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Marvellous debut! Indian-origin author Chetna Maroo's first novel 'Western Lane' earns a spot on 2023 Booker Prize shortlist; winner to get £50,000 cash prizeChetna Maroo, an Indian-origin author, has made it to the shortlist for the 2023 Booker Prize with her debut novel 'Western Lane.' The book...- Booker Prize 2023: Dazzling longlist unveiled with 'original and thrilling' literary gemsThe 2023 Booker Prize, which honors an English long-form fiction published in the UK or Ireland, revealed its longlist of finalists on Tues...
- Joined Bharat Jodo Yatra for 'united India', shouldn't be seen as leaning towards a 'party': Kamal HaasanThe yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, will conclude in Srinagar by January 30 with Gandhi hoisting the na...
- Entirely possible for BJP to lose majority in 2024, says Shashi Tharoor"If you look at how well they (the BJP) did in 2019, they have essentially had every seat in Haryana, Gujarat, Rajasthan; or all but one se...
- Electoral bonds not transparent, should be scrapped: Former CEC Navin Chawla"Electoral bonds should be scrapped because nothing is transparent there. How can we live with something that is not transparent? There mus...
- Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka's new book to be inspired by dramatic events in Sri LankaThe author said that he is setting his next book in the early 2000s.
- Booker Prize winner Shehan Karunatilaka lets ghosts of Sri Lanka's past speakKarunatilaka, 47, started writing it a decade ago, soon after the country's long civil war ended.
- Sri Lanka welcomes Booker win for Shehan Karunatilaka's novel 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' on civil warBooker Prize judges called it a "whodunnit and a race against time, full of ghosts, gags and a deep humanity".
- Who is Shehan Karunatilaka, the winner of Booker Prize 2022 for Fiction? Read on to know moreShehan Karunatilaka was honoured by Queen Consort Camilla and is now the second Sri Lankan author to receive the Booker Prize.
- Sri Lankan novelist Shehan Karunatilaka wins Booker Prize 2022 for 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida'Shehan Karunatilaka has won Booker Prize for "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida". The author also joked about receiving the £50,000 reward i...
- Sri-Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka bags Booker Prize 2022 for his magnum opus ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’The Sri-Lankan author was awarded the trophy by Camilla, Queen Consort of the United Kingdom.
- Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka wins 2022 Booker PrizeKarunatilaka received a trophy from Queen Consort Camilla at the English language literary award's first in-person ceremony since 2019. He ...
- One of 6 novels set to be crowned 2022 Booker Prize winnerThe winner will receive their award from Camilla, the queen consort, during a ceremony at London's Roundhouse. It is the first fully in-per...
- Booker-shortlisted author Shehan Karunatilaka's short stories to hit the stands this weekThe anthology is a 'vivid & engaging commentary on privilege, class & societal ills'.
- Jaipur Literature Festival's 16th edition to return on January 19; Nobel, Booker winners to take partThe fest is expected to see participation by over 250 authors, politicians & pop-culture icons.
- Alan Garner, NoViolet Bulawayo & more: Booker Prize unveils 2022 shortlist including oldest finalist everThe shortlist saw an equal split of men and women battling for the prize which can provide a career-changing boost.
- Booker Prize 2022 longlist features 8 women, including 20-yr-old Leila Mottley; Alan Garner oldest nominee at 87Out of the 8 women, 3 are debut novelists.
- Jaipur Literature Festival postponed to March 5 as Covid cases riseThe 15th edition of JLF was scheduled to run between January 28-February 1.
- Jhumpa Lahiri, Shamsur Rahman Faruqi in DSC Prize shortlistLahiri's "The Lowland", an intimate portrayal of two brothers and political passion was earlier on the 2013 Man Booker Prize shortlist as w...
- Mysticism is no match for professionalism: Shehan Karunatilaka"In the subcontinent, we tend to get too carried away with flair and unorthodoxy. When it comes to playing outside our home turf, Eastern m...
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