Dasgupta's book narrates the story of Ulrich -- a blind, reclusive 100-year-old man from Bulgaria -- embarks on an epic armchair journey through a century of violent politics, forbidden music, lost love and failed chemistry.
'There's this one scene in Gulmohar that belongs to Manojji and everyone was excited for him.' 'The evening before we were to shoot it, everyone, from Sharmilaji to the junior most actor, wished him luck.'
'He was suddenly nervous.'
'The next day, 14 actors, from Sharmilaji and Amol Palekar to Suraj Sharma, all watched him perform.' 'It was like being back in film school.'
Amid questions over his future, many political observers believe he has enhanced his political stature.
By filing his nomination as Congress president on Friday, Shashi Tharoor has shown he is no 'quockerwodger' -- a word he introduced into our lexicon which means someone acting on the instructions of an influential third party.
Three Indian authors are among the 12 candidates short-listed for the 2008 Commonwealth Writers' Prize, it was announced on Monday.
In Murr's book, Rajiv Travers, the child of an Indian mother and English father is abandoned, first to relatives in London and later to the care of his uncle's mistress, Ruth Winters, who lives in a small American town.
Two Nobel Laureates, four listed writers of this year's Man Booker Prize, Pulitzer Prize winners and finalists, winners of Commonwealth Writers' Prize, Crossword Prize and film stars will be the attraction at the most sought after literary event in India -- the Jaipur Literature Festival.
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