Author Cyrus Mistry wins $50,000 DSC Prize for 'Chronicles of a Corpse Bearer'

Reticent author Cyrus Mistry on Saturday beat off stiff competition from five other writers to become the fourth winner of the $50,000 DSC prize for South Asian literature for his book "Chronicles......

Arundhati Roy adamant about refusing Akademi award

Booker Prize winner and environment activist Arundhati Roy is unlikely to reconsider her decision to turn down this year's Sahitya Akademi award. "There is no possibility of Roy reconsidering. Once......

Joji: The Mundane Disarranged by a Heart of Darkness

With Joji, Dileesh Pothan has found a way, once more, to use everything he has learnt to further push the boundaries of his art, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Fahadh Faasil in and as Joji. Greed......

Ayyappanum Koshiyum director no more

IMAGE: Director K R Sachidanandan. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dulquer Salmaan/Instagram Malayalam film director and scriptwriter K R Sachidanandan, whose last film Ayyappanum Koshiyum released just......

Review: Pachamarathanalil is boring

Sreenivasan seems to be losing his Midas touch. His latest Malayalam film Pachamarathanalil directed by debutant Leo Thaddeus is a big disappointment when compared to Arabikatha or Kadha......