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When Chetan Bhagat locked horns with Pak literary greats

On Day One of the Times of India Literary Carnival in Mumbai, Chetan Bhagat took on his two Pakistani counterparts Mohammed Hanif and Mohsin Hamid. Here's what happened. One of the early sessions......

'Musharraf is estranging his supporters'

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf risks taking his country backwards by prolonging his rule and it is time that America realises that scare stories, notwithstanding, a more democratic Pakistan......

Indra Sinha shortlisted for Man Booker Prize

Indian novelist Indra Sinha is among six authors shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Britain's most prestigious award for fiction. Sinha has been selected for his novel Animal's People, which is......

Neither India nor US behind Pak's miseries, but ...: Ex-PM Nawaz Sharif

Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday said neither India nor the US was behind the cash-strapped country's miseries but "we shot ourselves in our foot", indirectly referring to......

Army jawan held for passing secret info to Pakistan's ISI

Haryana Police on Thursday said it arrested an Army personnel for allegedly passing secret information to Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. IMAGE: Pakistan border. Image used only for......

Help yourself to get filthy rich

With the cunning of a master thief, author Mohsin Hamid has stolen the form of a self-improvement guide with chapter heads that alternate between the mundane and the cynical One of the most......

'It's not my job to defend Pakistan'

Nationalism only comes second to a writer whose primary morality is as a human being, Mohsin Hamid tells Abhishek Mande, as Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on his book, hits the......

The Oscar winner who picked Irrfan Khan

16 years after The Warrior, Asif Kapadia and Irrfan Khan will team up once again for the cinematic adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's Moth Smoke.Monali Sarkar reports. Asif Kapadia takes us through the......

Here's what makes Gatsby GREAT, and Fundamentalist RELUCTANT

The Great Gatsby and The Reluctant Fundamentalist are two attempts to make moralising novels into spectacular movies. Here's why the first succeeds and the other fails. The first book that Mohsin......

When America was ATTACKED!

Mira Nair's The Reluctant Fundamentalist, based on Pakistani author Mohsin Hamid's novel of the same name, tells the story of a Pakistani banker torn between his American dream and the aftermath of......

'Reluctant Fundamentalist not directly inspired by 9/11'

Mira Nair's latest film, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, is said to be a thriller. Adapted from Mohsin Hamid's international bestseller of the same name, the film set in America and Pakistan is much......

IPL Auction: Shami, Iyer for Rs 2 cr

IMAGE: Mohammed Shami celebrates taking a wicket for the Punjab Kings during IPL 2021. Photograph: BCCI The top Indian players, including Mohammed Shami, Shikhar Dhawan, Ravichandran Ashwin and......