Kannada author in Man Booker Prize shortlist

Kannada author UR Ananthamurthy has been shortlisted among 10 other authors for the international Man Booker Prize for fiction. Ananthamurthy, 80, is the only Indian among to have made it to the......

Swiss banks' proposal not good enough

The Swiss banks' proposal to levy a withholding tax on the income generated from assets of Indian nationals and held in Swiss banks, is not worth treating seriously. The idea is that Swiss banks......

Novel films, to perpetuate a pun

V Ramakrishnan/Bangalore: Nice topic again! I totally agree with you that Puzo's Godfather was an overwhelming read. But surprise of all surprises, the movie is equally fantabulous - thanks mainly......