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.
Autobiography at 10!
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.
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.

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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.
    Beastly tales
    A collection of folktales from Nepal reads like a school primer, Sanchita Sharma writes.
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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.
    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.
    Designer author pens a book on saris
    Indian Saris: Traditions - Perspective - Design by Vijay Singh Katiyar is a book on the ancient yet elegant Indian attire. It sheds light on the sari's traditional significance and styles of weaving.
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    Shakespeare archive now on web
    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.
    Adiga's second novel to be out in 2011
    After winning the 2008 Man Booker Prize for his debut novel, The White Tiger, Indian-born author Aravind Adiga will publish his second venture Last Man in the Tower in early 2011. The book is set in Mumbai.

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