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Quote of the day by German novelist Franz Kafka: 'Reality is too heavy for most people to carry. So they borrow illusions, soft dreams, sweet lies, and call it happiness' - A cold truth of life explained by The Metamorphosis writerQuote of the Day: Franz Kafka reflects on how people often struggle to face the harshness of reality. The quote suggests that instead of de...
Quote of the day by Gabriel Garcia Marquez: 'What matters in life is not what happens to you but..': Lessons on life from Nobel-winning writerGabriel García Márquez, a Nobel laureate, emphasized that life's meaning lies not in events, but in how we remember them. His literary lega...
Why hating is the new cool: Ditch love, embrace disdainThe author argues that expressing disdain is more impactful than expressing love. Hating things is seen as sophisticated and attention-grab...
Macondo: The fictional town that lives on in real places like Aracataca, Antigua, and MalgudiThe non-existent town of Macondo, central to Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel One Hundred Years of Solitude, finds real-world parallels in va...
In swipe at government, Congress says 7th NAM summit took place in 1983 'without much self-serving publicity'Ramesh said, "The 7th Non-Aligned Summit took place without much hype and self-serving publicity in New Delhi for five days in March 1983."...
Colombian engineer's library is filled with different editions of 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'Jorge Ivan Salazar owns 379 editions of the book.
Letters sent to Garcia Marquez, discovered by his granddaughter, to go on display in MexicoThe exhibition is part of celebrations for the 40th anniversary of his winning the Nobel literature prize.
Renowned Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez had a secret Mexican daughterThe author is famous for novels like One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera.
A slice of literary life: Gabriel Garcia Marquez's clothes to be auctioned in MexicoThe items that will go on sale were selected by Marquez' granddaughter Emilia Garcia Elizondo.
A Remembrance of forgetting about things past: A look back at Gabriel Garcia Marquez's final yearsGarcia's prose is spare and elegant. He eschews any kind of sensationalism, and the slim book is illuminated by his love and admiration for...
Mercedes Barcha, widow of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, passes away at 87Barcha is survived by her two sons with Garcia Marquez, Gonzalo and Rodrigo Garcia Barcha.
Tell me a story: Zirca Digital Solutions boss reads 3 books at a timeNeena DasGupta counts 'Cinema Paradiso' among her favourite films.
On Maserati India boss Bojan Jankulovski's reading list: 'Shoe Dog', a memoir by the Nike founderA yoga enthusiast, Jankulovski loves the beaches and blue skies.
First edition copy of Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel stolenAccording to the copy owner Alvaro Castillo Granada, the book was stolen yesterday at the International Book Fair of Bogota organised to pa...
Marquez, Khushwant Singh, MS Subbulakshmi: Books fly off the shelves posthumouslyAs their books fly off the shelves, in death, writers and artists offer stiff competition to those still living
Priyanka Gandhi falls for hoax Gabriel Garcia Marquez's farewell letterMarquez wrote no such note. What is doing the rounds of the internet as the author’s “Farewell letter” is a poem written by Mexican ventril...
Life isn’t a pretty pictureIn translation, his influence is visible from Salman Rushdie of India and Ben Okri of Nigeria to Toni Morrison of the US and Mo Yan of Chin...
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, a supreme architect of bridgesGabriel Garcia Marquez, a supreme architect of bridgesHe was a master weaver of tales, and a supreme architect of bridges, for through his ...
- Gore Vidal: The author who skewered his country for its arrogant and mindless ways
Gore was perhaps the last of his generation who wrote as well as they publicised themselves and never flinched from a battle with America.
- Stealing a March
India’s potential has been aptly gauged by some Colombians and Peruvians.