`Rogue Island` evokes drama of crime reporting

`Rogue Island` evokes drama of crime reporting

Last Updated: Monday, October 11, 2010, 16:07

DeSilva colorfully evokes the drama of crime reporting in a gritty, urban atmosphere.

Raghu Rai to unravel Kolkata in future publication

Raghu Rai to unravel Kolkata in future publication

Last Updated: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 18:26

Turning his gaze on the myriad shades of this metropolis, his "most favourite city", legendary lensman Raghu Rai plans to unravel the enigma known as Kolkata in some future publication yet again.

I`m no saint, says Nelson Mandela

I`m no saint, says Nelson Mandela

Last Updated: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 17:24

A new collection of Nelson Mandela`s private papers reveals his years of heartache at missing his family while in prison and his wariness at becoming idolised, in excerpts published on Sunday.

Richards to pen down `inspiring` autobiography

Richards to pen down `inspiring` autobiography

Last Updated: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 12:38

Former Bond girl Denise Richards is set to release an autobiography - "a heartfelt, honest book" - which will be an inspiration for others.

`Ae mere ...` was a Lata-Asha duet

`Ae mere ...` was a Lata-Asha duet

Last Updated: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 11:39

`Ae mere watan..` was planned as a duet to be sung by Lata and Asha.

Rushdie`s latest inspired from video games

Rushdie`s latest inspired from video games

Last Updated: Sunday, October 10, 2010, 09:42

Salman Rushdie, the prize-winning India-born writer, has in the past based novels on the politics of India and Pakistan. But his latest book is for teenagers, and the inspiration - at least some of it - came from video games.

Vayalar literary award for Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri

Vayalar literary award for Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri

Last Updated: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 17:08

Eminent Mlayalam poet Prof. Vishnu Narayanan Namboodiri has been selected for the prestigious Vaylar Rama Varma literary award for his collection of poems "Charulatha."

Vargas Llosa` Nobel moved Isabel Allende

Vargas Llosa` Nobel moved Isabel Allende

Last Updated: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 12:44

Isabel Allende is "touched" by the Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa.

Ted’s poem on Sylvia published

Ted’s poem on Sylvia published

Last Updated: Friday, October 8, 2010, 08:34

The late British poet laureate Ted Hughes repeatedly tried to perfect a poem describing the night his wife Sylvia Plath killed herself, drafts of a work published for the first time Thursday show.

Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

Llosa wins Nobel literature prize

Last Updated: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 17:42

Peruvian Mario Vargas Llosa, one of the most acclaimed writers in the Spanish-speaking world who once ran for president in his homeland, won the 2010 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday.

`Noir` stuffed with delightful stories

`Noir` stuffed with delightful stories

Last Updated: Thursday, October 7, 2010, 12:37

Otto Penzler opens his latest gargantuan compendium with a public service by defining the word "noir," an oft misidentified subset of the hard-boiled fiction genre.

Penguin India to publish Desai, Pamuk

Penguin India to publish Desai, Pamuk

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 6, 2010, 14:13

Penguin India has acquired the subcontinent rights for two of the most eagerly sought after authors in the literary world - Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai’s new novel ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’ and Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk’s next three works including his new novel ‘A Strangeness in My Mind’.