May 4, 2013
Neelabh Banerjee on how he brought alive historic moments from Pandit Ravi Shankar’s life in a graphic book.
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April 29, 2013
Sahmat (Safdar Hashmi Memorial Trust), a Delhi based progressive cultural organisation which aims “to evaluate the life and work of those who were involved in the creative field in the cause of so...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
April 18, 2013
The departure of Thilakan left a vacuum in Malayalam cinema at various levels: it was not just the exit of a thespian from the film scene, an actor who combined in himself professional commitment...
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April 6, 2013
A writer considers the wisdom (or folly) of looking for truth in autobiographies, given the reactions to Gandhi’s My Experiments With Truth and Fakir Mohan Senapati’s The Story of My Life.
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March 28, 2013
The book is part of education campaign, says Malala, the schoolgirl who hopes her message will spread across globe
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Bangalore,
March 17, 2013
It was an evening suffused with nostalgia’s warmth, remembrance and anecdotes as the book, Pataudi: Nawab of Cricket, had its Bangalore launch at the Taj West End on Saturday.Sports...
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March 6, 2013
It was a relief to read Anuradha Veeravalli’s objection to Girish Karnad’s reference to her father K.J. Shah in a book (March 2). As a student, I heard Professor Shah at seminars. Later, I had the...
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BANGALORE,
March 2, 2013
Autobiographies, by definition subjective, often stoke controversies, with those who figure in the work or their kin feeling wronged or hurt by the way they are represented. Girish Karnad’s critic...
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February 18, 2013
Sometimes, what one says is infinitely more important than how one says it. When the content itself is persuasive, compelling and riveting, then style can be superfluous. And here, in My Journe...
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HYDERABAD,
January 21, 2013
Besides narrating the life of Rajinikanth, his book is an attempt at humanising the man behind the icon, says author Naman Ramachandran
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April 29, 2013
Eleanor Zelliot’s book Ambedkar’s World: The Making of Babasaheb and the Dalit Movement, is a reissue of a thought-provoking and readable work by one of the foremost scholars in dalit studi...
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NEW DELHI,
April 24, 2013
As his memoirs hit the stands, retired bureaucrat Robin Gupta shares the details
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HYDERABAD,
April 16, 2013
V.K. Saraswat, Director General, DRDO and Scientific Advisor to Defence Minister, on Monday emphasised the need to customise technology for social and economic transformation of the people. Speaki...
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April 1, 2013
He is perhaps one of the best lyricists in Hindi cinema that people of every living generation know, admire, revere, almost worship, even though he says, “After all these years, I still feel I don...
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NEW DELHI,
March 19, 2013
“When it matters, you will matter the most.” When Sachin Tendulkar said these inspiring words to Yuvraj Singh during the 2011 World Cup, the legendary batsman was trying to bring out the fighter i...
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March 11, 2013
When I picked up the fat new Marilyn Monroe biography, I thought I was in for a racy, gossipy read. Instead, I found an intense book that’s as much a revelation of the deeply psychotic Hollywood o...
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Bangalore,
March 4, 2013
This 300-page book not only depicts the life and works of eminent artist S.G. Vasudev but also provides an insight into visual arts in the State. On Sunday, also the 72 birthday of Mr. Vasu...
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February 18, 2013
Vinod Mehta has rummaged the memories and testimonies of the clique that surrounded Indira’s chosen heir
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NEW DELHI,
January 30, 2013
Lawyer Awais Sheikh talks about his book on Sarabjit Singh
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CHENNAI,
January 17, 2013
The biography tells the story of the actor with details hitherto unknown, including his differences with MGR, which ultimately led to his fall.
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