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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......

Obama appoints Jhumpa Lahiri to his arts committee

Indian-American Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri has been appointed as a member of US President Barack Obama's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, along with five others. 'I am proud......

Jhumpa Lahiri achieves rare feat

Pulitzer-prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri's new collection of short stories, Unaccustomed Earth, has gone to number 1 in The New York Times bestseller list less than two weeks after its......

NRI's doctor's book makes waves in US

Stanford University medical professor Abraham Verghese is getting ready for another bout of book tours, this time for his bestselling novel Cutting for Stone's paperback edition. The novel, set in......

PIOs aiding fight against COVID-19 among '2020 Great Immigrants'

Two renowned Indian-Americans who have contributed towards the efforts in mitigating the COVID-19 health crisis are among the 38 immigrants honoured by a prestigious American foundation ahead of......

Why some US scribes slammed Tata Nano

Tata Nano is the Model-T of India. It represents 'Rang De Basanti,' a freedom no different from what Ford brought to the American consumer about a 100 years ago. And yet, it is already being......

How to solve financial sector's $75 bn problem

'The solution is to enable a graceful transfer of the deposit and funding 'franchise' from capital-deficient firms to capital-surplus firms.' 'This will expand credit intermediation, bring down......

When an American professor worked at the RBI...

'We get to know secrets such as some of India's top-rated firms do not always make payments when due and many State-owned, listed, enterprises that borrow in bond markets default......

Need to redefine women's work

Rosie the Riveter must be rolling over in her grave. The feminist icon became a symbol for women's economic prowess during World War II, when 6 million women flocked to the workforce and filled......

The issue of gender diversity in the workplace

The gender diversity exercise in the workplace is so pro forma as to make a mockery of the concept, says Kanika Datta.Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry has established his progressive credentials by......

Chandrasekaran's book bought by United 93 director

British director Paul Greengrass -- who on one hand makes thrillers such as The Bourne Supremacy, and on the other creates chilling and unhysterical 9/11 drama United 93 -- has announced a film......

Julia Roberts to shoot film in India?

Julia Roberts could be back in India in a few months but it won't be for a vacation. The 41-year-old actresswill be shooting for a film produced by Brad Pitt's company. Based on the international......

The Godfather: A Hell to Make

Despite the Oscars, the box office glory, and the universal acclaim, Francis Ford Coppola, I am sure, remembers The Godfather with as much frustration as pride.Like Michael Corleone, he got into it......

Classic Revisited: Guide is as glamorous as it is soulful

As Shah Rukh Khan turned guide in Jab Harry Met Sejal, Sukanya Verma looks back at Bollywood's original Guide. IMAGE: Waheeda Rehman and Dev Anand in Guide. Dev Anand and Waheeda Rehman's 1965......

Desi films all set to rock New York

With two directors -- Mira Nair and Deepa Mehta -- whose films have been nominated for Oscars, and with the veteran actress Shabana Azmi and the relatively younger Preity Zinta joining the......

Rooney's shadow over Beckham and Yorke

Manchester United's former European Cup winners will meet on opposing sides when David Beckham's England face Dwight Yorke's Trinidad and Tobago in the World Cup on Thursday.Old Trafford's current......

Sachin descends from Olympus

WHEN the peasant Gordius was chosen king of Phrygia, he dedicated his wagon to Jupiter and fastened the yoke to a beam with a rope of barn knotted so ingeniously that no one could untie it.A young......

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