Making merry with literature across the country

Making merry with literature across the country

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2012, 13:09

Literature in India is moving beyond the confines of print space to reach out to people in interactive venues across the states.

Kochi opens three-month cultural extravaganza

Kochi opens three-month cultural extravaganza

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 15:57

Curtains rise here Wednesday on the first Kochi-Muziris Biennale, a three-month event to portray Kerala`s soft power and also draw artists of every muse from both within and outside India for an extravaganza of art, culture and heritage on a scale unseen in India.

Making merry with literature across the country

Making merry with literature across the country

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 12:58

Literature in India is moving beyond the confines of print space to reach out to people in interactive venues across the states.

Mo Yan awarded 2012 Nobel Prize for literature

Mo Yan awarded 2012 Nobel Prize for literature

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2012, 09:20

Mo Yan was awarded 2012 Nobel Prize for literature at Stockholm Concert Hall Monday.

Dilip Kumar`s biography delayed

Dilip Kumar`s biography delayed

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 17:27

Thespian Dilip Kumar`s biography was due to be launched on his 90th birthday Tuesday, but it has been delayed, says wife Saira Banu.

Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan: I will continue telling my stories

Chinese Nobel laureate Mo Yan: I will continue telling my stories

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 10:15

Chinese writer Mo Yan, winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, described himself as a storyteller in a lecture at the Swedish Academy.

Short stories win the weekend bookshelf

Short stories win the weekend bookshelf

Last Updated: Sunday, December 9, 2012, 10:11

Short stories are the mood of the day. Crisp, lyrical and powerful - each story is a creative exercise in the art of the narrative.

Search engine for the literary world connects thousands of authors and literary works

Search engine for the literary world connects thousands of authors and literary works

Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 19:22

Book lovers have a new ‘go-to’ search engine on the internet which connects thousands of literary works, catalogues names, places songs and other things connected to books.

Fourth Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival to begin Jan 9

Fourth Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival to begin Jan 9

Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 09:57

The fourth chapter of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival (AKLF) will begin here Jan 9.

A veritable encyclopaedia on Lord Murugan

A veritable encyclopaedia on Lord Murugan

Last Updated: Thursday, December 6, 2012, 08:41

This could well be the most comprehensive book in English on Muruga, the handsome son of Lord Shiva and goddess Parvati and the brother of Lord Ganesha, the Hindu god of luck.

Pippa Middleton’s book is terrible, says US author Jilly Cooper

Pippa Middleton’s book is terrible, says US author Jilly Cooper

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 10:16

English author Jilly Cooper has said that Pippa Middleton was ill-advised with her debut book ‘Celebrate’.

Paul McCartney to appear in his favourite comic book

Paul McCartney to appear in his favourite comic book

Last Updated: Monday, December 3, 2012, 15:25

Beatles legend Paul McCartney has finally achieved his dream of appearing in his favourite comic book nearly 50 years after he had declared it as his lifetime ambition.