Toni Morrison: Despots won't lose control over media

'We all know nations that can be identified by the flight of writers from their shores.'These are regimes whose fear of unmonitored writing is justified because truth is trouble.'It is trouble for......

Now, read Toni Morrison in Marathi!

United States Consul General Michael S Owen today released Asha Damle's Marathi translation of American Nobel laureate Toni Morrison's ground-breaking novel Beloved, at the American Center in......

American Louise Gluck wins Nobel Prize for Literature

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded to the United States poet Louise Glück "for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal."......

British author Kazuo Ishiguro wins Literature Nobel

Japan-born British author Kazuo Ishiguro on Thursday won the 2017 Nobel Prize for Literature. 'The 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to the English author Kazuo Ishiguro who, in novels of......

Shah Rukh to receive highest Yale honour

Bollywood actor and producer Shah Rukh Khan will join the likes of former Presidents George W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carterwhen hedelivers a lecture at Yale University as a Chubb Fellow on......

First Look: Ash sizzles at Cannes!

Aishwarya Rai is grabbing eyeballs at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival once again. This time, not for what she wore!In a first for an Indian actor,Ash delivered the inaugural speech at Cannes......

The Hollywood awards season starring Trump

Meryl Streep: 'When the powerful use their position to bully others, we all lose.' Jennifer Lopez: 'There is no time for despair, no place for self pity, no need for silence, and no room for fear.'......

Can you watch 309 films in a year?

On planes, on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hotstar, Zee5, Hulu, MUBI, Kanopy, film festivals... Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 309 films in 365 days. IMAGE: Joanne Froggatt in Downton Abbey. I......

Former heavyweight champion Morrison dies at 44

Former world heavyweight champion Tommy Morrison, who was widely known for his power-punching style, a charismatic smile and role in the Rocky V movie, has died at the age of 44. The boxer's former......

Man City the 'best team in Europe'?

'They’re one of those teams I think are really special' IMAGE: Manchester City players celebrate. Photograph: Twitter. West Bromwich Albion, who have not won a Premier League game since the......

EPL PHOTOS: Lively Lukaku sparks Everton comeback at West Brom

Everton now go to up to fifth in the table with 12 points from seven games IMAGES: Everton's Romelu Lukaku celebrates as he scores their third goal during the Barclays Premier League match against......

EPL: Mirallas penalty miss extends dismal Everton run

James Morrison of West Brom battles for the ball with Kevin Mirallas of Everton. Photograph: Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images Kevin Mirallas' first-half penalty miss proved costly as Everton's......

New Zealand vs England: How the finalists match up

England and New Zealand have faced each other on nine previous occasions at the World Cup and the Black Caps hold a narrow advantage 5-4. IMAGES: Eoin Morgan and Kane Williamson pose with the ICC......