Writer-director Suparn Verma, and Rediff.com correspondent Abhishek Mande are attending the Jaipur Literature Festival, considered Asia-Pacific's leading literature event. They......
Over 260 prominent personalities including authors Nobel prize winners Margaret Atwood, Orhan Pamuk and John Coetzee on Thursday expressed concern over the alleged "targeting" of journalist Aatish......
'The place I used to sleep in the jail had a big window high up on the opposite side, where at sunrise and sunset time a bird would drop in every day.''It could be an eagle or a peacock. And......
South Korean author Han Kang has won the prestigious Man Booker International Prize for her unforgettably powerful" novel The Vegetarian which deals with a woman's rejection of......
Renowned thinker and academician Noam Chomsky has questioned Jawaharlal Nehru University Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar’s decision to allow police on its campus in connection with the row......
It is hard to imagine that even in the era of planned and controlled "development" of India, there were a few true-blue champions of economic liberalism who were part of the Indian economic......
"It is common for the police to refer to a 'blunt instrument' when they cannot think of the specific type of club used to bash someone's head in. The origin of the term lies with Sir William......
Kamal Haasan's daughter Shruti gave a lively song and dance performance at a surbuban hotel on July 1 to promote her debut film, Luck. Shruti sang the title song Aazma Luck, which she has lent her......
Varnam is the latest film to join the likes of Tamil films like Veyil, Subramaniapuram, Paruthiveeran, Pasanga etc that are taking an offbeat path. S M Raju, one of the producers of Santhosh......
Suparn Verma, director of Aatma, which releases this Friday, recounts his cinematic journey, his favourite films and everything in between. While most filmmakers probably suffer anxiety attacks......
Described in one line, the story of Ranjith's new Kayyoppu is simply that of a talented writer fighting writer's block. Yet this thin thread is weaved into a well-rounded narrative in the deft......
The angels were surely on Mira's side when she was thinking of having all-Indian cast for The Namesake," says Ronnie Screwvala, the executive producer of the film, referring toMira Nair's latest......