Kiran Desai, who has just won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction is the daughter of famous novelist Anita Desai, who was shortlisted thrice for the Booker!
Get Ahead reader Srinath Sridhar tells us a little about his favourite writers and books.
It is a pleasure to watch talented actresses break out of their comfort zones.
Aravind Adiga has won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2008 for his debut novel The White Tiger.
Shinde had retained most of the sitting MLAs, who chose to be with him when he led the rebellion two years ago. They delivered for him on Saturday when votes for the state polls were counted.
Kiran Desai on being a global celebrity.
'I miss it terribly now that I am back in New York,' says novelist Kiran Desai.
Spinner Shams Mulani (5/71) and Himanshu Singh (4/77) wreaked havoc by sharing nine wickets between them as defending champions Mumbai crushed Odisha.
Check out how India's athletes fared on Day 11, Tuesday, August 6, 2024:
We round off the week with some good, bad and ugly looks.
Rajasthan's Mahipal Lomror put the IPL franchises on alert ahead of the mega auction with a sensational triple hundred comprising a staggering 13 sixes and 25 fours in their Ranji Trophy Group B match against Uttarakhand here on Thursday.
India will send 117 athletes to the Paris Olympics, starting July 26 in the French capital. This will be India's second-biggest contingent at an Olympic Games after 121 athletes went to Tokyo in 2021. A total of 47 female and 70 male athletes will be part of the Indian contingent at the Games.
Spain's Javier Siverio produced the solitary goal as East Bengal beat Punjab FC 1-0 in the final Group A game to qualify for the knockout stages of the Durand Cup in Kolkata on Wednesday.
As he struggles in hospital, I wonder why anyone, especially someone who was not even born when The Satanic Verses was published, would want to harm a 75-year old man and a literary treasure, wonders Subhash K Jha.
Here's your complete guide to when India's athletes compete at the Paris Olympics, with dates, events, and timings in IST.
From melodrama to mockery (remember Amar and Prem's phony separated-at-Kumbh Mela reunion in a gag of Andaz Apna Apna?), there are numerous instances of its presence.
Saurashtra's middle-order batter Sheldon Jackson followed in senior teammate Cheteshwar Pujara's footsteps, completing his century on day two of their Ranji Trophy Group A tie against Rajasthan to guide the defending champions to a 300-plus total in Jaipur on Saturday.
Laapataa Ladies is gentle yet firm in calling out the hypocrisies colouring everyday mindsets and prejudices without acquiring the high-handedness of a crusader, observes Sukanya Verma.
Opener Shubham Rohilla struck his fourth first-class hundred to take Services to 279 for 4 against defending champions Saurashtra
Sachin Tendulkar said the whole idea behind his writing a letter to world boxing body AIBA was to save woman boxer L Sarita Devi's career from ending abruptly after the Asian Games controversy in Incheon.
Over 300 eminent personalities from the creative and scholarly community of India, including actor Naseeruddin Shah, filmmaker Mira Nair, vocalist TM Krishna, author Amitav Ghosh and historian Romila Thapar have expressed solidarity with the students and others protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens. Writers Anita Desai, Kiran Desai, actors Ratna Patak Shah, Jaaved Jafferi, Nandita Das, Lillete Dubey, sociologist Ashis Nandy, activists Sohail Hashmi and Shabnam Hashmi were also among the signatories.
About 3,500 jurists, academics, actors, artistes, writers and people from other walks of life called the registration of the FIR against The Wire's founding editor an attack on press freedom.
Narayan Jagadeesan followed up his double ton in the previous game with a magnificent triple century to help Tamil Nadu declare their first innings
A summary of Friday's action in the Ranji Trophy matches across the country.
Mayank Agarwal played a captain's knock of 109, as his side took a 64-run lead on Day 2
Producer Raj Kumar Barjatya passed away on February 21.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar blew away Bengal top-order in an incredible five-wicket haul
Ranbir Kapoor celebrated his 37th birthday with family and friends over the weekend.
A summary of Ranji matches played on Wednesday.
India's schedule on Day 4 of the Asian Games on Wednesday, September 27.
The country's oldest book awards saw some interesting wins.
The Uddhav Thackeray faction maintained that it would hold the annual event at the Shivaji Park despite the denial of permission.
The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival awards were held in Mumbai, and saw a mix of film and television stars in attendance.
The celebrities came to pay their condolences.
A roundup of the Vijay Hazare Trophy one-day matches played on Tuesday.
'This man changed the mindset of a generation.'
The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.
Shaw continued from his unbeaten 240 from overnight and brought up his triple ton.
Round-up of Ranji matches played on Tuesday.
