A book on lives of people in a Mumbai slum has won this year's National Book Award for Non-Fiction in the United States.

Google today celebrated Abraham 'Bram' Stoker's 165th birthday honouring him with a fascinating Google doodle of his cult novel 'Dracula'.

The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not a bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.

Poetry and philosophy in Khushwant Singh's latest work, The Freethinker's Prayer Book, outline the personal religion of India's longest-running columnist. Hindustan Times features exclusive excerpts from the introduction.

The end begins, really?

How does one tell the India story to the common man? Parthasarathi Swami does it through the journalist's craft of anecdote, interview, travelogue and reportage.

To think that only male readers sneer at books on love and relationships is sexist, answers Shinie Antony.