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Yet again, Amitav Ghosh sails on opium

Man and opium have a relationship that goes back to the infancy of mankind. Human civilization is inconceivable without it,' Amitav Ghosh said during an interview with an American radio station in......

What Amitav Ghosh said at Dan David prize ceremony

Unperturbed by criticisms over accepting the prestigious Dan David prize, noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh has said that he is "equally disappointed by those running this campaign of......

Amitav Ghosh wins prestigious Dan David Prize

Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh has won the prestigious Dan David Prize for his remarkable reworking of the great tradition of the Western novel in transnational terms.The one million dollar award......

Reject Dan David Prize: Activists to Amitav Ghosh

A host of pro-Palestine activists has urged eminent writer Amitav Ghosh not to accept the Tel Aviv-based Dan David Prize.Many organisations, particularly, the British Committee for the Universities......

Amitav Ghosh's advice to budding writers: Work hard!

Author and co-winner of the Crossword Book Award 2009 in the Fiction category, the much sought after Amitav Ghosh, found himself swamped by admirers at the Crossword Book Award......

Jerry Rao's mission: Affordable housing

When I broached the subject of 'Lunch with BS', with Jaithirth (Jerry) Rao, he'd said he would prefer to have a simple meal at home rather than in a restaurant. So I head out in the pouring rain to......

Big bucks? Authors too are getting them

Authors have finally started making news in India, with the size of their book advances and not just their books themselves. Ramachandra Guha had publishers vying to offer him upwards of a crore of......

Are the IIMs profiteering?

(This is a sequel to the article by this author [April 1] that looked at the issue from the perspective of the student. This article tries to complete the discussion by looking at the proposed fee......

Deepa Mehta makes film on Midnight's Children

Known for her daring choice of subjects in filmmaking, director Deepa Mehta has now taken up yet another challenge of adapting Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children into a film. The Booker prize......

'8 is inoffensive to Islam'

An educated Muslim woman in New York decides to leave her husband and son to become the second wife of a traditional Muslim man and wear a veil. Eyebrows will surely be raised at the short film......

Lost in translation

In a few weeks when Manil Suri, a professor of mathematics at the University of Maryland, will begin promoting his new book The Age of Shiva, some of his fans may want to revisit his first book The......

People speak for amitav ghosh

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Q. Who is your favourite novelist?
Subhash: A. more

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Q. WHICH EMPEROR IS NOT ASSOCCIATED WITH ANY BATTLE OF PANIPATA. AKBAR B.IBRAHIMLODIC.SHERSHA D.BABARINNINGBOOK ' THE EMPEROR OF ALL MALADIES"A.AMITAV GHOSH
Subhash: A. b.ibrahimlodiHowever, there were two battles occured in Panipath, the first (possibly in 1526 ) and another in 1556. more

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Q. Which Author's Experiences in Egypt have been published as "The Imam and Indian ??
Sitapati Rao: A. Amitav Ghosh. more

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Q. Who is your favorite Indian writer and which is your favorite contribution by him/her?
SriniVenkat: A. Muktha, though it is a certain kind of question and you expect members to answer in singular manner, but as an ardent lover of literature, I feel...... more

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Separating chaff from corn?

The hurried manner in which the Delhi University administration has drafted and implemented a four-year programme so apparently ridden with... ...

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Why I'm suddenly in love with Bengali-ness

Jhumpa Lahiri keeps interpreting the many maladies of Bengalis and their worlds. Maybe, it's a being-in-your-30s phenomenon. Maybe, it's becoming... ...

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Zac OYeah

He speaks passionately of his life in Bangalore, and claims to know the city better than the bus drivers here. Author Zac OYeah thinks it's karma... ...

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Ramanujan works dropped from new DU syllabus

As part of its shift to the four-year format for undergraduate students, Delhi University has dropped the works of scholar A K Ramanujan whose... ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/ramanujan-works-dropped-from-new-du-syllabus/1117664/

A film has to be reflective of contemporary changes

rummana ahmed catches up with Mira NairWHILE finishing The Namesake in New York in 2007, Mira Nair read the manuscript of Mohsin Hamid's... ...

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Yet again, Amitav Ghosh sails on opium

What Amitav Ghosh said at Dan David prize ceremony

Amitav Ghosh wins prestigious Dan David Prize

Reject Dan David Prize: Activists to Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh's advice to budding writers: Work hard!

Jerry Rao's mission: Affordable housing

Big bucks? Authors too are getting them

Are the IIMs profiteering?

Deepa Mehta makes film on Midnight's Children

'8 is inoffensive to Islam'

Lost in translation

People speak for amitav ghosh

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