London: Works of three Indian writers " Amitav Ghosh, Rahul Bhattacharya and Jahnavi Barua " have been shortlisted for the 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize. Ghoshs River of Smoke, The Sly Company of People Who Care by Bhattacharya and Baruas Rebirth are the novels that figure in the shortlist, announced in London on Tuesday. Jamil Ahmad (Pakistan, The Wandering Falcon), Kyung-sook Shin (South Korea, Please Look After Mom), Yan Lianke...
10:50 PM, Jan 11, 2012
New Delhi: It all began in 2005 when Anupam Barve bought novelist Amitav Ghosh's 'The Shadow Lines' from a bookshop in Jawaharlal Nehru University. The filmmaker from Pune wrote to the author, saying he wanted to adapt the book to celluloid. He has now signed a contract with Ghosh. Barve was convinced he could make a gripping script out of the story about the narrator's family in Kolkata and Dhaka...
10:31 AM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: The forthcoming books of five Indian authors " 'Rebirth' by Jahnavi Barua, 'River of Smoke' by Amitav Ghosh, 'The Sly Company of People Who Care' by Rahul Bhattacharya, 'The Folded Earth' by Anuradha Roy and 'The Valley of Masks' by Tarun J Tejpal " have made their place in the illustrious list of literary honour. Twelve novels from Japan, Iran, China, India, Pakistan, South Korea and Bangledesh were...
07:01 PM, Oct 29, 2011
New Delhi: Seven writers, including Amitav Ghosh, Sunil Gangopadhyay and UR Ananthamurthy, are in the fray for the Hindu Best Fiction Award 2011, the Chennai-based newspaper group has announced. The shortlist for the award was unveiled by journalist Manu Joseph, who won the award last year for his 'Serious Men', at the end of the day-long Hindu Lit for Life festival Sunday evening in the presence of the panel of...
01:49 PM, Sep 26, 2011
I can say with certainty that 'River of Smoke' will and does not disappoint fans of the Ibis saga. Ghosh has crafted a book that draws the reader into the personal stories of his characters, while giving us a rarely-described perspective on history. In some ways, this is a fabulous piece to read with books like Heart of Darkness (what did the communities on the shore think?) or even Confessions...
12:20 PM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Parsi community is an amazing pool of talent, having created modern India as we know it, says one of the country's foremost novelists and chronicler Amitav Ghosh, who tails his Parsi protagonist, Bombay merchant Bahramji Naurozji Modi to China in his new novel, "River of Smoke" - the second book in the Ibis trilogy. The first book of the trilogy, "Sea of Poppies", a saga of migration...
06:16 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Amitav Ghosh in a special interview to CNN-IBN speaks about on his new book 'River of Smoke', the sequel to 'Sea of Poppies'. ...
03:12 PM, Jun 19, 2011
One of India's best-known writers Amitav Ghosh speaks on VS Naipaul's recent comment on women authors. ...
11:41 AM, Jun 15, 2011
Speaking to CNN-IBN, Amitav Ghosh weighed in on the Baba Ramdev and Anna Hazare's method of tackling corruption. ...
09:35 AM, Jun 14, 2011
June will be a big bang month for English fiction from Indian writers with global reputations. If you're compiling your summer reading list, make sure you include what promises to be an awesome twosome: Amitav Ghosh's 'River of Smoke', the second novel in the Ibis Trilogy. And Aravind Adiga's 'Last Man in Tower'. Both carry a raft of expectations with them, and chances are readers won't be disappointed by either....
08:12 PM, May 11, 2011
Amitav Ghosh's
Sea of Poppies won the Jury Prize for Best Book. ...
02:36 AM, Sep 10, 2009
His novel is about an orphan called Ritwik Ghosh. ...
12:32 PM, Jul 27, 2009
The awards were announced in the Nehru Auditorium, Mumbai. ...
12:27 PM, Jul 24, 2009
His
The Enchantress of Florence is in reckoning for the awards. ...
02:41 PM, Jul 21, 2009
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