Indian author makes Booker short-list

The much-awaited shortlist for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2006, arguably the UK's biggest literary award, has been released. The six short-listed books chosen from a long-list of 19 and are:......

Indian-origin writer in fray for Booker prize

Indian-orgin writer Kiran Desai's novel The Inheritance of Loss has made it to the long list for the 2006 Man Booker fiction prize along with 18 other works.Kiran is the daughter of noted writer......