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A Suitable Boy Review: Mira Nair and Book Fans Finally Get Their Wish
A Suitable Boy review: Mira Nair adapts Vikram Seth’s 1993 book of the same name, with a cast led by Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala. A Suitable Boy release date is July 26 on BBC and TBA on Netflix. Watch A Suitable Boy trailer within.
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Justice Leila Seth, First Woman Judge Of Delhi High Court, Dies At 86
Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court, died at the age of 86 on Friday night in Uttar Pradesh's Noida region. She is survived by her husband, two sons and a daughter.
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Vikram Seth Says Indians Demeaning Others On Religion Not Fit To Be Leaders
Tolerance is the basic tenor of the country and any Indian who demeans others on the basis of food, religion and love is not worthy to be a leader, said novelist Vikram Seth, who had earlier supported Sahitya Akademi's condemnation of writers' killings.
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It's a Matter of Individual Choice: Mark Tully on Writers' Returning Awards
Veteran journalist Mark Tully said writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest against growing intolerance is a matter of individual choice.
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Fear and Terror Has Been Condemned: Vikram Seth on Sahitya Akademi Statement
Eminent author Vikram Seth today welcomed top literary body Sahitya Akademi's statement condemning attacks on writers and the alleged rise in intolerance in the country.
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Will Wait for Akademi Decision to Return Sahitya Award: Vikram Seth
Eminent novelist Vikram Seth has said he is awaiting the outcome of Sahitya Akademi's upcoming emergency meeting to decide whether or not to give up award conferred on him by the literary body.
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Homosexuality, History and Hypocrisy
IS has thrown a man to his death for being gay.
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Kolkata Literature Festival to Pay Homage to Jawaharlal Nehru
The sixth edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival this January would pay tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his 125th birth anniversary.
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The Book List Challenge on Facebook: Which Are Your Top 10?
It's time to bid the Ice and Rice Buckets goodbye and welcome the Book List Challenge. Was that a hurrah? If it was, then we know who you are, yes we do.
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In Patna, a literature festival tries to revive art and culture
On a gloomy, rained out Friday, the Patna Literature festival, now in its second year, and being held at the city museum, was the only silver lining.
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'To sneer at love is unnatural crime': Vikram Seth's poetic response to Supreme Court order on gay sex
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it will not review its controversial order that made gay sex criminal, a decision that has dismayed gay rights activists in India and is being criticised internationally. Author Vikram Seth, who calls the court ruling a defeat of human rights, spent a sleepless night putting his thoughts into a poem that he e-...
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Intolerance is violence, says Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth, the storyteller who helped India capture the world's imagination, was one of NDTV's 25 greatest global legends honoured by President Pranab Mukherjee today.
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Author Vikram Seth asked to return $1.7m advance paid for 'A Suitable Boy' sequel: report
Acclaimed Indian writer Vikram Seth has been asked to return a $1.7-million advance he was paid by his publisher to write a sequel to his 1993 classic "A Suitable Boy", a report said Tuesday.
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A Suitable Boy Review: Mira Nair and Book Fans Finally Get Their Wish
A Suitable Boy review: Mira Nair adapts Vikram Seth’s 1993 book of the same name, with a cast led by Tabu, Ishaan Khatter, Tanya Maniktala. A Suitable Boy release date is July 26 on BBC and TBA on Netflix. Watch A Suitable Boy trailer within.
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Justice Leila Seth, First Woman Judge Of Delhi High Court, Dies At 86
Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of the Delhi High Court, died at the age of 86 on Friday night in Uttar Pradesh's Noida region. She is survived by her husband, two sons and a daughter.
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Vikram Seth Says Indians Demeaning Others On Religion Not Fit To Be Leaders
Tolerance is the basic tenor of the country and any Indian who demeans others on the basis of food, religion and love is not worthy to be a leader, said novelist Vikram Seth, who had earlier supported Sahitya Akademi's condemnation of writers' killings.
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It's a Matter of Individual Choice: Mark Tully on Writers' Returning Awards
Veteran journalist Mark Tully said writers returning their Sahitya Akademi awards in protest against growing intolerance is a matter of individual choice.
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Fear and Terror Has Been Condemned: Vikram Seth on Sahitya Akademi Statement
Eminent author Vikram Seth today welcomed top literary body Sahitya Akademi's statement condemning attacks on writers and the alleged rise in intolerance in the country.
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Will Wait for Akademi Decision to Return Sahitya Award: Vikram Seth
Eminent novelist Vikram Seth has said he is awaiting the outcome of Sahitya Akademi's upcoming emergency meeting to decide whether or not to give up award conferred on him by the literary body.
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Homosexuality, History and Hypocrisy
IS has thrown a man to his death for being gay.
-
Kolkata Literature Festival to Pay Homage to Jawaharlal Nehru
The sixth edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival this January would pay tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru on his 125th birth anniversary.
-
The Book List Challenge on Facebook: Which Are Your Top 10?
It's time to bid the Ice and Rice Buckets goodbye and welcome the Book List Challenge. Was that a hurrah? If it was, then we know who you are, yes we do.
-
In Patna, a literature festival tries to revive art and culture
On a gloomy, rained out Friday, the Patna Literature festival, now in its second year, and being held at the city museum, was the only silver lining.
-
'To sneer at love is unnatural crime': Vikram Seth's poetic response to Supreme Court order on gay sex
The Supreme Court said on Tuesday that it will not review its controversial order that made gay sex criminal, a decision that has dismayed gay rights activists in India and is being criticised internationally. Author Vikram Seth, who calls the court ruling a defeat of human rights, spent a sleepless night putting his thoughts into a poem that he e-...
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Intolerance is violence, says Vikram Seth
Vikram Seth, the storyteller who helped India capture the world's imagination, was one of NDTV's 25 greatest global legends honoured by President Pranab Mukherjee today.
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Author Vikram Seth asked to return $1.7m advance paid for 'A Suitable Boy' sequel: report
Acclaimed Indian writer Vikram Seth has been asked to return a $1.7-million advance he was paid by his publisher to write a sequel to his 1993 classic "A Suitable Boy", a report said Tuesday.
