Writer, historian Patrick French dies after battle with cancer

Award-winning British author, historian and academic Patrick French, best known for his biography of VS Naipaul, The World Is What It Is, and India: A Portrait, died in London on Thursday after a......

Geetanjali Shree first Hindi writer to win International Booker Prize

Author Geetanjali Shree's Hindi novel Tomb of Sand has become the first book in any Indian language to win the prestigious International Booker Prize. IMAGE: Daisy Rockwell, left, with......

#StopHindiImposition: TN opposes Centre's 3-language policy

Parties in Tamil Nadu including the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam on Saturday strongly opposed the three language formula's continuation with add-on features proposed in the draft National Education......

Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand 1st Hindi novel to make it to Booker shortlist

Author Geetanjali Shree's novel Tomb of Sand on Thursday became the first Hindi language work of fiction to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. IMAGE: Geetanjali Shree. Photograph:......

The Legend is dead, his work lives on

IMAGE: Soumitra Chatterjee and Tushar Bandyopadhya in Satyajit Ray's Apur Sansar, He was the actor who epitomised the best of world cinema, transcending the boundaries of country, state and......

Seen these FANTASTIC films?

The New York Film Festival served an amazing plate of films.Aseem Chhabra picks the best ones. It has been the strangest year of our lives, but films have been important in keeping us sane. And......

Why we admire Satyajit Ray so much

To his uninformed detractors -- including the late Indian actress Nargis Dutt -- filmmaker Satyajit Ray was a tireless chronicler of Indian poverty whose Pather Panchali captured the attention of......