New Delhi: Fans of author Dan Brown seem to be biting their nails off in anticipation of his new fiction "Inferno", scheduled for publication worldwide on May 14. Robert Langdon, the lead character from Brown's previous three thrillers, "The Da Vinci Code", "Angels and Demons" and "The Lost Symbol" is returning in a new novel set in Florence and centered on a part of Italian poet Dante's epic poem "Divine...
02:10:30 PM May 14, 2013
When Chinua Achebe visited the Dept. of English at the University of Mysore to deliver special lectures this dialogue with Prof. UR Ananthamurthy was recorded and published in the Sunday herald on April 12, 1981. A Kannada version of this dialogue is included in a collection of essays of Prof UR Ananthamurthy. UR Ananthamurthy:Let me begin by asking you about the narrative technique in Things Fall Apart. At one point,...
03:51:53 PM Apr 16, 2013
He writes on subjects as diverse as old age and the fear of death; on the joy of sex, the pleasures of poetry and the importance of laughter; on how to cope with retirement and live a long, happy and healthy life. ...
03:29:13 PM Mar 29, 2013
'The Host' is a futuristic apocalyptic romance about alien souls who invade and take over the human race. ...
12:20:03 PM Mar 26, 2013
The opening sentence was as simple, declarative and revolutionary as a line out of Hemingway: "Okonkwo was well known throughout the nine villages and even beyond," Chinua Achebe wrote in 'Things Fall Apart'. ...
08:08:12 AM Mar 23, 2013
The writer is in India to launch his new book, 'Best Kept Secret', the third in the Clifton Chronicles series. ...
12:49:16 PM Mar 18, 2013
Rahul Pandita talks about why he wrote Our Moon Has Blood Clots, and why more such books should come out of Kashmir. ...
11:56:48 AM Mar 05, 2013
Em and The Big Hoom is Jerry Pinto's first novel published by the Aleph Company. ...
07:18:38 PM Feb 17, 2013
Over a fortnight, it is estimated two million people have entered the gates of the Kolkata Book Fair. ...
12:03:02 PM Feb 12, 2013
Author Salman Rushdie hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accusing her of blocking his visit to Kolkata. Reacting on Twitter, Rushdie blamed Mamata Banerjee for ordering the police to block his arrival. Rushdie's trip to Kolkata on Wednesday was cancelled as the venue for his press conference could not be confirmed. ...
12:55:57 PM Feb 01, 2013
Fringe Muslim groups took to the streets in Kolkata, protesting against his visit to the city. ...
12:02:13 PM Feb 01, 2013
Author Salman Rushdie's trip to Kolkata for a promotional event of the movie 'Midnight's Children', the adaptation of his book, has been cancelled, say sources. ...
11:47:27 AM Jan 30, 2013
Karnow, who had congestive heart failure, died in his sleep at his home in Potomac, Maryland. ...
12:07:27 PM Jan 28, 2013
Dismissing the prospect of Taliban gaining control of Afghanistan in the near future as unlikely, journalist-author Jason Burke on Thursday said India should not expect too much warmth in bilateral relations with Kabul. ...
09:40:54 PM Jan 24, 2013
Author Salman Rushdie, who's book Midnight's Children is now a film has said that there is a cultural emergency in India. Speaking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, both Rushdie and the film's director, Deepa Mehta said they are deeply worried about repeated attacks on creative freedom in India. ...
01:38:39 PM Jan 24, 2013
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