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Wes Streeting: Right-leaning Labour politician set to run for leadershipWes Streeting, Britain's health secretary, has declared his intention to contest for the leadership of the Labour party. He aims to replace...
China wouldn't let Marco Rubio in, so he did something nobody in US politics has ever doneMarco Rubio visited China with Donald Trump. Beijing altered the spelling of Rubio's name to bypass sanctions imposed in 2020. This linguis...
Quote of the day by Pablo Neruda: ‘Love is so short, forgetting is so long. This be the last pain that she makes me suffer'; Chilean poet and Nobel laureate on heartbreak, and the pain of letting goPablo Neruda's poetry explores heartbreak's lasting impact. His famous lines 'Love is so short, forgetting is so long' resonate deeply. Ner...
The Role of diplomatic dining at international summitsMeals have played a crucial role in diplomatic negotiations, from Lal Bahadur Shastri's final meal to the Tehran Conference where Churchill...
'Mogambo khush hua': Mr India's costume designer reveals the Rs 35,000 story behind Amrish Puri's iconic lookAce stylist Madhav Agasti's memoir reveals designing Amrish Puri's iconic 'Mogambo' costume for Rs 35,000. He also crafted outfits for nume...
Why our politicians don't write memoirsMemoirs transform politicians into statesmen by offering their personal viewpoint on their legacy. Unlike biographies, which are often over...
Donald Trump fascinated by Vladimir Putin and captivated by 'dictators': Angela Merkel in memoirIn her forthcoming memoir, "Freedom," former German Chancellor Angela Merkel reveals her unease following her initial encounter with then-P...
Did Prince Harry lie on his visa application? Lawyer claims his future in U.S uncertain and he may be deported; here's the reasonPrince Harry's residency in the United States may come under scrutiny following his admission to drug use in Spare.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle receive invitation to King Charles III's coronationPrince Harry and Meghan Markle have been invited to King Charles III's coronation, but it remains to be seen whether they will attend. The ...
Prince Harry's memoir, rumoured to be worth $20 mn & due in January, may not be as explosive after allThe much anticipated memoir comes out months after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Veerappa Moily, Arundhathi Subramaniam, among others to receive Sahitya Akademi Award 2020While Subramaniam won the award for her poetry collection "When God is a Traveller" in English, Moily was named for his epic poetry titled ...
Barack Obama memoir off to record-setting start in salesFormer US President Barack Obama's “A Promised Land” sold nearly 890,000 copies in the US and Canada in its first 24 hours, putting it on t...
After NY launch, Anupam Kher shares memoir with Modi; PM lauds actor for rich contributionKher launched his memoir in the US last week.
2018 year of political writing, say publishersThough politicians have often penned down their thoughts, the publishers said there was a growing interest among young readers in such book...
Book Review - V Krishnamurthy's At the Helm: A MemoirThe memoir does not paint Krishnamurthy as an overtly modest man. But he is entirely credible when he says that his main purpose was to rec...
Jaipur Literature Festival: Why memoirs, despite their author's best intentions, cannot & need not be accurateNo one expects it [a memoir] to be journalism. They know you are reconstructing from memory. Memoir is you telling the truth as you see it,...
Uttar Pradesh has five CMs today — Akhilesh is only the fifth: Kalyan SinghHaving exited BJP and campaigned for Samajwadi Party, Singh recently reaffirmed his faith in BJP.
Sanjaya Baru's book 'The Accidental Prime Minister’ meant for a culture of politics as reality TVBaru has loftily dismissed the allegations, claiming the publisher determined the launch timing, and refusing to countenance any idea of be...
- Palin receives $1.25 mn payment for book
Former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin received a 1.25 million dollar advance payment for her upcoming memoir, official records sho...
- US hand in 1999 Pak coup: Hamid Gul
A former chief of Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI has alleged that the United States was behind the October 1999 coup staged by general ...