Who is Vinod Kumar Shukla, Hindi writer selected for 59th Jnanpith award?Vinod Kumar Shukla has been named the recipient of the 59th Jnanpith Award, becoming the first writer from Chhattisgarh to receive the hono...
22 Mar, 2025, 06.08 PM IST
Sanchita Bashu's Thukra Ke Mera Pyaar shatters streaming records on Disney Hotstar: A look at the drama's plot and star castHindi drama series Thukra Ke Mera Pyaar premiered on Disney+ Hotstar and broke records. The series starred newcomers Dhaval Thakur and Sanc...
18 Dec, 2024, 12.00 PM IST
Unlike Hindi films, Tamil movies don't caste asideDirected by N Gopi Nainar and produced by Vetri Maaran, this new Tamil film's release schedule is yet to be announced. The trailer, which s...
27 Apr, 2024, 11.00 PM IST
Book on Chipko Movement by Shekhar Pathak bags Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Prize 2022The prize carries a cash award of Rs 15 lakh, a trophy and a citation.
01 Dec, 2022, 02.46 PM IST
2022 JCB Prize longlist: Geetanjali Shree's Booker-winning 'Tomb of Sand', other translations ruleJCB Prize for Literature is an Indian literary award established in 2018.
06 Sep, 2022, 05.47 PM IST
Translation, the new (benign) colonialismTranslating quality contemporary literature in Indian languages into other Indian languages, English, Mandarin, Spanish, etc - languages wh...
27 May, 2022, 11.44 PM IST
Beyond Booker: 'Tomb of Sand' writer Geetanjali Shree, a history academic, is a theatre enthusiast & loves vintage Hindi film musicA doctorate in history, the 64-year-old has five collections of short stories and five novels published so far.
27 May, 2022, 05.22 PM IST
OBIT: A Rhodes scholar & math graduate, Girish Karnad, found a way to express creativity with wordsThe author worked with Oxford University Press from 1963 to 1969.
10 Jun, 2019, 04.50 PM IST
Keeping Munshi Premchand alive: How the author's work resonates 80 years after his deathPremchand has authored over 300 short stories, 14 novels and several essays, letters and plays.
31 Jul, 2017, 01.42 PM IST
Javed Akhtar vs Asaduddin Owaisi: They represent very different cultural spaces of the Indian MuslimBoth Akhtar and Owaisi have done so and each has generated controversy: the former for saying Bharat Mata, the latter for refusing to do so.
20 Mar, 2016, 12.59 PM IST
Kamal Haasan returns to Bollywood as actor-directorTamil superstar Kamal Haasan is all set to make a return to Hindi cinema with political drama "Amar Hai". Saif Ali Khan has been approached...
09 Jun, 2015, 04.07 PM IST
Dalit literature goes globalThese writers are also re-scripting the conceptions of Indian society and history while challenging prevailing literary conventions.
05 Apr, 2015, 12.45 PM IST
Stories popular on radio, now in book formatPoignant tales of love that are already popular on radio storytelling show 'Yaadon ka Idiot Box' are now available in book format.
01 Feb, 2015, 12.59 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
Hindi-rance Diwas: Making a case to celebrate bhasha, not rajbhashaLet me explain why and how. The official rajbhasha tag hides the real status of Hindi in our country. You just have to look around to regis...
14 Sep, 2014, 11.40 AM IST
How Bollywood can tap original stories from natural localesOne great social responsibility of Bollywood can undertake is scout for original stories in their natural locales. It would be an ambition ...
10 Mar, 2013, 06.32 AM IST
Slumdog becomes millionaire despite giving wrong answerSlumdog Millionaire was not entitled to be a millionaire. Jamal is shown winning Rs 250K in film despite giving wrong answer.
15 Feb, 2009, 01.50 PM IST