Chennai: Tamil novelist Perumal Murugan has announced his decision to give up writing, stating there will be continuing controversy over his novels and short stories fanned by various outfits and individuals.In a posting on his
Coimbatore: Eminent Author and Speaker, Chetan Bhagat today said that he would consider joining politics if his leadership and decision was not challenged by the party.“Not yet (to join politics), I do not think politics
New Delhi: Khushwant Singh, one of the most renowned names of the literary world, passed away on 20th March, 2014 at the age of 99. The author died quietly at home at his leafy Sujan
London: British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing died Sunday here at her home. She was 94.She "passed away peacefully at her London home in the early hours of this morning", reported BBC citing a statement
Los Angeles: Actress-singer Haylie Duff has released her recipe book titled "The Real Girl's Kitchen". She says it is inspired by her grandmother.The 28-year-old got the urge to pen down the recipes after reading through
New Delhi: India will follow with “laser-like precision” the developments in Indian author Sushmita Banerjee murder case after it has emerged that the plot to kill her was hatched in Pakistan, which it termed as
Kabul: In a new twist, a renegade Taliban militia, the Suicide Group of the Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, has taken responsibility for killing Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, claiming she was an “Indian spy”.“We killed Sushmita
London: Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri has made it to this year's Man Booker Prize shortlist for her new fiction ‘The Lowland', an intimate portrayal of two brothers set in Kolkata of the 1960s.Her tale, set
Kabul: Two persons have been held in Afghanistan over the killing of Indian author Sushmita Banerjee, an official said Tuesday.The suspects were members of the notorious Haqqani militant network, the BBC reported citing the police
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has taken an initiative to bring back the body of slain author Sushmita Banerjee to Kolkata from Afghanistan.State government officials have already in touch with External Affairs Ministry
Mumbai, July 28: Television actress Neha Desai is overwhelmed with the response to her book "Sweet Kiss Sour Kiss", a compilation of poems composed by her. She is enjoying the tag of a writer and
Beijing, May 14: Although attitudes toward sex are slowly changing in China, they still remain ambiguous and the ongoing sexual revolution differs from that of the West in the 1960s, according to Richard Burger, author
Washington, Jan 3: Two women authors, one Indian and the other American, believe that "India's rape culture" can be changed in the wake of the gang-rape and the subsequent death of a New Delhi student
London, Nov 25: Famed author JK Rowling has sold her Edinburgh house, where she lived until moving to the outskirts of the Scottish capital, for over a whopping 2.25 million pounds.According to Estate agents Rettie,
New York, Sept 6 : Children's author Judy Blume says she was diagnosed with breast cancer over the summer but is "feeling stronger every day" after surgery.The 74-year-old Blume wrote on her blog Wednesday that
New York, Aug 25: A former Navy SEAL, who has written a tell-all insider account of the raid that killed al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, faces threats to his life as well as
Los Angeles, Aug 1: Gore Vidal, the author, playwright, politician and commentator whose novels, essays, plays and opinions were stamped by his immodest wit and unconventional wisdom, died Tuesday at age 86, his nephew said
New Delhi, Mar 18: In India two months after being forced to skip Jaipur Literary Festival, controversial author Salman Rushdie on Saturday hit out a Congress, suggesting that his presence there was blocked because of
New York, Jan 19: After days of silence, India-born author Salman Rushdie is back on Twitter but has not tweeted a single word on his appearance at the Jaipur Literature Festival which remains in limbo.In
Paris, Sept 16: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn told police he made a pass at a young author in 2003 but denied her claim that he tried to rape her, a source close to the
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