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......

'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......

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......

Winners of the Underwater Photographer of the Year are a visual feast

Sharks, mating frogs, seals playing with photographers… these are the amazing photos which offer an enchanting breadth of what’s beyond the shoreline.  Underwater Photographer of......