Last Updated: Friday, January 18, 2013, 09:02
Charles Dickens` works may have gone a long way in influencing social attitudes towards the physically disabled and the mentally ill in Victorian England, says an expert.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 17, 2013, 09:14
Dan Brown is to release a new book titled ‘Inferno’ in May.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 09:13
President Pranab Mukherjee is a man of many talents, at ease with a multitude of assignments of varying kinds.
Last Updated: Tuesday, January 15, 2013, 08:29
Ramayana, the great Indian epic, is now available in Polish language, courtesy Janusz Krzyzowski, an Indologist in Poland who has translated the monumental work.
Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 14:03
Tom Cruise auditioned a host of Hollywood beauties to be his wife before settling on Katie Holmes.
Last Updated: Monday, January 14, 2013, 09:27
If women are not financially independent, they are more prone to be treated badly, feels celebrated French-Turkish author with Indian roots Kenize Mourad.
Last Updated: Sunday, January 13, 2013, 09:53
Drama and sensitive story-telling take the miasma out of the lazy weekend on the IANS book cart. Browse through the pile...
Last Updated: Saturday, January 12, 2013, 09:19
A star-studded lineup of international writers will lend glamour to the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival Feb 24-28.
Last Updated: Friday, January 11, 2013, 14:16
Russian ultraconservatives have struck again in St. Petersburg, where a museum of famous writer Vladimir Nabokov was attacked over "paedophilia".
Last Updated: Thursday, January 10, 2013, 14:51
Actress Manisha Koirala says her ongoing treatment for ovarian cancer in New York, has helped her realise her spiritual learnings.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 10:49
Other countries could take a cue from India and follow the manner in which vociferous protests against violence on women have turned into a movement, said Eve Ensler, founder of the One Billion Rising Campaign, here.
Last Updated: Monday, January 7, 2013, 16:35
Music executive Tommy Mottola will never let ex-wife Mariah Carey be completely free of him even after years of their failed marriage.