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Rohini Mohan wins 2015 Shakti Bhatt First Book prize

Rohini Mohan has bagged the Shakti Bhatt First Book prize 2015 for her book, The Seasons of Trouble. “The shortlist this year was diverse and spectacular, but we unanimously agreed to award......

Pakistan's Bilal Tanweer wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize

Lahore-based author Bilal Tanweer has won the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his novel The Scatter Here Is Too Great. In its seventh year, the prize money has been increased to Rs 2......

Entries invited for 2013 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize

The Shakti Bhatt Foundation is inviting entries for the 2013 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize. The 2012 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize was bagged by author-journalist Naresh Fernandes for Taj......

Naresh Fernandes wins 2012 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize

Author-journalist Naresh Fernandes has won the 2012 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for Taj Mahal Foxtrot: The Story of Bombay's Jazz Age, an account of the city's thriving music scene between the......

Jamil Ahmad wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize

Jamil Ahmad has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2011 for his book The Wandering Falcon. The Wandering Falcon had very strong competition from the other five titles on the shortlist,......

When Aiyar upstaged Friedman

It was an evening when Union Minister for Petroleum Mani Shankar Aiyar stole the show from three-time Pulitzer Prize winner and The New York Times columnist Thomas L Friedman, and how! The event......

IIT alumni celebrate anniversary

Chancellor Berdhall of UC Berkeley makes himself scarce whenever the 60 Minutes crew [a well-known American TV newsmagazine] comes to the campus since they invariably end up doing an expose. So he......

'I am against protectionism of any kind'

That he will be the first Indian to hold the position ofChief Economist at the International Monetary Fund is onlybesides-the-pointfor Raghuram Rajan. "People tend to read too much into it," says......

The Kriti Sanon Mark Sheet: See How Much She Scored!

Even the nerdiest cannot escape the lure of showbiz. Kriti Sanon was studying to become an engineer until modelling and movies beckoned. Sans a famous surname or connections in the film industry,......

Faadu: A Love Story Review: Half-Baked Show

Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot. That slang word in the......

What Makes Kantara And Brahmastra The 'Chosen Ones'

As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging......

10 times Kangana's sister proved she's a Twitter Terror

Photograph: Kind courtesy Rangoli Chandel Rangoli Chandel is in the news again. This time, for reportedly spreading communal hate through her Twitter posts. Reported by some fellow users,......

Review: SOTY is no KKHH but it's a fun watch

Student Of The Year is no Kuch Kuch Hota Hai but Karan Johar makes it look good, writes Sukanya Verma.A lot has changed since I wrote my first ever piece, the music review of Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. I......

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