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Renowned writer Ved Mehta, who took India to Americans, passes away at 86

Celebrated Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta, who overcame blindness and became widely known as the 20th-century writer most responsible for introducing American readers to India, has died at his......

RIP RK Laxman: Common Man just lost its first citizen

Capturing the entire gamut of idiosyncrasies of Indian politicians in an innocuous newspaper box with his cartoons, R K Laxman immortalised the passive, hapless common man with an uncanny......

'I'm a bit Muslim because I'm a real Hindu'

'Nobody is killing you in Kerala because you are Hindu unlike in North India where Muslims have been killed only because they are Muslims and were carrying some meat.'Illustration: Dominic......

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has died at a Pune hospital at the age of 94. Back in 1997, we had carried an excerpt from Past Forward, an autobiographical book which carried anecdotes of eminent......

Watch Frederick Forsyth's Movies On OTT

IMAGE: Best-selling novelist Frederick Forsyth passed into the ages on Monday, June 9, 2025. Photograph: Kind courtesy Frederick Forsyth/X After an exciting career as a journalist, MI6 asset and......

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

His cinema of compassion inspired me, gave me tools to develop empathy for others. But it also made me understand that serious, socially committed cinema with deeply engaging narratives and great......

Why is Akhil Sharma scared of ghosts?

Akhil Sharma, who was recently chosen as one of the 21 Best Young American Novelists by the British literary magazine Granta, makes an unusual confession: He is scared of ghosts.'I don't like to......

Watched These Amazing 2022 Movies?

As the pandemic slowed down in 2022, people across the world came back to movie theatres. This summer, Tom Cruise's refurbished Top Gun: Maverick became a huge global hit. And just around the time......

What inspired Rangoon?

Did the human drama provoked by the Japanese invasion of Burma and the Indian exodus from Rangoon inspire director Vishal Bhardwaj's forthcoming epic? IMAGE: Saif Ali Khan in Rangoon. The railway......

Best Of Young British Novelists

News for Best Of Young British Novelists

Renowned writer Ved Mehta, who took India to Americans, passes away at 86

RIP RK Laxman: Common Man just lost its first citizen

'I'm a bit Muslim because I'm a real Hindu'

The uncommon creator of that Common Man

Watch Frederick Forsyth's Movies On OTT

The Shyam Benegal I Knew

Why is Akhil Sharma scared of ghosts?

Watched These Amazing 2022 Movies?

What inspired Rangoon?

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