Ethnic literature can`t be ignored any more: Sitakant Mahapatra

Ethnic literature can`t be ignored any more: Sitakant Mahapatra

Last Updated: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 09:29

Ethnic literature can no longer be ignored as these reflected the country`s rich folk traditions and kept India`s diverse languages alive, says acclaimed poet and translator Sitakant Mahapatra who has been honoured for his contribution to give recognition to tribal Santhali literature.

Fame drove MJ to confused sexuality, new book says

Fame drove MJ to confused sexuality, new book says

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 13, 2012, 14:09

Michael Jackson’s fame led him to addiction and confused sexuality, according to a new book by a highly acclaimed journalist.

A spat that adds spice, but does not topple carts

A spat that adds spice, but does not topple carts

Last Updated: Monday, November 12, 2012, 10:36

Will leading Kannada playwright-film personality Girish Karnad`s tirade against Nobel laureates V.S. Naipaul`s non-fiction works and Rabindranath Tagore`s plays change the way readers interpret them as writers?

Kolkata - the unfinished chapter of SRK`s autobiography

Kolkata - the unfinished chapter of SRK`s autobiography

Last Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 13:17

Shahrukh Khan`s much-awaited autobiography is almost complete and he is currently working on an unfinished chapter on Kolkata.

Check out the high energy on weekend book cart

Check out the high energy on weekend book cart

Last Updated: Sunday, November 11, 2012, 10:08

The books this weekend are an insight into life`s multiple power centres that makes it rock with energy. Browse with IANS...

Girish Karnad faces flak on Twitter for his remarks on Rabindranath Tagore

Girish Karnad faces flak on Twitter for his remarks on Rabindranath Tagore

Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 10:45

At a talk organised by the Azim Premji Foundation at Bangalore on Thursday, noted playwright Girish Karnad was reported to have said that Rabindranath Tagore’s plays were “unbearable”.

China prints 100 million Bibles

China prints 100 million Bibles

Last Updated: Saturday, November 10, 2012, 09:47

China has turned the world`s biggest Bible publisher after printing its 100 millionth copy earlier this year.

Girish Karnad’s darts continue; Tagore joins Naipaul at the receiving end now

Girish Karnad’s darts continue; Tagore joins Naipaul at the receiving end now

Last Updated: Friday, November 9, 2012, 14:21

Girish Karnad’s tirade against Nobel Laureate VS Naipaul that saw its incipience at a literature festival in Mumbai last week did not merely end with the former accusing the latter of borrowing a western matrix.

Pirates! Beware! says captain who writes

Pirates! Beware! says captain who writes

Last Updated: Friday, November 9, 2012, 09:32

Goa-based Norbert Rebello sails through words with the same ease as he navigates bulk tankers across the oceans.

Book on Rabindranath Tagore`s residences to be published

Book on Rabindranath Tagore`s residences to be published

Last Updated: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 09:40

The West Bengal State Heritage Commission (WBHC) will publish a coffee-table book on Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore`s multiple residences.

Spanish explorers present book on Himalayas

Spanish explorers present book on Himalayas

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 7, 2012, 08:45

Spanish explorers Eduardo Martinez de Pison and Ricardo Tomas Monday here presented their book and documentary entitled ‘Beyond Everest’ in which they describe lesser-known Himalayan peaks of western China.

Artists` group supports Karnad against Naipaul

Artists` group supports Karnad against Naipaul

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 6, 2012, 14:41

Activist-artist group SAHMAT Monday came out in support of theatre personality Girish Karnad, who had called Nobel laureate writer V.S. Naipaul "anti-Muslim".