My take aways from the Jaipur LitFest

'Surprised by the absence of any sloganeering or even mild protest in an ambience so free and self-regulated, I asked a friend from Delhi whether he too, with sharp political antenna, was surprised......

Desai, Mishra on New York Times' Top 100 books

Six weeks after winning the Man Booker Prize for her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai is hardly out of the news. She appeared with her mother, the novelist Anita Desai, last week......

Chasing Julia Roberts in Pataudi

"She's the star of Pretty Woman. She won an Oscar. She's very, very famous. Hurry! I have to see her today," I told Mishra, my inimitable Delhi-born taxi-wallah, as we sped down the National......

Julia Roberts to shoot in Delhi ashram

Oscar winner Julia Roberts landed in New Delhi on Thursday with cast and crew to shoot her film, Eat, Pray, Love. Based on Pushcart Prize winner Elizabeth Gilbert's spirituality/travel memoir, this......

No ashram for Julia Roberts

Oscar winner Julia Roberts will reportedly not shoot Eat, Pray, Love in the original ashram (retreat) where author Elizabeth Gilbert stayed for about four months a few years back in India, trying......

Review: Eat Pray and Snooze!

Preeti Arora reviews Eat Pray Love.From book to screen for even a work of fiction is a daunting task. The novelist has time on his hands as compared to the poor director who works with far too many......