Books
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Jhalak Prize: Longlist features big, beautiful and emerging…
Only in its second year, this prize has gathered considerable excitement and attention… JUDGES behind Britain’s only literary prize dedicated…
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Jaipur Literature Festival (#ZeeJLF) 2018 Day 3: Shashi Tharoor on restating liberal Hinduism, and Helen Fielding and Amy Tan talk success…
Few can doubt there is a battle for the soul of Hinduism but a prominent Indian political figure says Hindu…
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Jaipur Literature Festival (#ZeeJLF) day 2: Drawing dots – filmmakers sizzle, crowds swoon – ‘Padmaavat’, Manto and even ‘Bandit Queen’ come under scanner, The Troth world premiere (review)
Directors Anurag Kashyap, Nandita Das, and Nawazuddin Siddiqui…are we in Cannes or at a book festival? WHETHER it was Bollywood,…
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Jaipur Literature Festival 2018 (#ZeeJLF) – Showtime: Rupi Kaur wins hearts and minds…
Jaipur Jaipur Literature Festival Day 1/5 The established (Pico Iyer and Sir Tom Stoppard) and new were very much on…
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‘Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing The World’ – New book explores aspirations, hopes and fears of nation on the move…
With more than half of its population under 25, a million people a month joining the workforce – and set…
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Alchemy Books: Violence and emotion in the world of Neel Mukherjee
May 28 2014 A new novel charts the origins of the Naxalite (Maoist) movement in West Bengal, India and poses…
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Controlling women: Moni Mohsin The Pakistan experience
May 13 2014 Author talks about positive changes in society and the forces sometimes ranged against them… SEX is a…
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Capital: Rana Dasgupta, hope or horror in Delhi?
March 17 2014 Award-winning British Asian author talks about “Capital” and why he moved to India’s one-time Imperial city… IT…
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Soul warrior: Adnan Sarwar, soldier to writer
March 4 2014 Prize-winning author is a former Lance Corporal in the British Army… IT is 2003 and Adnan Sarwar…
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Evaluating lives: Hanif Kureishi
February 15 2014 From the Buddha of Suburbia to his latest novel, Hanif Kureishi has always had something provocative to…
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