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
Mumbai: Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has rubbished reports that he had approached porn star Sunny Leone to star in a film opposite his son Rahul Bhatt. "The reports are all false. Some irresponsible journalist made up the news. But these reports don't hold any truth. Yes, in 2003, we did think of her but couldn't approach her as we didn't have the proper contact back then," Mahesh Bhatt said in...
04:11 PM, Nov 29, 2011
New Delhi: Rahul Bhattacharya, author of 'The Sly Company of People Who Care' talks about his book, his literary inspiration and more with CNN-IBN Books Editor, Amrita Tripathi. He also won the Hindu Prize for fiction recently. CNN-IBN: I'm going to start with the question most novelists hate -- How much of this book is you? Insofar as it draws from your experiences living in Guyana for a year, it's...
03:52 PM, Nov 21, 2011
The 'Sly Company of People Who Care' is a book that lives up to its evocative title. Published earlier this year, it's recently won The Hindu Prize for best fiction. A disclaimer at the start -- I've known Rahul Bhattacharya for a few years, meeting him after his first book 'Pundits from Pakistan' was published. But there's a difference between knowing someone socially, and knowing them through their writing, and...
06:09 PM, Nov 16, 2011
New Delhi: A debut novel won The Hindu's Literature Prize in the 'Lit for Life' literary festival for the second successive year. Rahul Bhattacharya bagged the 'The Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction 2011' for his 'The Sly Company of People Who Care'. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh. In his book 'The Sly Company of People Who Care' Rahul Bhattacharya captures the heady adventures of...
12:50 PM, Oct 31, 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
Chicago: Lashkar-e-Taiba operative David Headley, testifying about the planning of the 2008 militant raid on Mumbai, told the court of the terror outfit's ambitious plans to enter Bollywood by launching Rahul Bhatt, son of film director Mahesh Bhatt, in a movie but disagreed with the defence that there was a plan to kill or kidnap him. Headley told a US court that he befriended Rahul and conceded that he even...
02:26 PM, May 27, 2011
Chicago: David Headley on Thursday concluded his testimony in the 26/11 trail by saying he had attended over 50 training sessions with the ISI. He also revealed that his handler ISI's Major Iqbal used a cell phone with a US number to stay in touch with him from Pakistan, while he was in Mumbai. On the last day of his testimony, David Coleman Headley also revealed that a Pakistani Navy...
07:34 AM, May 27, 2011
Talking exclusively to CNN-IBN, former Shiv Sena PRO Rajaram Rege said that when Headley said that he wished to see the Sena Bhavan, Rege refused and asked him to go. ...
09:06 AM, May 25, 2011
New Delhi: Bollywood actress-turned-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt says she was offered a place in the fifth season of sensational reality show Bigg Boss but she turned it down for its very concept. "Was just offered the next BIGG BOSS. Living in a communal fish bowl out of choice is not quite my scene (sic)," Pooja posted on her Twitter page on Friday. It is possible that Pooja took the decision following...
03:31 PM, May 06, 2011
While we know diamonds are a girl's best friend, Veena Malik, housemate on Bigg Boss 4 thinks otherwise. Her best friends are her shiny stilettos! Come day or night, Veena loves to wear her stilettos all the time. She loves her shoes so much that she has neatly lined them up in front of her bed. Every morning Veena matches her shoes with her outfit. Well if this is the...
04:27 PM, Oct 05, 2010
Rahul Bhatt became friendly with David Headley during his stay in India. ...
10:41 AM, Jan 27, 2010
Bhatt worked as a trainer in 2001-02 while Headley joined from 2006-07. ...
02:00 AM, Nov 20, 2009
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