Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 16:56
Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is working on a script based on Shilpi Somaya Gowda’s novel ‘Secret Daughter’ about how two families are bound by an adoption.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 16, 2013, 08:36
Conservationists here have demanded the restoration and reopening of Dara Shikoh` library that is lying in shambles in the heart of the Taj city.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 16:06
Amy Winehouse was controlled and manipulated by her husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, through drugs and "emotional S and M," a new book has claimed.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 15, 2013, 08:53
Renowned Islamic scholar, progressive thinker, author and Dawoodi Bohra reformist leader Asghar Ali Engineer passed away here Tuesday after a prolonged illness, family members said. He was 74.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 12, 2013, 09:33
There has been an upsurge in creative activities following the Taj Literature Festival in February, with several new groups actively pursuing literary goals.
Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 10:35
West Bengal Thursday paid homage to Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 152nd birth anniversary through the versatile bard`s ever popular songs, poems and other compositions.
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 13:26
Some of the greatest of fictional works tell a story and also have in their core a compelling idea.
Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2013, 10:44
Pakistan may be headed for a real crisis, with Islamists openly targeting secular forces and the Pakistan Army unwilling to combat Islamic zealots, says a strategic year book.
Last Updated: Monday, May 6, 2013, 10:39
Renowned British storyteller John Row mesmerized children and adults alike at his storytelling session at the Sharjah Children`s Reading Festival.
Last Updated: Sunday, May 5, 2013, 13:56
Harper Lee is suing her literary agent and others over the rights to her classic novel- To Kill a Mockingbird.
Last Updated: Saturday, May 4, 2013, 09:25
Leonardo DiCaprio says it was quite intimidating working in ‘The Great Gatsby’, based on such a well loved novel by author F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Last Updated: Thursday, May 2, 2013, 15:52
A study has claimed books having photographs but no words prove ideal for building children`s language skills.