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"Go See Preamble": Supreme Court Junks Plea In Banu Mushtaq-Dussehra Row
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition challenging the Karnataka government's decision to invite Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq as the chief guest to Dussehra festivities at the famous Chamundeshwari Hills on Monday.
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Will Fight Those Against Dasara Invite To Banu Mushtaq Legally: Siddaramaiah
Those opposing International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq inaugurating this year's 'Mysuru Dasara' will be fought both politically and legally, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said.
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"Thank All Kannadigas Of Karnataka": Author Banu Mushtaq On Dasara Invite
Amid a growing and contentious row over the Dasara invitation to Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq, the district administration of Mysuru on Wednesday visited the home of the writer at Ameer Mohalla in Karnataka's Hassan city to officially invite her
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Siddaramaiah Calls Dasara 'Secular', Defends Invite To Banu Mushtaq
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday defended the decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year's Mysuru Dasara, describing the event as a "secular" and "cultural" festival for all communities.
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Temples Not "Secular Places": Minister Slams Congress Amid Dasara Invite Row
The Karnataka government's invite to Booker Prize-winning author and activist Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Dasara festival in Mysuru is snowballing and turning into a Congress versus BJP fight.
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'Emotional Explosions, Turmoil Are Universal': International Booker Winner
Journalist, lawyer, author and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose "Heart Lamp" won the International Booker Prize, said her stories of Muslim women from traditional south Indian families had resonated with the global audience.
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Meet Irish Author Paul Lynch, Winner Of Booker Prize For 'Prophet Song'
Prophet Song beat five other finalists, chosen from 163 novels submitted by publishers.
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"Time Shelter": Bulgarian Writer Georgi Gospodinov Wins International Booker Prize
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel were named Tuesday winners of the International Booker Prize with the novel "Time Shelter" -- a first for a book in Bulgarian.
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Shashi Tharoor Calls For Nobel For This "Greatest" India-Born Writer
In his effusive praise for Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, politician and author Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asserted that the "overdue" Nobel Prize should not be withheld any longer from the "greatest living Indian writer."
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"Hindi Is My Comfort Language": International Booker Winner Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree, the first Hindi author to win the International Booker Prize, said Hindi is her comfort language and it is through this language that "I want to express myself better."
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Booker Winner's Agra Event Cancelled Over Alleged Remark On Deities
An event to honour International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree in Agra on Saturday was called off by the organisers after a complaint was filed against the author alleging there are some objectionable comments about Indian deities in her novel
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20 To 87 - Booker Longlist 2022 Features Oldest And Youngest Ever Nominees
The list of 13 novels will be whittled down to a shortlist on September 6, before the prestigious British award is conferred on October 17, handing its winner a career-changing boost in sales and public profile.
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Shashi Tharoor Raises "Strawberry Toast" With Booker Prize Winner
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday shared a photo with novelist Geetanjali Shree, who won this year's International Booker Prize for Ret Samadhi (A Tomb of Sand).
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Author Arundhati Roy Talks About "India Of Today", Calls It "A Shame"
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy has compared "India of today" to a plane moving in reverse and claimed that it was "headed for a crash".
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Booker Prize Pits Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Against 4 Emerging Stars
Britain's storied Booker Prize will pit literary giants Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie against four emerging stars when it unveils the winner on Monday on its 50th anniversary award.
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"Go See Preamble": Supreme Court Junks Plea In Banu Mushtaq-Dussehra Row
The Supreme Court has rejected a petition challenging the Karnataka government's decision to invite Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq as the chief guest to Dussehra festivities at the famous Chamundeshwari Hills on Monday.
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Will Fight Those Against Dasara Invite To Banu Mushtaq Legally: Siddaramaiah
Those opposing International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq inaugurating this year's 'Mysuru Dasara' will be fought both politically and legally, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has said.
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"Thank All Kannadigas Of Karnataka": Author Banu Mushtaq On Dasara Invite
Amid a growing and contentious row over the Dasara invitation to Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq, the district administration of Mysuru on Wednesday visited the home of the writer at Ameer Mohalla in Karnataka's Hassan city to officially invite her
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Siddaramaiah Calls Dasara 'Secular', Defends Invite To Banu Mushtaq
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday defended the decision to invite International Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate this year's Mysuru Dasara, describing the event as a "secular" and "cultural" festival for all communities.
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Temples Not "Secular Places": Minister Slams Congress Amid Dasara Invite Row
The Karnataka government's invite to Booker Prize-winning author and activist Banu Mushtaq to inaugurate the Dasara festival in Mysuru is snowballing and turning into a Congress versus BJP fight.
-
'Emotional Explosions, Turmoil Are Universal': International Booker Winner
Journalist, lawyer, author and activist Banu Mushtaq, whose "Heart Lamp" won the International Booker Prize, said her stories of Muslim women from traditional south Indian families had resonated with the global audience.
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Meet Irish Author Paul Lynch, Winner Of Booker Prize For 'Prophet Song'
Prophet Song beat five other finalists, chosen from 163 novels submitted by publishers.
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"Time Shelter": Bulgarian Writer Georgi Gospodinov Wins International Booker Prize
Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel were named Tuesday winners of the International Booker Prize with the novel "Time Shelter" -- a first for a book in Bulgarian.
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Shashi Tharoor Calls For Nobel For This "Greatest" India-Born Writer
In his effusive praise for Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, politician and author Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday asserted that the "overdue" Nobel Prize should not be withheld any longer from the "greatest living Indian writer."
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"Hindi Is My Comfort Language": International Booker Winner Geetanjali Shree
Geetanjali Shree, the first Hindi author to win the International Booker Prize, said Hindi is her comfort language and it is through this language that "I want to express myself better."
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Booker Winner's Agra Event Cancelled Over Alleged Remark On Deities
An event to honour International Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree in Agra on Saturday was called off by the organisers after a complaint was filed against the author alleging there are some objectionable comments about Indian deities in her novel
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20 To 87 - Booker Longlist 2022 Features Oldest And Youngest Ever Nominees
The list of 13 novels will be whittled down to a shortlist on September 6, before the prestigious British award is conferred on October 17, handing its winner a career-changing boost in sales and public profile.
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Shashi Tharoor Raises "Strawberry Toast" With Booker Prize Winner
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday shared a photo with novelist Geetanjali Shree, who won this year's International Booker Prize for Ret Samadhi (A Tomb of Sand).
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Author Arundhati Roy Talks About "India Of Today", Calls It "A Shame"
Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy has compared "India of today" to a plane moving in reverse and claimed that it was "headed for a crash".
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Booker Prize Pits Margaret Atwood, Salman Rushdie Against 4 Emerging Stars
Britain's storied Booker Prize will pit literary giants Margaret Atwood and Salman Rushdie against four emerging stars when it unveils the winner on Monday on its 50th anniversary award.
