New authors play to Indian mass market with racy thrillers

New authors play to Indian mass market with racy thrillers

Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2012, 09:57

Move over fine writing, thrillers are spurring creativity among new Indian authors.

Mo Yan`s new book to debut next week

Mo Yan`s new book to debut next week

Last Updated: Sunday, October 14, 2012, 08:38

Nobel Laureate Mo Yan`s new book, a collection of three plays, will hit the market next week.

Cycle of commerce and debt on weekend book pile

Cycle of commerce and debt on weekend book pile

Last Updated: Saturday, October 13, 2012, 09:29

The bookshelf this week is pragmatic with matters of business, money and battle against corruption winning over lighter reads.

President presents 2010 Jnanapith Award on Kannada litterateur Dr.C.Kambar

President presents 2010 Jnanapith Award on Kannada litterateur Dr.C.Kambar

Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 10:41

Presenting the 2010 Jnanapith Award to noted litterateur Dr. Chandrashekhara Kambar, Mukherjee said: "We need to do much more to recognize, nurture and promote excellence in writing in Indian languages."

Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize for literature

Chinese author Mo Yan wins Nobel Prize for literature

Last Updated: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 17:07

Mo Yan has been declared as this year’s winner for Nobel Prize in lietarture category. The author is often considered as the Chinese answer to to Franz Kafka or Joseph Heller.

Special panel on South Asian literature at Frankfurt

Special panel on South Asian literature at Frankfurt

Last Updated: Thursday, October 11, 2012, 08:40

Indian Literature Abroad, a government-aided project to promote literature in Indian languages abroad, and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature will partner with the German Book Office for a panel on South Asian writing at the Frankurt Book Fair Oct 11.

Roman Polanski’s teen sex victim writing tell all book

Roman Polanski’s teen sex victim writing tell all book

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 13:30

The former teen, whom Roman Polanski was convicted of having sex with, is writing a memoir.

Free India would have fragmented without Gandhi: British historian

Free India would have fragmented without Gandhi: British historian

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 09:48

Without Mahatma Gandhi, free India would have fragmented further while Pakistan`s existence is "difficult to conceive" without Mohammad Ali Jinnah, says a British historian.

Nobel Prize for Literature to be announced October 11

Nobel Prize for Literature to be announced October 11

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 14:34

The winner of the coveted award-Nobel Prize for Literature will be announced on Thursday, October 11

Bets on Chinese author Mo for Nobel Prize

Bets on Chinese author Mo for Nobel Prize

Last Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012, 15:56

Betting agencies are putting Chinese author Mo Yan in the top two places of possible winners for the Nobel Prize in literature, said a state-run Chinese daily, noting that "the names of Chinese authors have been absent from the list of winners" for over 100 years.

JK Rowling going back to writing children’s books

JK Rowling going back to writing children’s books

Last Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012, 12:53

JK Rowling is returning to writing children’s books following the publication of her first novel for adults ‘The Casual Vacancy.’

Culture in verse: Poetry the new tool of soft diplomacy

Culture in verse: Poetry the new tool of soft diplomacy

Last Updated: Monday, October 8, 2012, 10:25

Cultural and linguistic boundaries blurred as Rabindranath Tagore`s poetry was set to a dance and Hungarian poetry composed by national icons like Endre Ady was recited in Hindi and in Hungarian.