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Close on the heels of Shoaib Akhtar's book launch function being cancelled in Mumbai, another function which was to be attended by the ...

The scheduled release of Shoaib Akhtar’s book in Mumbai on Sunday has been cancelled, with the organisers giving no reasons. Former India s...

Huawei will embed books from Indian author Chetan Bhagat in its MediaPad tablet, as a part of a deal under which Bhagat also becomes the co...

Worried that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP may steal a march over the Shiv Sena in connection with Shoaib Akhtar's autobiography which repor...

Good news for those who savoured every word of the favourite lecture series, Gandhi Katha - it is now not only available in paperback, but ...

Now that Pakistan pace ace Shoaib Akhtar's book, Controversially Yours , is virtually assured of bestseller status, will other players ...

Presenting an excerpt from Penguin's latest book by Ludhiana-based Chanchaldeep Singh Sandhu. Penguin India's new series of '...

 Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram on Saturday ridiculed Shoaib Akhtar and his controversial biography, which has made several tall claim...

A new chapter to the history of one of the most controversial cricketers to ever grace the game was added as Shoaib Akhtar’s autobiography ...

Egyptian writer Mansoura Ezeldin and Yemeni poet and novelist Ali Al Muqri hail from a region known for repressive regimes and rocked rece...

Writer Anita Nair inaugurated the Indian Ruminations literary festival in  Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. Nearly 70 delegates, including ...

Friends, fans and family members started to pour in at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital with their fingers crossed on Saturday as Jnanpi...

Subramaniam Ramadorai took the reins at TCS in 1996 when the Indian IT industry was on the cusp of a quantum leap in growth and globalisati...

Hindi may not be widely spoken or used by India’s urban youth. However, in spite of stiff entry barriers, the language has now found favour...

review  Lokpal : Facts and Arguments Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Har Anand Rs. 295; Pp 134 ISBN : 9788124116524 Hard Back About the book...

Politics, Anna Hazare, new wave cinema and changing trends in contemporary writing will be on offer at the daylong 'The Hindu Lit for L...

The Hindu's Lit for Life, a three-day, two-city conclave, will delve into various forms of writing India has always had a strong liter...

Senior RSS functionaries of Karnataka congratulated veteran Kannada writer and winner of Jnanpith award Dr Chandrashekara Kambara at his re...

Author Anita Nair , who turns scriptwriter with “Lessons In Forgetting”, talks about her constant quest to reinvent herself “Joyously inv...

Book lovers will love this. Interested in buying books at throwaway prices. Visit the ongoing book fair at the Institution of Engineers (IE...

Jnanpith award-winning poet-playwright Chandra-shekhara Kambara on Friday strongly advocated imparting education in the mother tongue. “You ...

He is a novelist, a short-story writer and a screenplay writer, all rolled into one. Peace has been his mission and the essence of his writ...

In the new generation of Pakistani immigrants to the US, the ties that bind youngsters to their Asian homeland are fast disappearing, says ...

Mohammed Hanif’s 2008 debut, A Case of Exploding Mangoes, employed satire and the distance of a recent historical setting to bravely grapp...

Though India is a democratic nation, the suppression in India mainly targets religious issues. The Constitution of India assures freedom of...

“On China” is Henry Kissinger’s effort to draw a long arc that traces the political history of China, from an ancient civilization with “no...

Ah! Those were the days – very carefree years. Lucknow then was a quiet, sleepy town. Between getting whacked by the monitors and teachers ...

Pratham Books celebrates the International Girl Child Day with a unique marathon This Thursday and Friday, the team at Pratham Books was ...

Sajeev Nair on breaking the rhythm of the same old thought process and creating new synergies Sajeev Nair, a success coach and mentor, af...

What makes violence acceptable in books for young readers? Suzanne Collins' “Hunger Games” has recently been the focus of articles on...

The famed Kovalam Literary Festival (KLF) of Kerala will have a one-day stopover in Delhi on September 29, the first time outside Kerala. ...

Jnanpith award winner Chandrashekhara Kambar on Friday suggested that all schools having classes from the lower kindergarten (LKG) to Stand...

Tech geeks are always busy dabbling in software and hardware language that they hardly indulge in tales of their work, but former chief exe...

Twenty years ago, India faced a fiscal crisis caused by profligate public spending and rising oil prices after the first Persian Gulf War. ...

The booming publishing market in India has lured yet another international publishing firm, Simon & Schuster, which is high on the coun...

Flooded with congratulatory phone calls and messages from well-wishers and dear ones for winning the 45th Bharatiya Jnanpith award for 2009,...

Poet, playwright and novelist, recipient of the 2010 Jnanapith Award Chandrashekara Kambaraa , interrogates modernity with myths, folk narr...

The monograph on Mallikarjun Mansur takes you through his life and times At a time where riches and glamour matter, and destination is mo...

Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan's new book has become the latest publication to trip over the cartographic tangle of t...

Few people of Aatish Taseer’s generation have experienced Partition as much as he has. For the majority, on either side of the India-Pakist...

India's best-selling writer is entering unchartered territory, perhaps a first for any writer—the world of celebrity brand ambassadors. ...

If there ever was a project that reclaimed "authenticity" and "innovation" from their present status of fluff-lined buzz...

Karnataka is no stranger to controversy when it comes to awards. Be it the film awards or the Rajyotsava awards, controversy has always sha...

Jnanpith award-winning writer Mamoni Raisom Goswami has been shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Gauhati Medical College Hospita...

Uttar Pradesh Governor B L Joshi today congratulated noted Hindi litterateur Shrilal Shukla on being chosen for the Jnanpith Award - countr...

He may have received a number of awards, but when it came to the Jnanpith, he was unprepared and even disbelieving. A faulty phone meant he...

The “New India” is (a) A place where the pursuit of individual happiness is now possible (b) A place that wants to be a part of history ...

Om Books International is pleased to get on board award-winning film director, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra to The Hindu Lit for Life. A three-d...

Eminent Hindi authors Amar Kant and Shrilal Shukla were on Monday chosen for India’s highest literary honour Jnanpith Award for the year 200...

review Last Man in Tower Aravind Adiga HarperCollins Rs. 699 Pp 432 ISBN: 9789350290842 Hardcover About the book Ask any Bombaywa...