Sonal Sehgal loves reading books

Sonal Sehgal loves reading books

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 19:52

Actress Sonal Sehgal says she is a book worm, and specifically loves reading biographies.

Pak publishers yet to get visa for World Book Fair

Pak publishers yet to get visa for World Book Fair

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 18:13

With only a couple of days left for the 40th international book fair, publishers from Pakistan are yet to get visas to participate in the week-long event here.

Salman Rushdie cancelling Kolkata trip unfortunate: Netaji`s daughter

Salman Rushdie cancelling Kolkata trip unfortunate: Netaji`s daughter

Last Updated: Friday, February 1, 2013, 09:02

Saying that religious intolerance was "unnecessary", Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose`s daughter Anita Bose Pfaff Thursday dubbed as "unfortunate" the circumstances that forced Booker prize-winning author Salman Rushdie to cancel his visit to the city.

Controversy hits Taj Literature Festival

Controversy hits Taj Literature Festival

Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 10:21

The controversy bug that hit the Jaipur Literary Festival has infected Agra`s maiden Taj Literature Festival two days before its scheduled inauguration Feb 1.

John Densmore pens tell-all book about Doors dispute

John Densmore pens tell-all book about Doors dispute

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 18:27

The Doors drummer John Densmore is set reveal all about his longtime feud with bandmates Robby Krieger and Ray Manzarek in a new tell-all book.

Dabbawalas vs Rohinton Mistry - `such a long journey`

Dabbawalas vs Rohinton Mistry - `such a long journey`

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 30, 2013, 09:16

More than two decades after Mumbai-born Canadian author Rohinton Mistry`s derogatory reference to `dabbawalas` in his book ‘Such a Long Journey’ comes the reprisal in words -- a new book that unfolds the "wonders of the dabbawalas", who feed 200,000 Mumbaikars each day and have been doing so for 123 years.

Jaipur revels in lit fest warmth as curtains come down

Jaipur revels in lit fest warmth as curtains come down

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 29, 2013, 08:57

The spirit of democracy won hands down at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2013 that logged nearly 200,000 footfalls up from 120,000 in 2012.

Lucky to be working with Bollywood: Chetan Bhagat

Lucky to be working with Bollywood: Chetan Bhagat

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 13:14

Bestselling novelist Chetan Bhagat has now turned a Bollywood scriptwriter.

Efforts on to save language spoken by Jesus Christ

Efforts on to save language spoken by Jesus Christ

Last Updated: Monday, January 28, 2013, 09:50

Scientists are finding ways to preserve Aramaic, the dialect of 3,000 years ago that Jesus Christ spoke and one that is tied to both Hebrew and Arabic.

37th Kolkata Book Fair thrown open

37th Kolkata Book Fair thrown open

Last Updated: Sunday, January 27, 2013, 08:35

With Bangladesh as the focal theme, the 37th International Kolkata Book Fair - celebrating the 19th century Bengal renaissance - was thrown open Saturday.

Singer Juanes to publish his first book

Singer Juanes to publish his first book

Last Updated: Saturday, January 26, 2013, 10:44

In his first book, `Chasing the Sun`, to be released April 2, Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes talks about some of the more intimate aspects of his life that influenced him as a musician and as a person, publisher Celebra Books said.

Malaika Arora Khan and Amrita Arora launch book `Bonsai Kitten` in Mumbai

Malaika Arora Khan and Amrita Arora launch book `Bonsai Kitten` in Mumbai

Last Updated: Friday, January 25, 2013, 19:19

Malaika Arora Khan and Amrita Arora launched a book ‘Bonsai Kitten’, written by Lakshmi Narayan, in Mumbai recently.