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......

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......

'Protecting Mother Earth should become a habit'

'When we talk of disaster, it is a combination of hazard and vulnerability.''If we reduce vulnerability, it will remain a hazard.' IMAGE: An area in Pathanamthitta, Kerala, is waterlogged due to......

Bajwa's rich brocade of realism

She sounds a lot like my grandmother. That's the first thought I have whenever Rupa Bajwa picks up the phone. It's a quiet, world-weary 'Hello' that comes across the line, all the way from......