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British author Samantha Harvey wins Booker Prize for space novel

British author Samantha Harvey has won the 2024 Booker Prize for her 'ambitious and beautiful' Orbital, which becomes the first novel set in space to win the GBP 50,000 literary prize selected from......

Vishwaguru And Arundhati Roy

The go-ahead given to prosecute Arundhati Roy would be seen by supporters of freedom of speech as an announcement that the Right-Wing doesn't feel humbled by the results of the elections, argues......

Perumal Murugan first Tamil writer to make it to Booker prize longlist

Indian author Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Pyre is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by......

Salman Rushdie: The free speech champion whose 'verses' put his life at risk

The attack on Rushdie sent shock waves around the world, with world leaders and literary stalwarts saying they were appalled at the attack on the author who championed free speech and lived under......

Salman Rushdie, You Are A Fighter

As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year-old man and a literary treasure,......

An IIT-ian who dreams of a greener world

Unlike a typical IIT-ian, white-collar jobs did not hold much attraction for Shripad Dharmadhikary. Which is why having passed out from IIT Bombay with a BE in Mechanical Engineering in 1985, he......

Blogging: An insider's view

Severe withdrawal symptoms. I haven't blogged for several -- oh wait, still Friday is it? -- well, several hours then. No new comments on the Parveen Babi tribute I posted either. (Refresh refresh.......

'When do dreams come true?'

'If you sit collar turned up and tell yourself, you are great, you will never evolve as an actor.' IMAGE: Raghubir Yadav in Panchayat. After more than three decades in the industry, the......

'Film-makers have forgotten the real India'

'The real India lives in the villages where everyone is trying to improve the other.' IMAGE: Raghubir Yadav is one of India's finest actors. Raghubir Yadav is a phenomenal actor, who embraces......

Chetan Bhagat: Kai Po Che is better than the book

Chetan Bhagat has been many things in his life -- an IIT and IIM graduate, who spent 11 years as an investment banker in Hong Kong, a best selling author ("the biggest-selling English-language......

Midnight's Children: Lost in translation?

It has happened so many times. A long-awaited movie adaptation of a beloved classic is finally made, and the cynics who thought the book was unfilmable are proved right. It happened a few years ago......

Mira Nair's challenge in Toronto

Riz Ahmed, who was brilliant as a rich misogynist in the little seen Trishna, is getting more praise for his star-making work in the political thriller The Reluctant Fundamentalist, directed by......

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