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,......

After the blasts, the cancellations

The twin blasts in Mumbai that killed 45 people and injured 150 on Monday afternoon have triggered off the cancellation of many press conferences, meetings, inaugurations and even book......

Standing tall: Charles Correa's ICONIC buildings

India’s greatest contemporary architects Charles Correa died on Tuesday night at the age of 84. He was best known for his “open-to-sky” designs, which were reflected in some of......

The economics of happiness

This does not mean isolating parochialism but of new way of thinking about economic systems, says Rajni Bakshi.What might an “Economics of Happiness” look like? This question brought......

Lord Puttnam in Mumbai!

Mumbai movie-lovers have a reason to rejoice -- Lord David Puttnamwill be in town to deliver a lecture. Lord Puttnamwas universally acclaimed as Britain's leading producer of motion pictures from......

Film fest for soccer fans in Mumbai

'Moving the Goalpost', a series of short films that focus on the role which soccer plays in the lives of Britain's football fans, would be held at the British Council auditorium in Mumbai on......