Priyanka Chopra Jonas is happy memoir did well without being 'salacious', says she wasn't tempted to drop names in itThe 39-year-old said she wanted to write a tell-all book about her life with grace.
13 Sep, 2021, 11.00 AM IST
Salman Rushdie's next book likely to be set entirely in India, author says will come back to the country for itRushdie's visits to India have often been embroiled in controversy since 'Satanic Verses'.
06 Sep, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
Shashi Tharoor explains the idea behind Rahul Gandhi's temple runDefending Rahul's visits to places of worship on his campaign tours, Tharoor said it was wrong to see these visits as "some sort of a cynic...
03 Dec, 2018, 08.15 AM IST
Good news for bibliophiles in Bengaluru! Fourth edition of Times LitFest to take place this weekendThe theme of the two-day, open-for-all festival is ‘Aseem: Beyond Boundaries’.
01 Feb, 2018, 10.29 AM IST
No pariahs, have a political buffet to choose ally from: Kamal HaasanUnwilling to reveal the name of his political party, or when he will formally launch it, Haasan insisted on letting the matter rest by sayi...
26 Nov, 2017, 11.08 AM IST
When Yogi Adityanath survived a murderous attackThe book says that Yogi was on his way to address an anti-terrorism rally in Azamgarh to counter rival parties whose leaders had started ma...
22 Nov, 2017, 10.11 AM IST
Kishore Biyani's daughter Ashni's success tip: Be to the point & bluntFuture Ideas' Ashni Biyani spoke to the media while attending the recently concluded Times LitFest 2016.
20 Dec, 2016, 10.56 AM IST
Future Group’s Founder Kishore Biyani’s daughters Ashni and Avni aren't really on the same pageIt’s because of the difference in their approaches that they find 'strength in each other'.
09 Dec, 2016, 01.42 PM IST
Never faced any gender discrimination in TV, politics: Smriti IraniThe Union Minister and former actress said she had seen most people raise their voice against sexism throughout her career.
04 Dec, 2016, 03.13 PM IST
Fifth Khushwant Singh Literary Festival begins at Kasauli on Oct 14Started in 2012, the Khushwant Singh Literary Festival, is the only litfest named after an individual.
13 Oct, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
People asked me if I wanted to commit suicide: Manisha Koirala on cancerA moving session at the Times LitFest had cancer survivor Manisha Koirala talk about the disease and how she dealt with it.
03 Dec, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
Chidambaram punctured Congress claim of intolerance: Kiren RijijuRijiju today said Chidambaram's statement that banning 'The Satanic Verses' was a mistake has punctured the Congress stand on the controver...
30 Nov, 2015, 06.53 PM IST
Congress distances itself from P Chidambaram's Salman Rushdie book remarkDescribing Chidambaram' remark as his personal view, senior Congress leader Kamal Nath today said, "No question of a single person puncturi...
30 Nov, 2015, 03.00 PM IST
Could lose Kashmir in 10 years if we don't act: Former J&K interlocutor Radha KumarKumar, who now heads a think-tank, Delhi Policy Group, made the remark while speaking at the opening session -- 'Kashmir Today: Towards an ...
30 Nov, 2015, 09.54 AM IST
BJP asks Congress to be tolerant after Chidambaram's remark on Salman Rushdie book ban"I have no hesitation in saying that the ban on Salman Rushdie's book was wrong," Congress leader P Chidambaram had said yesterday.
29 Nov, 2015, 06.51 PM IST
How many years to correct the mistake, asks Salman RushdieRushdie's remarks was prompted by Chidambaram's admission that the Rajiv Gandhi government's decision to ban the controversial novel was a ...
29 Nov, 2015, 12.45 AM IST
Goons don't have brains; here's why a Sena attack on Najam Sethi is ironicMy sense is that the Sena will create problems for Pakistani participants at your litfest considering how they dealt with Khurshid Kasuri.
24 Oct, 2015, 10.39 AM IST