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After Roald Dahl, Agatha Christie's novels revised by 'sensitivity readers'

The recent revisions to Christie's novels are part of a trend to edit the works of several classic writers. This includes names like Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming

HarperCollins Publishers, striking workers agree to federal mediation

HarperCollins Publishers and the union representing some 250 striking employees have agreed to enter into federal mediation, the first sign of a possible settlement since the work stoppage began in early November. We are excited to have this opportunity to continue bargaining with HarperCollins and hope they finally are ready to put a fair offer on the table, Olga Brudastova, president of Local 2110 UAW, said in a statement on Thursday. We have been on strike for over two months at this point. It is time for us to resolve any outstanding differences and attempt to reset our relationship. HarperCollins, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, issued a statement saying it hoped that meeting with an outside mediator would provide a path forward. The publisher had not met with union negotiators in months. We entered negotiations eager to find common ground, and we have remained committed to achieving a fair and reasonable contract throughout this process, the company's statement reads in

India in the nitty-gritty

Former Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar's memoir is a remarkable account of the many events that took place during his tenure, including the Mumbai terrorist attack

Messages from the margins

Making Place for Muslims in Contemporary India offers a critical understanding of the differential citizenship to which Indian Muslims have been subject, and suggests ways to combat it

Ex-Hockey coach restrained from publishing players' confidential details

In her appeal, Kaur alleged that the book contains some confidential information that was shared by her with Marijne in confidence when he was the coach

A conversation about economic reform

Gautam Chikarmane's book is a politically intrepid look at India's transformation from an economy 'of the small, by the small, for the small' to one 'of the big, by the big, for the big'

India-China: Line of actual conflict

The book overcomes the challenge of juxtaposing multiple actors and catalysts that play a crucial role in defining the direction of India-China relations and the future of the disputed boundary

Booker-winning author Hilary Mantel, dies at 70, confirms HarperCollins UK

Booker Prize-winning author Hilary Mantel, the author of the best-selling Wolf Hall trilogy, has died aged 70, her publisher said on Friday. In a tweet from its official account, HarperCollins UK noted her date of death to be September 22. However, the reason of her demise is not yet known. In a statement, her publisher said: "We are heartbroken at the death of our beloved author, Dame Hilary Mantel and our thoughts are with her friends and family, especially her husband, Gerald. This is a devastating loss and we can only be grateful she left us with such a magnificent body of work," it said. Born on July 6, 1952 in Glossop, Derbyshire in England, Mantel received the prestigious Booker Prize twice, for 2009's Wolf Hall, the first in the Thomas Cromwell series, and the 2012 follow-up Bring Up the Bodies. The conclusion to her trilogy, The Mirror and the Light, was published in 2020 to much critical acclaim, became a fiction best-seller and was longlisted for The Booker Prize 2020.

Leopards in their labyrinths

Crooked Cats is a fascinating, and occasionally entertaining, micro-study of all aspects of the big-cat-human encounter

Memsahibs in the Raj

Ipshita Nath's book captures the hermetically sealed nature of the memsahibs' world from the country in which they lived

An uprising and its discontents

Dr Murphy is professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at the Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK

When Sumitra met Anees…

A journalist seeks to capture the confluence of cultures in the home in which she grew up and how it reflected the promise of India's founding ideals

Dealing with Black Swans

A Princeton economist convincingly shows that human enterprise and innovation could yet cope with them successfully

High jumps in India's tech revolution

The big picture he paints in this book is that digital technologies are transforming consumer market opportunities in not just India but possibly in all developing countries

A full stop in India

Jyoti Mukul's book is a welcome study of the economic and emotional impact of the government's decision to shut down transport links to contain transmission of Covid-19

The art of leaning in

The bias against women in general finds many mentions in the book

The life and times of Ratan Tata: An authorised tell-all book in November

HarperCollins wins publishing rights for industrialist's biography in a reported Rs 2 crore deal

A question of disclosure

Never mind Lost; Ms Grisham has far more classic pop-culture analogies at her fingertips

The full story of the agrarian crisis

Mr Hardikar traces the story of Ramrao who attempted suicide by consuming two bottles of pesticide during Holi in 2014

Selector at the crease

Ravi Shastri offers entertaining cameos of cricketers he thinks were great