Public hunger drives gossip train: Author-filmmaker Fahad Samar

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 15:32

Fahad Samar`s debut novel is a social satire on Bollywood and high society.

Vargas Llosa says latest novel his `most optimistic`

Last Updated: Monday, September 30, 2013, 09:58

Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa says his latest novel reflects on the growth and consolidation of democracy in Peru.

Adele gets her own comic book

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 09:40

Singer Adele has become the subject of a new 32-page comic book titled Fame: Adele.

Artistic crowds flock to Bangalore literary fest

Last Updated: Saturday, September 28, 2013, 08:51

The second edition of the Bangalore Literary Festival opened Friday with a bang, as hundreds of book lovers and cultural aficionados flocked to the venue on the city`s outskirts to interact with their celebrity authors, historians, actors and theatre personalities.

Amitabh Bachchan launches book on destiny, love and youth

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 15:53

Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan launched a book written by a senior government official, which talks about destiny, love and youth.

Bangalore decks up for literary fest Friday

Last Updated: Friday, September 27, 2013, 08:49

Celebrity authors, speakers, actors and theatre personalities have descended here for the three-day Bangalore Literature Festival beginning Friday.

Raymond Weil awards renowned authors

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 14:42

Amish Tripathi and Shobha De were awarded for their literary prowess.

Melissa Joan Hart upsets Paris Hilton with new book

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 12:35

Actress Melissa Joan Hart has reportedly upset old friend Paris Hilton with drug revelations in her memoir.

The early life of Mahatma Gandhi in new book

Last Updated: Thursday, September 26, 2013, 09:33

The early formative years of Mahatama Gandhi as well as lesser known facts about the man who went on to become the Father of the Nation.

Indian envoy`s book seeks to unravel mysteries of life

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 25, 2013, 08:43

How does one fathom time, does time exist beyond the grasp of the senses and the need of consciousness to be able to create anything - these philosophical questions are sought to be answered in a new book by an Indian diplomat.

Colombian writer Alvaro Mutis dies

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 10:06

Colombian writer Alvaro Mutis, a long-time resident of Mexico, died at a hospital here, official sources said Monday. He was 90.

Of horror and mystery tales...

Last Updated: Monday, September 23, 2013, 10:01

There is nothing like a great page-turning novel that will keep you on your toes and awake till you finish its last page.

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