Basu who is an Indian writer of English Fiction. Basu has...

The Words and Verse of Robert Frost

I was fortunate. I stumbled upon Robert Frost in my middle school years and being a philosophical kind of person, he became, and has...

‘Book’ing a Film/ TV Show… A Possibility?

The Law of Conservation of Stories states that Stories cannot be destroyed, but can change form, say from TV and films to books, or...

Back In Time: 22 Years Ago Today, The First Harry Potter Book Hit The...

Back in Time is ED’s newspaper-like column that reports an incident from the past as though it has happened just yesterday. It allows the...
books

Most Digitally Literate Generation Is Saving Print Books; Here’s How

In an era dominated by technological advancements and digital innovations, one might assume that the printed book is on the brink of extinction. However,...

Game Of Thrones ‘The Spoils Of War’: ED Review

What a glorious episode. My god. So many things to address! Let's begin, shall we? (And for the people who haven't watched it and are reading this. Why...

Satirical, Dark TV Series ‘Scream Queens’ From The Director Of Glee: ED Review

If loving you is wrong, dear “Scream Queens,” then I don’t want to be right. How did it all start? The series is directed by Ryan...

I Don’t Find Anything Wrong In Shashi Tharoor Saying PM Modi Is A Scorpion...

Shashi Tharoor has yet again stirred a controversy around his new book "The Paradoxical Prime Minister". The majority opinion in the wind seems to...
Sorabh Pant

Sorabh Pant Talks To ED Times About His Latest Novel “Pawan” Being Similar To...

Sorabh Pant, the funny man who has been consistently rated as one of the top stand-up comedians in the country by multiple publications including...
superman

Back In Time: 86 Years Ago Today: Superman’s First Appearance In The Comic Book...

Back in Time is ED’s newspaper-like column that reports the past as though it had happened just yesterday. It allows the reader to relive...

Childhood Hero Dr. Seuss Banned After Being Called Out For Racist Content

Recently, 6 children’s books by Dr. Seuss were called out for containing racist innuendos and have been banned from being published further. The books...
fanfiction

Breakfast Babble: Here’s Why I Feel Teens Should Stop Reading Fanfiction

Breakfast Babble is ED’s own little space on the interwebs where we gather to discuss ideas and get pumped up (or not) for the...