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After Joseph Lelyveld, a former executive editor of The New York Times, died last month, his brother Michael Lelyveld went online to see how he was being remembered. He found obituaries in major news outlets, as expected. But he also found other, unexpected portraits of his brother.At least half a dozen biographies were published on Amazon in the days immediately following Lelyveld's death. Several of them were available for purchase on the very day he died. The books, he said, described his brother as a chain smoker,…

I used to knock on people’s doors and tell them the end of the world was coming. We were born imperfect, I would say, and soon will come the day of Armageddon when we will all be tested. Be good and you could win life in Paradise. Be bad, and your reward is annihilation. No wonder people would see us coming and turn off the lights.Stories have always been in my blood. Until a few years ago, I based my life on their outcome. Raised in the UK as a Jehovah’s Witness, I was told we were in “the time of the end”, which meant…

What inspired you to write your story and include even your most vulnerable moments? Santa Khurai, author, The Yellow Sparrow (Courtesy the subject) Writing is my passion and I always wanted to share my story with the public as there were instances where people weren’t ready to listen to my lived experiences. In the journey to find myself, I was all alone and felt low for a prolonged period of time. Hence, writing my diary became my solace not because I wanted to publish it some day but because I wanted an…

Eric Siegel is a consultant, speaker, and former Columbia University professor. He is the founder of the long-running Machine Learning Week conference series and executive editor of The Machine Learning Times. At Columbia, he won the Distinguished Faculty award when teaching graduate computer science courses in machine learning and artificial intelligence.Below, Siegel shares five key insights from his new book, The AI Playbook: Mastering the Rare Art of Machine Learning Deployment. Listen to the audio version—read by…

Khaled Hosseini, one of the world’s top authors, has slammed book bans in Florida and elsewhere in the US as a betrayal of students and their right to a good education.According to a PEN America report released late last year, US public schools had about 5,894 book bans from July 2021 to June 2023, with more than 40% in Florida. Often, the authors whose books are targeted are “frequently female, people of color, and/or LGBTQ+ individuals”, PEN said.“Banning books doesn’t protect students, I think it betrays them,”…

When and how did your lifelong love affair with Mughal history and Hindustani classical music begin? Author Katherine Butler Schofield (Courtesy Jaipur Literature Festival) When I was young, I trained to be a Western classical viola player, and at the age of 19 achieved my ambition to become a professional orchestral player. But it wasn’t enough for me; it wasn’t sufficiently intellectual compelling for me, personally, to sustain a lifetime of work. Experience Delhi’s rich history through a series of heritage…

Kai Bird isn't the author who'd complain that his book has been adapted into a movie that doesn't do justice to its source material. Because that movie is Oppenheimer. Christopher Nolan's biopic of American nuclear physicist J Robert Oppenheimer made over $900 million at the global box office and has been dominating the award season, including the nominations at the upcoming Oscars. (Also Read: Oscar 2024 winners: Predictions for the top accolades at the 96th Academy Awards) Christopher Nolan and Kai Bird “Let…

How did the idea for the book originate, especially considering its connection to Jashn-e-Talat, the concert you organized? An early picture of singer Talat Mahmood The idea for the book originated from a personal experience. Growing up, I knew Talat Mahmood as my grand uncle and had interactions with him as a family member. It wasn’t until much later in my journalism career, around 15 years in, that the concept took shape. Despite having friends in Bollywood reporting, and legends like Lata didi, I never…

The reason is that real life is more fascinating than fiction. In fiction, the author can do what he likes with the protagonist, but in non-fiction, you’ve to stick with what actually happened. But when you tell a story, linking it with a historical fact makes it more understandable, more believable. While I want the readers to know what actually happened, I wanted to make the story a little more interesting, so I’ve added something on my own. This is, however, a very small percentage. What was it like to be in the armed…

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