Nothing was off the table with Modi: CameronBritish Prime Minister David Cameron today said that the concerns of freedom of speech raised by over 200 authors in an open letter to him ...
13 Nov, 2015, 11.19 PM IST
Raise India's growing intolerance with Modi: Writers to David CameronBooker Prize winner Rushdie and other well- known names like Ian McEwan and Hari Kunzru are among the signatories of an open letter to Came...
12 Nov, 2015, 06.43 PM IST
Mark Tully stresses on translation of books from regional languagesMark Tully has stressed on the need for more and more writings in regional languages to be translated into English saying there is lot to b...
25 Oct, 2015, 02.56 PM IST
'Anubrato Bhalo Acho' selected for Queensland film festThe Swastika Mukherjee-starrer is a tale of a lonely man (Anubrato) jousting with death at every point of his life.
05 Jul, 2015, 02.16 PM IST
Salman Rushdie, Amitav Ghosh appeal to Bangladesh government over bloggers' killingMore than 150 writers from around the world, including Mumbai-born Rushdie - whose work has angered Muslims around the world, have expresse...
22 May, 2015, 06.48 PM IST
Neel Mukherjee's, 'The Lives of Others', wins UK's Encore AwardThe 10,000 pounds prize, first awarded in 1990, fills a niche in the catalogue of literary prizes by celebrating the achievement of outstan...
12 May, 2015, 06.11 PM IST
- Granta comes out with special India issue
UK's popular magazine Granta has come out with a special issue on India featuring writings of the likes of Upamanyu Chatterjee, Amit Chaudh...
01 Feb, 2015, 04.04 PM IST
Neel Mukherjee and three other authors on UK literary prize long-listFour Indian-origin authors including the Kolkata-born Neel Mukherjee, who lost out on this year's Booker Prize, have been long-listed for a...
16 Dec, 2014, 05.15 PM IST
Naseerudin Shah's book shortlisted at Tata Lit Live! festival"And Then One Day", an account of his early years has been nominated for the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award in the non-fiction cate...
21 Oct, 2014, 12.57 PM IST
Richard Flanagan: From illiterate grandparents to Booker prizeIn his interview Australian author Richard Flanagan speaks about how his father's experiences influenced him and what is it to lead a quain...
17 Oct, 2014, 11.12 AM IST
Australian Richard Flanagan wins the 2014 Man Booker PrizeBritish author Neel Mukherjee lost out on the 2014 Booker Prize to Richard Flanagan, who won the literary prize for 'The Narrow Road to the...
15 Oct, 2014, 12.35 PM IST
Neel Mukherjee tipped to bag Booker Prize on TuesdayNeel Mukherjee is tipped to win the 2014 Man Booker Prize for his novel 'The Lives of Others', according to the odds by William Hill, one o...
14 Oct, 2014, 12.35 PM IST
Why Patrick Modiano winning the Nobel in Literature would exasperate someBy picking the French writer for the Literature Nobel, the Swedish Academy wants us to choose something on the menu most of us haven’t trie...
12 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Why Neel Mukherjee and Jitu Rai's worth went up this weekWe discuss the news-makers whose worth went up or who went on a downward spiral this week.
11 Sep, 2014, 04.01 PM IST
Kolkata-born author Neel Mukherjee's novel in Booker Prize shortlistNeel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Priz...
10 Sep, 2014, 04.03 PM IST
British-Indian writer's novel shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2014British Indian writer and Kolkata born Neel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others has been shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booke...
24 Jul, 2014, 11.19 AM IST