Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize shortlist announced

The Shakti Bhatt Foundation announces the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize shortlist: If It is Sweet, Mridula Koshy (Westland-Tranquebar) Arzee the Dwarf, Chandrahas Choudhury (HarperCollins)......

JLF Day 2 Diary: 'Glad Rushdie didn't make it to the fest'

Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande, who is attending the Jaipur Literature Festival, brings forth all the details of a 'rather slow' Day 2 of the festival. When Day One of a literature festival is as......

Day 2 at the Lit Fest: Fever, honour and the loo!

Writer-Director Suparn Verma and Rediff.com correspondent Abhishek Mande are attending the Jaipur Literary Festival, the leading literary event in the Asia Pacific. After their enthralling......