Hilary Mantel wins 2009 Man Booker Prize

In a short-list bereft of Indian writers, this year's Man Booker prize has gone to British novelist Hilary Mantel for her gripping 16th century tale titled Wolf Hall. Mantel, 57, received 50,000......

Special: The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay

It seemsin fashion to examine the underbelliesof India's turbulentmegacities. Whether it's Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire in cinema or Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger in literature, domestic......

Mohammad Hanif wins first Shakti Bhatt award

What perplexes Pakistani writer Mohammad Hanif, who won the first Shakti Bhatt award beating Booker winner Aravind Adiga, is the unavailability of Indian books and magazines in his country when he......

Spotted: Aravind Adiga in Mumbai

We spotted newly-minted Man Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga outside the rediff.com office in Mahim, central Mumbai on Thursday. He was visiting another media organisation in the building.......

Adarsh Gourav scores BAFTA nomination for 'White Tiger'

Indian actor Adarsh Gourav has bagged the leading actor BAFTA nod for his performance in the Netflix film "The White Tiger", the British Academy announced on Tuesday. IMAGE: Adarsh Gourav,......

Which book-to-screen is YOUR fave? VOTE!

In Parineeti Chopra's upcoming Netflix release The Girl On The Train, the actress goes against type to play an alcoholic, whose obsession around a happily married couple lands her in the middle of......

Here's what to WATCH on OTT

The OTT menu is hot as ever. Sukanya Verma tells us everything we can try out this week. JamunWhere to watch?Language: Eros Now Fine performances by Raghuvir Yadav and Shweta Basu Prasad are......

The White Tiger review

The White Tiger makes a stinging commentary on New India's half-baked vision, but Ramin Bahrani isn't telling a Slumdog fairy tale here, observes Sukanya Verma. Things are in a state of disarray......