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  Salman Rushdie's controversial novel 'The Satanic Verses' back on sale in India after 36-year ban

  India | December 25, 2024 15:48 IST

  Bookstores like Midland Book Shop and Om Book Shop do not plan to import the book of Salman Rushdie.

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  Did you know a real-life murder in India inspired Agatha Christie’s debut novel? | Video

  Trending | October 27, 2024 17:16 IST

  The Mysterious Affair at Styles follows the eccentric Belgian detective Hercule Poirot as he investigates the murder of a wealthy woman, Emily Inglethorp, in an English country house, unravelling a web of deceit and family secrets.

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  Shantanu Gupta's graphic novel '101 Reasons, Why I Will Vote For Modi' released: Know details

  Books & Culture | March 19, 2024 14:54 IST

  Dive into a unique political narrative with Shantanu Gupta's comic book '101 Reasons, Why I Will Vote For Modi.' Experience Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure through innovative graphic novel storytelling.

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  Who is Chetna Maroo whose debut novel 'Western Lane' made it to the longlist of Booker Prize 2023?

  Books & Culture | August 02, 2023 17:46 IST

  Chetna Maroo's debut novel titled Western Lane has made it to the longlist of 13 books shortlisted for the prestigious 2023 Booker Prize.

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  Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand wins International Booker Prize, first for Hindi novel

  World | May 27, 2022 10:55 IST

  ‘Tomb of Sand’, originally ‘Ret Samadhi’, is set in northern India and follows an 80-year-old woman in a tale the Booker judges dubbed a "joyous cacophony" and an "irresistible novel".

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  Aishwarya Srivastava's 'Journey to North East Of India' is excellent expression by budding writer

  Books & Culture | August 17, 2021 21:31 IST

  Based on a trip which the author took in the year 2018 to the land of Seven Sisters, 'Journey to North East Of India' is filled with mysteries and great stories. The book is an insight into her experiences during her journey to Assam and Meghalaya and perfectly describes what excitement and thoughts Aishwarya Srivastava had during her travel of almost 6000 kms starting from Hyderabad and back.

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  Novel revisits Bengal’s Cossipore-Baranagar massacre

  India | July 06, 2019 17:53 IST

  A new novel focuses on the Naxal movement and narrates with vivid details the 1971 Cossipore-Baranagar massacre in West Bengal in which several Naxalite youths were killed allegedly by police and Congress activists.

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  Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk wins Man Booker Prize for novel ‘Flights’

  Books & Culture | May 23, 2018 16:54 IST

  A well-known author in Poland, Tokarczuk is a recipient of numerous awards in her home country. She trained as a psychologist at the University of Warsaw. She has authored eight novels and two short-story collections.

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  JK Rowling has the sweetest reply to her 12-year old fan from the Himalayas

  Trending | April 30, 2018 18:05 IST

  Please, can you send me Kulsum's full name by DM? I'd love to send her something.

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  Hindi medium star Irrfan Khan to work in film adaptation of Pakistani novel

  Bollywood | May 18, 2017 18:24 IST

  Irrfan Khan, who is all set to woo his fans with his next outing Hindi Medium, will feature in a film adaptation of the novel Moth Smoke by Pakistan-born author Mohsin Hamid. The film will be helmed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Asif Kapadia.

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  Chetan Bhagat slams Twitter critics of Five Point Someone in DU

  Bollywood | April 26, 2017 13:07 IST

  Writer Chetan Bhagat has taken to twitter to react to the critical reception of Delhi University's decision to include his debut novel Five Point Someone in one of its courses.

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  Amish Tripathi’s highly-awaited sequel ‘Sita - Warrior of Mithila’ out now!

  Lifestyle | March 23, 2017 16:24 IST

  Riding on immense anticipation following the success of the immense popularity of the first book of Ram Chandra series ‘Scion of Ishvaku’, the second part of the series has been released and will be available in May.

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  Kangana Ranaut and Saif Ali Khan to share romantic chemistry in Sujoy Ghosh's next

  Bollywood | March 01, 2015 11:43 IST

  Kangana Ranaut and Saif Ali Khan paired together for Sujoy Ghosh's romantic thriller filmNew Delhi: Kangana Ranaut is getting showered by various acclaimed projects after her tremendously successful performance in the last year released 'Queen.'And

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  'Fifty Shades of Grey' to debut at Berlin International Film Festival

  Hollywood | December 23, 2014 13:52 IST

  Los Angeles: The much-talked about film "Fifty Shades of Grey", a big screen adaptation of British author E. L. James's erotic novel of the same name, will make its international debut at the Berlin International

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  Vikram Bhatt's scripts to turn into novel

  Bollywood | December 23, 2014 6:53 IST

  New Delhi: Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt's three scripts, including forthcoming “Khamoshiyan”, will now be available in a novel form.The writer of “Khamoshiyan” is “simply thrilled” as his other films “1920” and “1920 - Evil Returns” too

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  Booker Prize 2014: Neel Mukherjee's novel shortlisted

  World | September 10, 2014 8:04 IST

  London: Kolkata-born British author Neel Mukherjee's latest novel The Lives of Others, set in troubled Bengal of the 1960s and centres around a dysfunctional family, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Booker Prize 2014, in

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  Joy Bhattacharya comes out with Junior IPL

  India | April 25, 2014 12:03 IST

  New Delhi : Junior Devils, Mumbai Patriots, Bangalore Boxers, Kolkata Lancers, Punjab Princes, Chennai Emperors - meet the teams of Junior Premier League! Joy Bhattacharjya, who has been a part of the Kolkata Knight Riders

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  Rajkumar Yadav's 'Shahid' to be converted into novel

  Bollywood | October 11, 2013 18:26 IST

  Mumbai: Filmmaker Hansal Mehta's "Shahid", which has got a thumbs up from the critics and has been appreciated at film festivals, will now be converted into a novel."Shahid", starring Rajkumar Yadav in the lead role,

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  Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel to be out in September

  India | July 09, 2013 17:18 IST

  New Delhi, July 9: Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri's new novel "The Lowland", a story of fate and will, exile and return, of the price of idealism and of a love that can last long

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  Deepa Mehta to adapt novel 'Secret Daughter' into movie

  Hollywood | May 16, 2013 17:12 IST

  Toronto, May 16: After adapting Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children" for the big screen, Indo-Canadian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is working on a script based on Shilpi Somaya Gowda's novel "Secret Daughter" about how two families are