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Austrian writer Peter Handkes Nobel literature prize win on Thursday sparked outrage in Albania, Bosnia and Kosovo, where he is widely seen as an admirer of late Serbian strongman Slobodan Milosevic. (Photo: AFP)

Shame is sealed as a new value': Outrage over Nobel for Peter Handke

Emir Suljagic, a survivor of the massacre of more than 8,000 Muslim males from Srebrenica by Serbs, echoed him.

11 Oct 2019 11:17 AM IST

Writing this book was necessary: Necessary, because the nature of this profession was on a somersault, says Sangeet Sharma.

It was important that someone bell the cat - I became the bell; and I...

Laughter is said to be the best elixir and the book is a satire on architecture and building industry.

19 Jan 2019 12:02 PM IST

Jiggs Kalra worked as a food columnist, food consultant and author. He was instrumental in taking Indian cuisine to the international stage. (Photo: Instagram @zkalra)

Jiggs Kalra, the Czar of Indian cuisine', no more

Jiggs Kalra, the man who took Indian cuisine to a global stage, passed away at 72.

4 Jun 2019 4:56 PM IST

Shankar, who started his career as a clerk to the last British barrister of the Calcutta High Court, Noel Frederick Barwell, will now take up the reins as the new Sheriff of Kolkata, a coveted post under Calcutta High Court and appointed by the Governor of Bengal. (Photo: Facebook)

Eminent author Sankar takes over as new Sheriff of Kolkata

Sankar's first book around Law Court began shortly after Barwell's demise in 1953 following a heart attack in Madras...

4 July 2019 5:11 PM IST

Renowned novelist and playwright Kiran Nagarkar passed away at the age of 77 after a brief illness here at a hospital on Thursday. (Photo: ANI)

Renowned author, playwright Kiran Nagarkar passes away at 77 in Mumbai

Nagarkar, who was born in Mumbai in 1942, published his first novel, 'Saat Sakkam Trechalis', in Marathi in 1974 at the...

6 Sept 2019 8:23 AM IST

Meet the engineer who is into constructing poems, telling stories and...

A civil engineer turned storyteller, Sabarna Roy shows his profound understanding of dualism of human life

22 Sept 2020 6:04 PM IST

Pallavi Kodan, author and a social worker, became a writer at the age of 25.

Its never too early or too late to be a writer - Pallavi Kodan

Kodan's love for books used to come out in her subject and she used to take storytelling sessions back then

7 March 2021 8:45 PM IST

Milan Kunderas last work was A Kidnapped West: The Tragedy of Central Europe, published this year. (Image: DC)

AA EDIT | Farewell Milan Kundera

An author, once quoted by a journalist, is no longer master of his word

14 July 2023 12:00 AM IST

Author Ruskin Bond celebrates his birthday by cutting a cake with children who share their birthdays with him, at Cambridge Bookstore in Mussoorie, on Saturday. (Photo: PTI)

Happy birthday Ruskin Bond! As author turns 84, he urges kids to read...

He spent time at his favourite bookstore with fans and cut cake which had book jacket image of latest work "Ranji and...

19 May 2018 9:49 PM IST

The idea for the initiative came to their mind when their self publishing arm The Write Place started getting a lot of talented young authors who would approach them to publish their books. (Photo: Pixabay)

Literateur Prafulla Das passes away

Das was a bachelor and was suffering from old age related ailments.

3 March 2018 8:36 PM IST

The IITian author adds that the most important motive he had was that he wanted to write a book.

A bit of science, innovation and a lot of story telling

A bit of science, innovation and a lot of story telling

16 March 2018 9:28 PM IST

Books give us the ability to see things from different perspectives. They educate us, entertain us, force us to think upon certain issues. (Photo: Pixabay)

Authors share more about their favourite reads on Book Lovers Day

For book lovers, manuscripts act as a much needed source of escape from the monotony of daily life.

9 Aug 2018 3:26 PM IST