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Sri Lankan author Shehans The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida wins Booker Prize
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Sri Lankan author Shehan's 'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida' wins Booker Prize

'The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida’ tells the story of the photographer of its title, who in 1990 wakes up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office, with no idea who killed him, Maali has seven moons to contact the people he loves most
access_time 18 Oct 2022 3:03 PM IST
Ambedkar appears in traditional feudal lords attire in Unni Rs book, publisher draws flak
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Ambedkar appears in traditional feudal lord's attire in Unni R's book,...

access_time 20 Aug 2022 12:36 PM IST
TJ Josephs autobiography that tells story of his chopped off hand wins Kerala Sahitya Akademi award
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TJ Joseph's autobiography that tells story of his chopped off hand wins Kerala Sahitya Akademi award

R Rajashree and Vinoy Thomas shared the award for best novel. Anwar Ali won the award for poetry. Devdas VM won the...

access_time 28 July 2022 12:08 PM IST
Salman Rushdie tops in Queen Elizabeths list of Indian-origins to be honoured
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Salman Rushdie tops in Queen Elizabeth's list of Indian-origins to be honoured

Booker prize winner Salman Rushdie has been chosen to be honoured as the Companion of Honour for his valuable...

access_time 2 Jun 2022 12:12 PM IST
Geetanjalis novel in Hindi becomes first Indian language to be awarded Booker
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Geetanjali's novel in Hindi becomes first Indian language to be awarded Booker

Geetanjali Shree's 'Tomb of Sand' originally is 'Ret Samadhi' in Hindi, which was translated by Daisy Rockwell and is...

access_time 28 May 2022 10:44 AM IST
Tomb of Sand becomes 1st Hindi novel to win International Booker Prize
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'Tomb of Sand' becomes 1st Hindi novel to win International Booker Prize

Tomb of Sand’, originally ‘Ret Samadhi’ narrates the life of an 80-year-old woman who is depressed after her husband’s...

access_time 19 Aug 2023 12:23 PM IST
All set to welcome 6th edition of KLF
Kerala

All set to welcome 6th edition of KLF

Over 400 speakers, including Jeffrey Archer, Ada Yonath, Abhijit Banerjee, Arundhati Roy, Remo Fernandes, Sagarika...

access_time 2 Dec 2021 10:59 PM IST
Statue of Virginia Woolf by the Thames criticised for being insensitive
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Statue of Virginia Woolf by the Thames criticised for being insensitive

A statue of Virginia Woolf overlooking the Thames that was planned to honour her is being criticised for its...

access_time 22 Nov 2021 1:21 AM IST
Political tug of war to claim firebrand Tamil Poet Subramania Bharathi
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Political 'tug of war' to claim firebrand Tamil Poet Subramania Bharathi

Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has announced that the death anniversary of India's firebrand poet and...

access_time 11 Sept 2021 5:50 PM IST
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The Alchemist Kerala auto viral after Paulo Coelho tweets photo
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'The Alchemist' Kerala auto viral after Paulo Coelho tweets photo

Kochi: Pradeep, an auto driver in Kerala, had never imagined that printing the name of Paulo Coelho's name in English...

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Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu to return ONV Kurup literary prize
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Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu to 'return' ONV Kurup literary prize

Chennai:Popular Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu on Saturday announced 'returning' the ONV literary prize, instituted in memory...

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Legendary Assamese writer, journalist Homen Borgohain passes away at 88
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Memory, Modernity, and Madness: Reading Sadat Hasan Manto

January 18th marked the 66th death anniversary of Sadat Hasan Manto, one of the most prolific writers of a particular...

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Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta dies at 86
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Indian-American novelist Ved Mehta dies at 86

Best known for his 12-volume memoir, which focused on the troubled modern history of India and his early struggles with...

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Oxford identifies 16 words to define 2020

Unable to define 2020 in a single word, Oxford released a list of 16 words it believes to be definitive "of an...

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