After DSC Prize, Sri Lankan author Arudpragasam bags Shakti Bhatt award

Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam, who won the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature on Saturday, has now bagged the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2017 for his debut novel The Story of a Brief......

6 authors make it to Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize shortlist

The Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2017 shortlist has been announced, with author and translator Arshia Sattar and poet and novelist Jeet Thayil choosing the names from 47 titles submitted for......

India's second retail revolution?

Is India finally ready to defer or even give up indulgence ownership? It would seem that way, going by two high-profile developments in the retail sector over the past month. At two opposite ends......

TV ads: Mobile cos beat FMCG

With Bharti Airtel making it to the list of top-ten advertisers of the year, cellular phone service providers as a category have overthrown fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) products such as toilet......

Voltas enters water treatment business

Voltas has entered the water treatment business and undertaken a project at Salt Lake City in Kolkata. "It is a pilot project and depending on its success, we will talk to other municipal......

Beer war hots up in India

Pints of Budweiser beer find their way to tables in a Mumbai restaurant that's not necessarily upscale. The recently introduced international brand is priced at a premium to other local offerings.......

The Top Five Kannada Films Of 2012

The year 2012 saw a few good Kannada films. Mostly, film-makers continued to rely on remakes and borrowed themes as a safe and easy route to success. But a few films caught the attention of......

Review: Edegaarike is brilliant

Srikanth Srinivasa says Kannada filmEdegaarikehas a gripping narration, excellent screenplay and an outstanding background music. Director Sumana Kittur has made a film that is a refreshing change......

Now, an underworld film by a woman director

Sumana D Kittur, a young woman journalist, broke all barriers in Kannada cinema by directing a male-oriented subject Slum Bala for her debut. Her next film Kallara Santhe, a political satire, won......

Bhavana returns to commercial films with Edegaarike

Bhavana, who was last seen in the offbeat Vimukthi, is returning to commercial Kannada films with Edegaarike. She will be paired opposite Kishore. Edegaarike is based on a book of the same name......