Amitabh to release Om Puri's biography

Saturday, November 21, 2009 12:15:44 PM IST

Veteran Bollywood actor Om Puri's biography, Unlikely Hero: Om Puri, written by his journalist wife Nandita, will be released by Amitabh Bachchan on November 23.

Chinese writer wins Man Asian prize

Friday, November 20, 2009 12:16:03 PM IST

Chinese writer Su Tong has won Asia's top literary prize with a bleak novel about a disgraced Communist party official's attempts to rebuild his life, trumping a clutch of Indian writers on the shortlist.

Review: The Awakening

Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:16:22 PM IST

Anita Agnihotri, one of Bengali literature’s best known modern writers, weaves a story around two class struggles — the personal one of a lowly chamar (leather worker) who has a burning desire to create deities in clay.

A gripping read

Thursday, November 19, 2009 8:13:46 PM IST

The lives of three men in Mumbai —Madhav, Farhan and Sanjay — changes radically as they confront the ugly face of terrorism and religious fanaticism., and each copes with it in his own way.

Dalrymple, Brown top bestseller list

Thursday, November 19, 2009 12:34:48 PM IST

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple continued to retain the number one position in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list for the fourth consecutive week.

Autobiography at 10!

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 7:38:20 PM IST

Azharuddin Ismail has turned author. Following in the footsteps of his co-star Rubina Ali, the 11-year-old actor of Danny Boyle’s Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire has penned his autobiography.

Shakespeare archive now on web

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:18:37 PM IST

For the first time, all 32 existing quarto copies of Hamlet are freely available online. The new website features high-quality reproductions and searchable full text of surviving copies of Shakespeare's play in an interactive interface.

Palin’s memoir describes anguish

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 12:32:26 PM IST

Former US Vice President candidate Sarah Palin’s highly anticipated memoir, Going Rogue, reportedly describes heart-wrenching anguish about her eldest daughter Bristol's pregnancy.

Imran Khan: The cricketer and the politician

Monday, November 16, 2009 12:47:32 PM IST

Christopher Sandford captures the Pakistani icon in all his glorious contradictions in this exhaustive biography. Here are exclusive edited extracts from his latest book, Imran Khan.