Swedish Academy keeps close watch on case against Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk for allegedly insulting Turkish leaderThe Swedish Academy expects Turkey to respect its international commitments.
Daily Grind: How grinding remains central to Indian cuisinesStone mortars and pestles may have given way to electric blenders but grinding remains central.
Tell me a story: Zirca Digital Solutions boss reads 3 books at a timeNeena DasGupta counts 'Cinema Paradiso' among her favourite films.
How poetry of 12th century women mystics impacted Madhu NatrajFrom serious reads to nonsensical magazines, the reading junkie devours everything.
Does the Nobel Prize for Literature box Bob Dylan's art into the 'literary' coop?Dylan shouldn't have got the Nobel. By seeing him as a 'literary' great is to confine him terribly.
It's the ability to constantly reinvent that makes city special, feels author Samhita ArniWillingness to welcome newcomers with open arms. So many different communities, in the past & even now, have made Bengaluru their home, say...
South Korean author Han Kang bags the Man Booker Prize for 'The Vegetarian'Kang beat writers including Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk and international bestseller Elena Ferrante to win 50,000-pound.
Man Booker 2016 nominations out, Elena Ferrante, Orhan Pamuk in contentionThe Longlist has shortlisted 13 books from 155 contenders, and it consists of authors from 12 countries, written in 9 different language.
Why did you allow police on campus? Noam Chomsky to JNU VC Jagadesh KumarRenowned thinker and academician Noam Chomsky has questioned JNU Vice Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar's decision to allow police on its campus.
Kanhaiya Kumar: How the boy from Bihar went from proud Indian to 'anti-national'Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on charges of sedition, kicked and punched inside court premises, and packed off to Tihar.
How the big fat Indian lit fest is wooing global writersWriters are known to have good imaginations. It's no wonder, then, that writer & festival director William Dalrymple thinks up creative way...
Irony of social media: It both empowers & guts individualsIndia’s online population will touch 283.8 million by 2016, overtaking the US at 264.9 million in the same period, according to US-based EM...
Why Andrew Wylie is making headlinesWylie is a literary agent who represents heavyweights like Philip Roth, Salman Rushdie and Orhan Pamuk.
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...
Tearless Sepia"I realised that I had the happiest experience of my life," Pamuk told an interviewer. His trick was to convert the regret for an unlived l...
- Flipkart faces tough competition as rivals like Infibeam, Dial-a-Book , Bookadda offer big discounts
The new kids on the block like Infibeam, Bookadda , Friends of Books offer bigger discounts than Flipkart , which range up to 40% on bestse...
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