Chinua Achebe wins 2007 Man Booker Prize

Nigerian-born Chinua Achebe, considered the father of modern African writing, has won the second Man Booker International Prize worth 60,000 pounds, edging out, among others, Indian-born Salman......

Kiran Desai's novel makes Orange list

India-born writer Kiran Desai's Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance of Loss has been included in the field of contenders for this year's Orange Broadband Fiction Award, in a break with......

Indian diplomat wins 2006 Boeke Prize

Writer Vikas Swarup, better known as India's Deputy High Commissioner to South Africa, has won the 2006 Boeke Prize for his novel Q&A.Swarup's novel, which has been translated into 25 languages and......

Why Indians are bad at sex-writing

This year's annual Bad Sex in Fiction Award was won by Giles Coren for a passage that had the male protagonist gasping and glugging as other bits of him leaped around 'like a shower dropped in an......

Why Village Rockstars needs Aamir Khan

Politics, favouritism and poor taste in cinema have contributed to embarrassing choices for the Oscar race in the past.This little gem from India needs the love, emotional and financial support......

Why NaMo, Rahul, Kejri etc MUST watch Newton

'Will anything change for you after the election?' And the man said, 'Kuch nahin badlega.' And he had a smile on his face. He knew nothing was going to change. IMAGE: Rajkummar Rao in and as......

10 movie gems from Berlin

Here are Aseem Chhabra's picks -- 'films that mattered to me, entertained me and will stay with me through the year.' With nearly 400 films in several different sections, this year's Berlinale was......

'I am very keen to work with Ranbir'

'I love Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi. I grew up watching it and find it very funny. I am a huge Kishore Kumar fan.' Zoya Akhtar discusses the one thing she loves -- movies! Zoya Akhtar has now......