Perumal Murugan first Tamil writer to make it to Booker prize longlist

Indian author Perumal Murugan's Tamil novel Pyre is among 13 books from across Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America to make it to the longlist of the International Booker Prize 2023, announced by......

Hungarian author edges out India's Amitav Ghosh to bag Man Booker prize

Hungarian author Laszlo Krasznahorkai has won Britain’s prestigious Man Booker International prize for his achievement in fiction as he edged out India’s Amitav Ghosh and eight others......

Tokyo Games: The Math in Everything

I wondered how being scientist-mathematician helps one cycle better.Perhaps the self-discipline helps; perhaps it is the scientist-technologist perspective of breaking down the whole into separate......

Will China set the new world order?

China is where the action is, and from where new ideas ('String of Pearls', 'One Belt, One Road') emanate.The Belt-and-Road initiative alone is unmatched in its sweeping dimensions, says B S......

Is a new credit crash looming?

In Crosstown Traffic, Jimi Hendrix sang: "Can't you see my signals turn from green to red / And with you I can see a traffic jam straight up ahead."In global financial markets, the signals have......

Review: Udaan gives desi rock a boost

Prayag is a Hindi indie rock band (a Hindie band, we daresay?) that features Pranab Gohrain on vocals, Swapnil Bhumkar on bass, Virendra G Kaith on drums, Prasad Ruparel on guitars and rediff's own......

What Carlos Santana thinks about India

E-mail interviews are a tricky beast, especially when the person to be interviewed is someone like Carlos Santana, stories about whom are part of rock, guitar, and music legend. He once told an......

Amy Winehouse: Topping the charts, one last time

In the world of music, the ripe old age is 27. The terminal age is common to great musicians like Kurt Cobain, James Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and now Amy Winehouse, the newest entrant......

Kurt Cobain comes back to life -- in a videogame!

Late singer Kurt Cobain is set to feature in a new videogame called Guitar Hero 5. The Nirvana frontman will be playable in the game produced by gaming firm Activision, reports Contactmusic. Smells......

Sachin@50: 50 Interesting Facts

Photograph: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff.com On Monday, April 24, 2023, Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar will be 50 years old. For those of us who first saw him stride onto a cricket field aged 16 back in......