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How Middle Class India Rose to Rule India Inc
Over the years, these kids from middle-class homes become the founders of India’s new economy.
Midnight's Children: Two Authors in Search of a Film
Rushdie and Mehta’s Midnight’s Children promises a doubled up feast for thought and senses before the theater goes dark.
The Return of the Ramayana
Why Does Indian Mythology Dominate Contemporary Fiction In India?
Shades of Indian Contemporary Erotica: A Growing Genre
You need good understanding of the entire erotic vocabulary to pull off a book.
Was Shakespeare a Tax-dodging Food Hoarder
William Shakespeare was repeatedly dragged before the courts and fined for illegally hoarding food during times of shortage, and even threatened with jail for evading his taxes.
Writers Without Borders
This year, the Kumbh Mela of literary gatherings seemed to have morphed into an universe of literary outpourings spawning galaxies of thoughts and clusters of ideas around the academic magnets.
Why Jeffrey Archer Loves and Complains About India
Best selling author Jeffrey Archer said that India was his biggest market, and was more important to him than the United States.
Indians Hit the Highspots in American Journalism
Two decades ago, it was hard to imagine there would be so many newsmen of Indian origin in the US.
Tagore-Ocampo Memorabilia Reveals Enigmatic Relationship
The much written about relationship flourished across two continents and spanned decades. There were many letters and gifts exchanged between the two, which speak of a deep affection.
Google’s Play Books Store Now Available for India Users
It’s easy to find great Indian authors such as Amish Tripathi, Devdutt Pattanaik and APJ Abdul Kalam, plus international bestsellers from the world’s largest ebookstore.
Now Friend Zone Makes it to the Oxford Dictionary
Well take comfort in the fact that the Oxford English dictionary has begun to share your pain.
Why Reader's Digest has an Indian Future
Plucky little magazine faces up to internet onslaught, almost goes under, but survives by sheer grit, faith in itself and a cautious acceptance of new technology.
Reader’s Digest and Me: Family Ties That Bind
Reader’s Digest may be filing for bankruptcy, but for many of us it will remain preserved forever in the amber of childhood memory of a socialist era past.
Rushdie Banned From Kolkata
The most frightening aspect about the ban on Rushdie from coming to Kolkata during the book fair is that Rushdie was not even on the Kolkata Literary Meet programme. This was a preemptive strike.
Now Ramayana in Polish language
Ramayana, the great Indian epic, is now available in Polish language, courtesy Janusz Krzyzowski, an Indologist in Poland who has translated the monumental work.
The Shape of Things to Come in Indian Publishing
there is scope to be bullish about Indian publishing. The recent boom in literary festivals also point to “a genuine interest in books and more and more writers writing”.
The Year in Literary Feuds
Once we had the year in books. Now we have the year in literary feuds. The pen does not have to be mightier than the sword especially when you are using it for backstabbing instead of writing.
Literary Wars
With uncharacteristic belligerence, the playwright-actor Girish Karnad exposes the clay feet of two global icons in literature — Nobel laureates Rabindranath Tagore and V.S.Naipaul. Is his outburst justified.
Manuscript of 212-year-old Dictionary of Indian Languages Found
The manuscript of a 212-year-old dictionary written by a British polymath employed by the East India Company in the late 18th century has been traced in the British Library, shedding new light on the history of words in Indian languages.
Designs on Words
The Noun Project tries to convert every noun into an icon to build a global visual language that everyone can understand.
Meat-eaters Commit Sex Crimes
Meat-eaters "easily cheat, lie, forget promises and commit sex crimes", according to a controversial school textbook available in India.
Oxford Chooses Omnishambles as Word of the Year
Britain's media are in a meltdown and its government is gaffe-prone, so Oxford Dictionaries has chosen an apt Word of the Year: "omnishambles."
From India, a Lad Mag That’s the Opposite of Macho
The goal of the periodical, a collection of articles, short stories and poems penned in Marathi by Indian authors from around the state, is to get people to think.“We wanted to create a safe, nonthreatening space to address issues of masculinity in a contemporary context,
Naipaul Says he Won’t Write About India Any More
Nobel laureate VS Naipaul has flatly declared he would no longer write about India or its people, giving a shock to the who’s who of Mumbai’s literary circles and glitterati at the ongoing five-day literary festival here.
Why Girish Karnad Isn’t Wrong About V.S. Naipaul
Once the word got around that Girish Karnad had eviscerated Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, the Trinidad-born British writer who had been given the lifetime achievement award at the Tata Literature Live! Festival in Mumbai, the battle-lines were drawn clearly.
Without Apologies
The state cares little about the lost years of our ethnic Chinese.
Is Rushdie the Voice of a Billion?
The link between Salman Rushdie and India is spectral, but the Western literary world has designated him the spokesman for the Subcontinent.
Writing in English: RK Narayan’s Unconscionable Sin
Leading lights of the Mysore literati oppose the Karnataka government’s move to preserve the author’s Yadavgiri home as a heritage site. Narayan’s crime: He wasn’t Kannadiga and did not write in Kannada.
Rushdie Criticises India Book Ban
British author Sir Salman Rushdie has said that India banned his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses without any scrutiny.
New Words Added to Dictionary
The term “F-bomb” surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago but will land Tuesday for the first time in the mainstream Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, along with sexting, flexitarian, obesogenic, energy drink and life coach.
Book on Gandhi’s Leadership Qualities to Hit Stands in China
A book written by veteran Indian diplomat Pascal Alan Nazareth on Mahatma Gandhi’s outstanding leadership qualities, which have great relevance in today’s world plagued by violence and terrorism, has been translated into Mandarin and will soon hit the stands in China.
Are Writers Performers
In a world awash with new tools for communication and engagement, the symbolism, mystique and magic of anonymity, however seductive, is losing ground to new anthems celebrating the spirit of contact, connection and interaction.
Seeking Silence
In this interview Iyer spoke on an unusual topic — the value of silence and stillness amid the rush of business.
Rahul Bhattacharya Wins British Fiction Prize
The Ondaatje Prize is an annual award for a distinguished work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry evoking the spirit of a place. It is awarded by Britain's Royal Society of Literature.
Book Advising Ways to Beat Wife Sparks Outrage
The book titled 'A Gift For Muslim Couple' tells husbands that they should beat their wives with "hand or stick or pull her by the ears".
The Mystery Behind Shimla's Scandal Point
The only thing agreed upon is that the place, situated in the queen of hills where the Ridge and the Mall (road) converge, got its name in the 19th century.
After Rushdie Shame, it's Now Taslima Lajja for India
The Bangladeshi author said that hopes of a better Bengal under Mamata Banerjee had been dashed after Kolkata Book Fair cancelled her book release.
Rushdie Address Called Off as Muslims Threaten Trouble
The video address by "The Satanic Verses" author Salman Rushdie at the DSC Jaipur Literary Festival was called off Tuesday
Rushdie to Address Lit Fest After All
Controversial author Salman Rushdie is all set to address the Jaipur Literature Festival via videolink Tuesday afternoon
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