'Allen loved Calcutta, where poets were worshipped

In the early 1960s, journalist and Sikh historian Khushwant Singh met with a group of hippies who told him that they had left America for an Indian sojourn because they were fed up with......

'I wanted to write how war affects civil life'

In V V Ganeshananthan's thought-provoking and moving first novel Love Marriage, Kumaran, a dying former Tamil Tiger, triggers a series of reactions in his last days that provoke some people close......

Bookies favour Rushdie to win 'Best of Booker'

India-born Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children is the bookies' favourite to win the 'Best of Booker' prize that will be announced this month to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the prestigious......

Chinua Achebe wins 2007 Man Booker Prize

Nigerian-born Chinua Achebe, considered the father of modern African writing, has won the second Man Booker International Prize worth 60,000 pounds, edging out, among others, Indian-born Salman......

Such an epic journey!

A long-drawn story dealing with war, destruction and hope, Cold Mountain is also about the discoveries its main characters, especially the one-named soldier Inman, make around themselves and within......