Articles by Saurabh Sharma
Essay: A queer rite of passage
On cruising, Grindr, the gay gaze, a sudden explosion of violence and its unhappy aftermath that exposes the insensitivity of our law enforcement and health providers. A personal piece on confronting and overcoming very real fears #PrideMonthSpecial
![People out in Lodhi Gardens in New Delhi. “While the cruising scenes before the era of dating apps like PlanetRomeo and Grindr have been documented, digital disruption has added another layer to cruising.” (Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times) People out in Lodhi Gardens in New Delhi. “While the cruising scenes before the era of dating apps like PlanetRomeo and Grindr have been documented, digital disruption has added another layer to cruising.” (Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/06/14/150x84/People-out-in-Lodhi-Gardens-in-New-Delhi---While-t_1718341502853.jpg)
Updated on Jun 14, 2024 10:35 AM IST
Review: Chronicle of an Hour and a Half by Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari
A deeply immersive work, Kannanari’s Chronicle of an Hour and a Half offers an engaging study of the borrowed victimhood, fragile ego, petty insecurities, territorial energy and policing nature of the contemporary Indian male
![Fits of rage and their aftermath. (Shutterstock) Fits of rage and their aftermath. (Shutterstock)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/05/03/150x84/Fits-of-rage-and-their-aftermath---Shutterstock-_1714753425029.jpg)
Published on May 03, 2024 09:54 PM IST
Devika Rege, author, Quarterlife – “I write to make sense of the world ”
On understanding the fault lines that shape our collective identity and her novel, which won the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters Book of the Year award in early February
![Author Devika Rege (Courtesy the subject) Author Devika Rege (Courtesy the subject)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/04/27/150x84/Author-Devika-Rege--Courtesy-the-subject-_1714198920214.jpg)
Updated on Apr 27, 2024 11:52 AM IST
Review: Faking It; Artificial Intelligence in a Human World by Toby Walsh
Conveying complex ideas in accessible language, Faking It highlights the abilities and limits of machine and predictive intelligence
![According to Walsh, “It won’t be robots putting humans out of work, but humans who use AI taking over the jobs of humans who don’t.” (Shutterstock) According to Walsh, “It won’t be robots putting humans out of work, but humans who use AI taking over the jobs of humans who don’t.” (Shutterstock)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/04/26/150x84/According-to-Walsh---It-won-t-be-robots-putting-hu_1714138540981.jpg)
Published on Apr 26, 2024 07:06 PM IST
Review: Never Never Land byNamita Gokhale
An aspiring middle aged novelist who returns to her home in the hills attempts to investigate her relationship with herself, the region, and with larger forces
![Homes in Kumaon, Uttarakhand. (Rajeev Sachdeva/Universal Images Group via Getty) Homes in Kumaon, Uttarakhand. (Rajeev Sachdeva/Universal Images Group via Getty)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/03/29/150x84/Homes-in-Kumaon--Uttarakhand---Rajeev-Sachdeva-Uni_1711719876279.jpg)
Published on Mar 29, 2024 07:15 PM IST
Parakala Prabhakar – “My intention is to generate a spirited debate”
During an interview conducted at the Kerala Literature Festival 2024, the author of ‘The Crooked Timber of New India’ spoke about the concerns facing the country and the need to provide a platform for criticism
![Author Parakala Prabhakar (Courtesy Kerala Literature Festival) Author Parakala Prabhakar (Courtesy Kerala Literature Festival)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/03/26/150x84/Author-Parakala-Prabhakar--Courtesy-Kerala-Literat_1711463841450.jpg)
Published on Mar 26, 2024 08:08 PM IST
Ashok Gopal – “For 10 years, I read only Ambedkar”
At the Kerala Literature Festival 2024, the author of A Part Apart; The Life and Thought of BR Ambedkar spoke about looking at scattered sources to put together a cohesive picture of his subject, his debt to Dalit archivists, and how 20 years of studying Ambedkar has given him a philosophy of life
![Author Ashok Gopal (Courtesy the subject) Author Ashok Gopal (Courtesy the subject)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/02/03/150x84/Author-Ashok-Gopal--Courtesy-the-subject-_1706967748945.jpg)
Published on Feb 03, 2024 07:12 PM IST
Kailash Satyarthi – “It’s a journey we traversed from slavery to freedom”
At the KLF, Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi spoke about why he left a lucrative engineering career in the 1970s to become a social activist
Published on Jan 31, 2024 08:27 PM IST
Toby Walsh – “We fear that what we create will get the better of us”
The author of Faking It: Artificial Intelligence in a Human World on the exciting possibilities of AI and on being banned by Russia for advocacy against “killer robots”
![Author Toby Walsh (TU Berlin/ Christian Kielmann) Author Toby Walsh (TU Berlin/ Christian Kielmann)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/01/26/150x84/Author-Toby-Walsh--TU-Berlin--Christian-Kielmann-_1706288445894.jpeg)
Published on Jan 26, 2024 10:30 PM IST
Ian Cardozo, author, Beyond Fear - “I write to pay homage to unknown soldiers”
At the recent KLF, Major General Ian Cardozo (Retd.), the first disabled officer in the Indian Army to lead a battalion, talked about why he writes war stories
![Major General Ian Cardozo (Retd.), author, Beyond Fear. (Saurabh Sharma) Major General Ian Cardozo (Retd.), author, Beyond Fear. (Saurabh Sharma)](https://www.hindustantimes.com/ht-img/img/2024/01/24/150x84/Major-General-Ian-Cardozo--Retd----author--Beyond-_1706111093081.jpg)
Published on Jan 24, 2024 09:14 PM IST
As violence rises five-fold in 5 years, friendships and politics turn communal in UP
At 5 am, Khatun Begum (50) wakes up in the loft above her pink-walled shop on the banks of the Saryu river, in Faizabad district, Uttar Pradesh (UP).
![Supporters of a political party listen to an election speech in Varanasi. Communal ties in Uttar Pradesh have come under stress as political parties seek votes.(Arun Sharma/ HT Photo) Supporters of a political party listen to an election speech in Varanasi. Communal ties in Uttar Pradesh have come under stress as political parties seek votes.(Arun Sharma/ HT Photo)](https://images.hindustantimes.com/rf/image_size_300x169/HT/p2/2017/03/06/Pictures/modi_668e90ca-0251-11e7-87c7-5947ba54d240.jpg)
Updated on Mar 06, 2017 03:17 PM IST
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