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Amitabh to release Om Puri's biography

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.

Om Puri on what made him choose Kurbaan

Chinese writer wins Man Asian prize

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.

Dalrymple, Brown top bestseller list

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.

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Dalrymple, Brown dominate bestseller charts

William Dalrymple's Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India maintained its number one position in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list for the third consecutive week.

Here's what you should read this week

Kids Corner

Beastly tales

A collection of folktales from Nepal reads like a school primer, Sanchita Sharma writes.

Aravind Adiga’s book The White Tiger is the ninth winning novel to take its inspiration from India. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the Booker Prize.~Aravind Adiga, the 2008 Man Booker Prize winner, turns 35 today. Adiga is the third debut novelist to win after DBC Pierre in 2003 and Roy in 1997. Read story~(L-R)Aravind, Irish author Sebastian Barry, Amitav Ghosh, English author Linda Grant, English author Philip Hensher and Australian author Steve Toltz pose for a photo.~Adiga began his journalistic career as a financial journalist. His second book, Between the Assassinations features 12 interlinked short stories. ~ http://www.hindustantimes.com//Images/2009/10/00dae9ea-20cb-4a3a-b858-8fef5a7be349MediumRes.JPG,http://www.hindustantimes.com//Images/2009/10/c6b19229-ae32-4162-b429-501ac14529edMediumRes.JPG,http://www.hindustantimes.com//Images/2009/10/65417f5f-63c2-429a-aab8-66d518c3ccfbMediumRes.JPG,http://www.hindustantimes.com//Images/2009/10/00b6f3b2-69b3-4c4c-8c71-1e7a86f528b4MediumRes.JPG, 468007~468004~468006~468003~
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Celebrating Aravind Adiga
Aravind Adiga’s book The White Tiger is the ninth winning novel to take its inspiration from India. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the Booker Prize.

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Review: The Awakening

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.

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Palin’s memoir describes anguish

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.