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Tender protectionism: Why Goan coconuts cost more than Karnataka'sIn Goa, the author questions why local coconuts cost more than those from Karnataka, despite lower transportation costs. He explores potent...
2024 Writers Guild Awards: 'American Fiction', ' The Bear,' 'Succession' among winners. See complete listThe 2023 WGA Awards ceremonies were held more than a month after the 2024 Oscars. Two programs were held simultaneously in New York and Los...
N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89Momaday died Wednesday at his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico, publisher HarperCollins announced. He had been in failing health.
Literary icon Robert Gottlieb, who edited Joseph Heller's 'Catch 22' Bill Clinton's 'My Life', passes away at 92Gottlieb died Wednesday of natural causes at a New York hospital.
Theatre director-actor Aamir Raza Husain passes away at 66 due to heart-related ailmentAamir Raza Husain, a renowned Indian theatre director and actor, has died aged 66 following a heart operation. Husain produced and acted in...
The parents of Sam Bankman-Fried who got caught in the middle of FTX dramaBankman and his wife were more than just supportive parents backing their child's business.
Sam Bankman-Fried is arrested. But what about his parents in the middle of the FTX chaos?Bankman and his wife, Stanford Law professor Barbara Fried, were more than just supportive parents backing their child's business. Bankman ...
'Stern' writer Bruce Jay Friedman passes away at 90Friedman's stories of modern angst appealed to fans and critics of plays, films and books.
Ebix Inc boss loves sitcoms; 'Seinfield', 'The Office' among favouritesRobin Raina says that 'Lion' is one of the best films he has seen.
Going on 18: Here are the interesting bitsIn most countries, it is between the ages of 18 and 21 that the young are granted the full rights of an adult.
All Time Classics: Here is the Flipkart bestsellers for the month of SeptemberFrom Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 to Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, here's what topped the list...
Five times when a book sequel could not live up to the fans' expectationsJK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has got negative reviews, with fans criticising the flimsy plot and characters.
Six books that are timely and timelessSix cover descriptions reveal why these books make it to most reading lists of America’s prestigious private schools.
20 books that you simply have to readThe best books you read have the potential to linger in your head, long after you've finished them. Some can even affect the way you think!
15 paradoxes that will make your head explodeIt's a crucial insight from one of the founders of Western philosophy: You should question everything you think you know.
Writer & advertising consultant Anuja Chauhan takes the 10 books challengeFrom 'A Suitable Boy' to 'Ogilvy on Advertising': Anuja Chauhan takes on the 10 book challenge.
Salman Rushdie to play Punjabi thug in Deepa Mehta's movie on Canada’s gangstersWinner of Booker of Bookers, Salman Rushdie says he will play “a very urbane sophisticated dada” in Deepa Mehta’s upcoming.
Did millionaire Rajat Gupta suffer from billionaire envy?Why does Gupta, ex-McKinsey head, world's most blue-blooded mgmt consultancy need Rajaratnam's affirmation for a career move?
Prayers addressed to oneselfOne way in which a prayer does help is that it gives us a chance to answer it ourselves without unnecessarily invoking God. And, with that,...