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Sahitya Akademi Awards Presented To 24 Indian Authors
Twenty four eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages were felicitated today by the Sahitya Akademi at its annual Festival of Letters.
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Indian Author Dedicates Book to Intelligentsia Protesting Against Intolerance
A Singapore-based Indian author has launched a short-story book, dedicating it to the writers, filmmakers and intellectuals who are protesting against growing intolerance in India.
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Booker Prize Has Become Tougher, More Covetable: Anuradha Roy
Expansion of the Man Booker Prize ambit to include authors from all over the world has made the prestigious literary prize "much tougher and more covetable" says Anuradha Roy, the only Indian author longlisted for it this year.
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India Needs to Learn From UK to Protect Authors: Veteran Journalist Mark Tully
India has a huge pool of authors contributing to the country's literature but it needs to learn how to protect them and their work from attack by vociferous forces, veteran journalist and author Mark Tully has said.
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Eat the Sky Drink the Ocean- Indian, Aussie Authors Pen Book
A group of authors from India and Australia have attempted to connect the two countries through an anthology of stories, which touch upon shared concerns and overlapping issues.
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Murdered author Sushmita Banerjee was planning to return to India, says friend
In a fresh twist, a friend of murdered author Sushmita Banerjee today claimed the latter was under mental trauma over marital problems and planned to return to India on September 6, but was killed a day before. Ms Banerjee's family said there were "loopholes" in the claims.
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Taliban deny role in Indian author Sushmita Banerjee's killing
The Taliban today denied shooting dead Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, whose murder Afghan officials blamed on the insurgent militia fighting against the government for 12 years.
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Sushmita Banerjee: The woman who had said, 'The way I fought against Taliban, every woman should too'
"The way I fought against Taliban, every girl, every woman should fight too" - Indian author Sushmita Banerjee had uttered these words nearly a decade ago. The writer, famous for her memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, was shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban men.
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The new breed of popular fiction authors in India
Gone are the days when commercial fiction books written by western authors dominated our book shelves. Now that space is increasingly being taken up by young Indian authors whose writing is vibrant, personal, and clicks instantly with the reader.
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Dog catchers chase strays in Delhi Games venues
Local authorities in New Delhi said Friday they had begun rounding up stray dogs that have been spotted in the venues of the Commonwealth Games.
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Sahitya Akademi Awards Presented To 24 Indian Authors
Twenty four eminent authors writing in as many Indian languages were felicitated today by the Sahitya Akademi at its annual Festival of Letters.
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Indian Author Dedicates Book to Intelligentsia Protesting Against Intolerance
A Singapore-based Indian author has launched a short-story book, dedicating it to the writers, filmmakers and intellectuals who are protesting against growing intolerance in India.
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Booker Prize Has Become Tougher, More Covetable: Anuradha Roy
Expansion of the Man Booker Prize ambit to include authors from all over the world has made the prestigious literary prize "much tougher and more covetable" says Anuradha Roy, the only Indian author longlisted for it this year.
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India Needs to Learn From UK to Protect Authors: Veteran Journalist Mark Tully
India has a huge pool of authors contributing to the country's literature but it needs to learn how to protect them and their work from attack by vociferous forces, veteran journalist and author Mark Tully has said.
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Eat the Sky Drink the Ocean- Indian, Aussie Authors Pen Book
A group of authors from India and Australia have attempted to connect the two countries through an anthology of stories, which touch upon shared concerns and overlapping issues.
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Murdered author Sushmita Banerjee was planning to return to India, says friend
In a fresh twist, a friend of murdered author Sushmita Banerjee today claimed the latter was under mental trauma over marital problems and planned to return to India on September 6, but was killed a day before. Ms Banerjee's family said there were "loopholes" in the claims.
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Taliban deny role in Indian author Sushmita Banerjee's killing
The Taliban today denied shooting dead Indian writer Sushmita Banerjee, whose murder Afghan officials blamed on the insurgent militia fighting against the government for 12 years.
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Sushmita Banerjee: The woman who had said, 'The way I fought against Taliban, every woman should too'
"The way I fought against Taliban, every girl, every woman should fight too" - Indian author Sushmita Banerjee had uttered these words nearly a decade ago. The writer, famous for her memoir about her dramatic escape from the Taliban, was shot dead in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban men.
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The new breed of popular fiction authors in India
Gone are the days when commercial fiction books written by western authors dominated our book shelves. Now that space is increasingly being taken up by young Indian authors whose writing is vibrant, personal, and clicks instantly with the reader.
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Dog catchers chase strays in Delhi Games venues
Local authorities in New Delhi said Friday they had begun rounding up stray dogs that have been spotted in the venues of the Commonwealth Games.
