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  Indian author Jeet Thayil on International Booker Prize judging panel

  World | July 11, 2019 16:38 IST

  Award-winning Indian author Jeet Thayil will make up a five-member judging panel for the 2020 International Booker Prize, the world's leading literary award for translated fiction announced in London on Thursday as it opened for submissions for the next year.

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  Meet Mehul Jangir, a 14-year-old boy who wrote a book on World War II

  Trending | February 01, 2018 15:53 IST

  Mehul 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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  Book Review: Eerie Edges - The end you were scared of

  Books & Culture | May 25, 2017 11:04 IST

  If you’re a lover of poetry, prose and tiny tales, then this book is a complete package for you.

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  Ancient India was more liberal as compared to modern times- Amish Tripathi

  Books & Culture | May 04, 2017 10:19 IST

  "The popular version of Sita's character from Ramayana looks like a character of 1990s television serial, whereas, she was a strong lady who fought with a group of people but was outnumbered, got kidnapped

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  Nights in Pink Satin: A sexually charged story that will leave you asking for more

  Lifestyle | June 29, 2015 16:13 IST

  New Delhi: Summer is here to stay for a while and the ones who don't want to roam around in this sultry weather can entertain themselves with some light reads. And one of them is

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  Indian author Pankaj Mishra wins $ 150,000 Yale literary prize

  World | March 11, 2014 10:14 IST

  Washington: Award-winning Indian author Pankaj Mishra is among eight writers from seven countries who have won a $ 1,50,000 Yale University prize each in recognition of their literary achievements. Essayist and novelist Mishra has been