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Satyajit Ray ancestral home: Why is Bangladesh demolishing legendary filmmaker's house? | Details
Explainers | Jul 16, 2025, 02:40 PM ISTSatyajit Ray ancestral home demolition: As per reports in Bangladeshi media, the century-old structure is being torn down to make way for a new semi-concrete building that will serve as the new premises for the Mymensingh Shishu Academy.
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Legendary Odia writer Binapani Mohanty dies at 85; PM Modi condoles sad demise
People | Apr 25, 2022, 08:18 AM ISTMohanty has more than 100 books to her credit. She is well-known for 'Patadei', Kasturi Mriga O Sabuja Aranya', 'Khela Ghara', 'Naiku Rasta', 'Bastraharana', 'Andhakarara'.
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'Murder' writer Subodh Chopra dies due to multiple organ failure
Celebrities | May 17, 2021, 06:34 AM ISTWriter Subodh Chopra, along with his brother and sister-in-law had tested positive for COVID-19, ten days after his father passed away on April 10 due to the complications related to the virus. Shashank Chopra said on Friday, his brother's condition deteriorated and he was immediately admitted to the medical facility.
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Sadia Dehlvi dies at 63, Delhi lost its favourite story-teller
People | Aug 06, 2020, 06:24 AM ISTNoted Delhi-based writer and activist Sadia Dehlvi has passed away after a prolonged battle with cancer. She was 63.
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Veteran Marathi writer Ratnakar Matkari dies, he tested positive for coronavirus
Regional Cinema | May 18, 2020, 11:29 AM ISTRatnakar Matkari was a pioneer of the children''s drama movement in Marathi, The veteran writer had tested coronavirus postive last week.
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Surjit Hans, the man who translated Shakespeare's works into Punjabi, dies at 89
India | Jan 17, 2020, 12:19 PM ISTThe renowned Sikh historian and writer Surjit Hans died on Friday at the age of 89. The retired history professor, who lived with his journalist daughter Nanki Hans in Punjab's Mohali town, contributed his two decades of meticulous effort to translate all the works, including 38 plays, of the 16th century Bard of Avon into Punjabi.
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Writer Gazal Dhaliwal okay with transwoman tag
People | Jun 06, 2019, 05:02 PM ISTThe screenplay writer says as long as she represents the community and inspires many dreamers, she is okay with the constant emphasis on her gender identity.
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Jab Jab Phool Khile writer Brij Katyal passes away
Celebrities | Sep 14, 2018, 07:04 AM ISTBrij Katyal also wrote the story of many TV serials including 'Dillagi' and 'Saans' which was directed by Neena Gupta.
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Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King passes away at 68
Hollywood | Aug 24, 2018, 11:03 AM ISTThe heart-breaking news was announced on his Facebook account. He died at his residence in Nashville, Tennessee on Wednesday.
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Meet Mehul Jangir, a 14-year-old boy who wrote a book on World War II
Trending | Feb 01, 2018, 03:53 PM ISTMehul is a Class 9 student of Jaishree Periwal International School in Jaipur. He had been writing short stories since Class 6 before he decided to give this book a shape in the physical world in Class 7.
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Google Doodle marks the 136th birth anniversary of English author Virginia Woolf
Books & Culture | Jan 25, 2018, 10:52 AM ISTVirginia Woolf was one of the leading modernists of the 20th century and pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device.
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5 stunning Bollywood divas who are Capricorn
Bollywood | Dec 26, 2017, 05:53 PM ISTLet’s have a look at 5 of the powerful Bollywood beauties who are Capricorn.
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Watch: Pakistani writer claims Taj Mahal is a fad of freak Shah Jahan
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Happy Birthday Enid Blyton, the writer who filled our childhood with adventurous stories
Books & Culture | Aug 11, 2017, 07:05 PM ISTOne woman with a typewriter did more to shape the imaginations of generations of child readers than anyone else -- and still does.
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Poet and writer, Vijay Nambisan dies at 54
Books & Culture | Aug 10, 2017, 06:00 PM ISTHe championed the moral utilization of dialect and made an appeal to readers, essayists and lovers of writing in his book Language as an Ethic'..
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Writer Stan Lee honoured with handprint ceremony in Hollywood
Hollywood | Jul 20, 2017, 11:18 AM ISTStan Lee's most memorable creations are Iron Man, Thor, Black Panther, the X-Men, Fantastic Four and Spider-Man.
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CPEC has ‘some worrying aspects’, says Pakistan Daily
World | May 19, 2017, 05:28 PM ISTDays after Pakistan made details of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) public, the writer of the largest local English newspaper in Pakistan warned on Friday that the CPEC, which has earned the ire of India, has "some very worrying aspects"
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'Baahubali' writer penning the sequels of 'Nayak' & 'Rowdy Rathore'
Bollywood | May 14, 2017, 01:13 PM ISTPhenomenal writer KV Vijayendra Prasad is now working on the sequels of Anil Kapoor's "Nayak: The Real Hero" and Akshay Kumar-starrer "Rowdy Rathore".
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Writer Ashok Vajpeyi to return D. Litt from Hyderabad varsity
India | Jan 19, 2016, 07:02 PM ISTNew Delhi: Noted writer Ashok Vajpeyi today decided to return D.Litt given to him by Hyderabad University in protest against the "anti-dalit" attitude of authorities which has allegedly driven a dalit student to commit suicide."A
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Sahitya Akademi condemns killings of writers, urges them to take back awards
India | Oct 23, 2015, 07:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Sahitya Akademi for the first time on Friday condemned the killing of writers and urged the writers to take back the awards they returned in anguish against the Akademi's silence so far