Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize shortlist announced

The Shakti Bhatt Foundation announces the 2009 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize shortlist: If It is Sweet, Mridula Koshy (Westland-Tranquebar) Arzee the Dwarf, Chandrahas Choudhury (HarperCollins)......

Rohini Mohan wins 2015 Shakti Bhatt First Book prize

Rohini Mohan has bagged the Shakti Bhatt First Book prize 2015 for her book, The Seasons of Trouble. “The shortlist this year was diverse and spectacular, but we unanimously agreed to award......

Pakistan's Bilal Tanweer wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize

Lahore-based author Bilal Tanweer has won the 2014 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for his novel The Scatter Here Is Too Great. In its seventh year, the prize money has been increased to Rs 2......

Jamil Ahmad wins Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize

Jamil Ahmad has won the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2011 for his book The Wandering Falcon. The Wandering Falcon had very strong competition from the other five titles on the shortlist,......

Faadu: A Love Story Review: Half-Baked Show

Faadu: A Love Story looks like one of those old movies with a socialist bent that glorified honest poverty and looked down upon ambition and enterprise, notes Deepa Gahlot. That slang word in the......

What Makes Kantara And Brahmastra The 'Chosen Ones'

As much as we enjoy and write reams and reams about our amazement at the Kantara climax, 30 years on from now, will we remember these portions more fondly or the ones where Shiva is simply hanging......

10 times Kangana's sister proved she's a Twitter Terror

Photograph: Kind courtesy Rangoli Chandel Rangoli Chandel is in the news again. This time, for reportedly spreading communal hate through her Twitter posts. Reported by some fellow users,......