Articles by Sonya Dutta Choudhury
Book Box | A Sunday Book Swap
A diminished book club finds unexpected company in a book swap organised by a bookstore.
Updated on Feb 01, 2025 11:37 PM IST
Book Box | An Evening with Amitav Ghosh
The landscapes of life and literature meet in Wild Fictions, the new book of essays by Amitav Ghosh
Published on Jan 26, 2025 09:31 AM IST
Book Box | Reading without rules
On why there are no rules when it comes to reading
Published on Jan 18, 2025 08:01 PM IST
Book Box | A Turkish anthropologist and Pico Iyer teach me where Paradise is
Travelling from Mumbai to Goa with lessons from two books, and a walk by the Arabian Sea
Published on Jan 11, 2025 08:47 PM IST
From beach meetings to Uzbekistan: How this Mumbai book club survived 20 years
Moving from paper posters at Prithvi to reading under Bukhara's Booksellers' Dome, being part of a book club turned these strangers into friends
Updated on Jan 04, 2025 10:32 PM IST
Book Box | ChatGPT, Murder Mysteries, and Poems for a Snowy Birthday
AI rivalries, murder mysteries and poems celebrate community and keep the cold away on a snowy birthday
Published on Dec 28, 2024 11:32 PM IST
Book Box | The Best Books of 2024
Here is 2024's reading roulette, the hits and misses, the best fiction, non-fiction, memoirs and crime and also my biggest disappointments
Published on Dec 21, 2024 10:41 PM IST
Book Box: The Golden Road
At a Mumbai club, William Dalrymple highlights ancient India's global impact, blending history with storytelling, captivating an Indian audience.
Updated on Dec 18, 2024 12:44 PM IST
Book Box:Why Those in Power Fear Your Bookshelf
From Mumbai’s Crowds to Irawati Karve’s Legacy— why stories are your best defence
Published on Dec 07, 2024 04:27 PM IST
Book Box: The Secrets of Winter Reading
How you can use winter to change the way you read
Published on Nov 30, 2024 10:23 AM IST
Book Box: Are You in a Reading Race?
How Goodreads stats, TBRs, and prize lists are turning reading into a competitive sport—here’s how we can slow down and savour the pages.
Updated on Nov 23, 2024 10:24 AM IST
Book Box | Booker Prize-winning and other longlisted tales of the sea and sky
Soar into space, the sea, and serendipity with this year's Booker Prize-winning and shortlisted and longlisted novels.
Published on Nov 16, 2024 04:26 PM IST
Book Box | Fast-paced feel-good books
Read these four fast-paced reads to keep you company when the silence settles in or when you want to break a reading slump
Published on Nov 09, 2024 07:08 PM IST
Book Box | Discovering Kaikeyi, the woman behind the villain
How a book I didn’t want to read ended up changing my Diwali
Published on Nov 02, 2024 03:35 PM IST
Book Box | The art of brand storytelling with Suta Sarees
Explore the art of storytelling with Taniya Biswas of Suta Sarees, where every outfit carries a tale
Published on Oct 26, 2024 08:10 PM IST
Tunnel vision: How Elif Shafak helps to see the world differently
From Istanbul's domes to Himalayan rivers, some stories wait for the right moment—have you revisited a book that finally spoke to you?
Published on Oct 19, 2024 07:13 PM IST
Book Box | Why we need to read Nobel laureate Han Kang
From unsettling truths to brilliantly bizarre storytelling, here are seven reasons why the newest Nobel laureate is a must-read
Published on Oct 12, 2024 06:34 PM IST
Book Box | A book club travels to Uzbekistan
From sheesh kebabs to Scheherazade, the Juhu book club celebrates its twentieth anniversary by exploring the stories of the Silk Route
Published on Oct 05, 2024 07:32 PM IST
Book Box | Packing list for a book club
From Soviet reads to surprise novels, a book club packs a library for their Silk Route adventure—because running out of books is not an option!
Published on Sep 29, 2024 12:02 AM IST
Book Box | Why I hug trees
Walk through forests and books to discover the healing power of trees
Published on Sep 22, 2024 07:00 AM IST
Book Box | Why readers can't have enough of books about bookstores
These feel-good books about bookstores provide a soothing sense of well-being, a connection with the community and a return to the simple pleasures of life.
Published on Sep 15, 2024 08:00 AM IST
Book Box | How to stay calm
From breathing to boundaries, here are books to help you stay calm in an age of anxiety
Published on Sep 07, 2024 08:37 PM IST
Book Box | How to be alone
Read this Belgian-American poet and writer to inspire you when you are alone.
Published on Aug 31, 2024 06:26 PM IST
Book Box | Why leaders should read science fiction
These three sci-fi titles are an easy way to get you started on the road to being a better leader
Published on Aug 24, 2024 06:29 PM IST
Book Box | The Reading India Project
A book club sets aside bestseller lists, to discover India, one book at a time
Published on Aug 17, 2024 09:06 PM IST
Book Box | Eight life-changing books to read in your twenties and beyond
From inspiring stories of artists to tackling writer's block, these eight books make adulting easier.
Published on Aug 11, 2024 12:32 AM IST
Book Box | A browsing list of eight new and notable books
Here's a round-up of recent reads, a mix of genres that includes the latest Amor Towles and the forthcoming Matt Haig.
Published on Aug 03, 2024 08:18 PM IST
Book Box | Meet award-winning mystery writer Angie Kim
This Stanford and Harvard-educated former lawyer dips heavily into her own life and adds research to craft pacy and prizewinning whodunits
Published on Jul 28, 2024 12:19 AM IST
Book Box | Meet storytelling guru Sid Jain
Sid Jain's journey from stock market whiz to the man who adapts books to screen is full of quirky life lessons, like how you can land a job without a resume
Published on Jul 20, 2024 08:55 PM IST
Doppelgangers and dissonance: When Neil Gaiman and Alice Munro disappoint
Find answers to a readers dilemma in three different books — an award-winning non-fiction, a classic and a sci-fi police procedural
Published on Jul 13, 2024 08:04 PM IST