New Delhi: Four eminent and enterprising personalities of Indian origin have won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize. Here is a quick look at them. Gobind Behari Lal: He came to study at the University of California in Berkeley in 1912 on the Guru Govind Singh Sahib Scholarship. He later became the science editor of the San Francisco Examiner. He won the Pulitzer Prize for journalism in 1937. Jhumpa Lahiri: The 1967-born...
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Melbourne: The ongoing rubber against Australia was seen as India's best chance of winning a series Down Under, but former captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday said that the vistiors should forget about such a possibility after the humiliating loss in the first Test here. India witnessed yet another poor start to an overseas tour after their famed batting line-up flopped to succumb to an embarrasing 122-run loss against Australia in...01:59 AM, Apr 05, 2008
With Namesake ready for release in the US, lead actor Kal Penn spoke to CNN-IBN about his character in the film. ...06:13 PM, Mar 02, 2007
The Namesake tells a tale of a family moving from Kolkata to US and the struggle to cope with a new world. ...11:44 PM, Mar 01, 2007
"Mira wanted me and my family members to appear briefly as extras in the film and so I agreed," says the author. ...11:18 AM, Mar 01, 2007
Mira Nair’s much-awaited movie The Namesake is set to premiere in Kolkata, where it was partly shot, on Tuesday. ...05:37 PM, Jan 30, 2007
Salman Rushdie, Arundhati Roy, Jhumpa Lahiri - Kiran Desai has now joined the league of great Indian authors. ...10:46 PM, Oct 11, 2006
Chicago has chosen Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri for its programme, 'One Book, One Chicago'. ...03:35 PM, Sep 06, 2006
Mira Nair's The Namesake will kick-start the annual IAAC Film Festival in New York in a gala event. ...12:13 PM, Aug 24, 2006
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