Seven books on shortlist for Shakti Bhatt Prize

Seven books were nominated for the The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize this year. The contenders are: In Search of a Future: The Story of Kashmir by David Devadas, Kari by Amruta Patil, A Reluctant......

The blog as bazaar?

The request came in the form of an email from Anup Kurian, the Malayali filmmaker whose movie Manasarovar had won the best film award at the International Film Festival of Mumbai earlier this year.......

Samit Basu: Decoding Ra.One

Fantasy novelist Samit Basu encounters Ra.One. Exclusive to Rediff.comI spent a lot of time this year wandering the wilderness of Bollywood trying to put together a film adaptation of my last......

Review: Dil Kabaddi

Delving deep into the man-woman science, with a generous scoop (actually, make that a double), of sex thrown in, has famously been high on the brilliantly whimsical Woody Allen's candid-speaking......

Samit Basu, weaving fantasies galore

Samit Basu, popularly known as the Boy Wonder in literary circles, was barely 23 when he completed The Simoqin Prophecies, a cheeky, wonderfully imaginative book that was billed as India's first......

Ranji Trophy: Delhi out of the race as Sehwag, Gauti flop yet again

Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir were dismissed cheaply in yet another pathetic batting show by Delhi, who are now staring at a big defeat against table toppers Karnataka in their final Tanji......

From Amitabh to Madhuri, tweets hail India

As India won the World Cup, the tweeters went berserk. A sample of some of the more interesting tweets this wonderful night: From Bollywood legend Madhuri Dixit-Nene: Congrats Team India!!! We......

Video: Media chaos mars Dravid book reading

Newer faces, fresher talents may have displaced Rahul Dravid from his once eminent position in the cricket pantheon -- but he is still capable of starting a riot in his native city,......