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Pics: Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi at the Jaipur Lit Fest 2013

Jaipur Literature Festival on its second day saw who's who of the literary world.

Poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar during the session Bollywood and National Narrative.

Actress Shabana Azmi also attended the literary gala on Day 2.

09:07 PM, Jan 25, 2013

Pics: Highlights of the first day of the Jaipur Lit Fest 2013

Entering its sixth year, JLF is now regarded as the Kumbh Mela of Indian and international writing.

The 14th Dalai Lama attended the literary carnival on the eve of the discussion,'The Buddha in Literature' on Jan 25.

The Dalai Lama in conversation with Pico Iyer, while the session 'Kinships of Faiths: Finding the Middle Way'.

06:44 PM, Jan 24, 2013

RIP Gore Vidal, 1925-2012

Celebrated author, satirist and political commentator Gore Vidal died at the of 86.

Born into politics as the member of a rich and powerful family, he joined the Navy at 17.

He shocked the world by writing one of the first novels to include an openly gay character: 'The City and the Pillar.'

07:57 PM, Aug 01, 2012

In pics: Pulitzer winners of the year 2012

He was honoured for a Malcolm X book he worked on for decades but did not live to see published.

In this book cover image released by Viking,

Graywolf Press senior poetry editor Jeff Shotts takes a call about the just announced Pulitzer Prize for poetry book 'Life on Mars' by Tracy K. Smith, which he edited, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Richard Tsong-Taatarii)

04:17 PM, Apr 17, 2012

Preview in 50 pics: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

With 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' scheduled to hit Indian screens on January 6, the excitement and the buzz around the film has warmed up the holiday season. We bring you a sneek peak preview of the film in 50 slides. The photos are in no particular order.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a film adaption of the first of Swedish author Stieg Larsson's best-selling novel by the same name.

The trilogy is part of Larsson's 'Millennium series'.

02:56 PM, Dec 20, 2011

Best books of 2011: Authors' pick

Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag Monetefiore (Aatish Taseer is the author of Noon, Stranger to History and The Temple-Goers)

Sidin Vadukut's pick Max Hastings' All Hell Let Loose: A splendid history of the Second World War that shows that there is much about the war we still don't know or completely understand. John Julius Norwich's The Popes: A vast, funny, insightful and endlessly fascinating history of one of history's most enduring offices. A must read for anyone intrigued by human folly. VS Ramachandran's The Tell-Tale Brain: VS Ramachandran takes you on a voyage of self-discovery, via the curious workings of the human brain. If you liked his TED talk, you will adore this book. (Sidin Vadukut is the author of Dork: The Incredible Adventures of Robin 'Einstein' Varghese and God Save the Dork)

Death in Mumbai by Meenal Baghael The Telltale Brain by VS Ramachandran India, A Portrait by Parick French Gods Without Men by Hari Kunzru (Manu Joseph is the author of Serious Men)

03:41 PM, Dec 09, 2011

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