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'Aliens are a projection of our fear' ‘Aliens are a projection of our fear...

British Indian novelist Hari Kunzru' new novel, Gods Without Men, explores a community awaiting extra terrestrial contact. Here the author waxes eloquent about his book, aliens and more.

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British author Salman Rushdie has won a tussle with Facebook over his profile page on the social network. Rushdie's run-in with Facebook stemmed from his insistence he be allowed to use his middle name - Salman- instead of his first name - Ahmed - on Facebook. But the Facebook team...

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Review: Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography Review: Freddie Mercury: The Definitive Biography

Rock journalist Lesley-Ann Jones’s biography is cleverly timed, coming when Queen fans are celebrating the band’s 40th anniversary. It sets out to explore the life and times of the enigmatic Mercury.

Review: Inside Coca-Cola Review: Inside Coca-Cola

Inside Coca-Cola gives the story from the perspective of an insider, following the business from Northern Ireland to South Africa to Australia, the Philippines, Russia, Germany, India, and Turkey, all the while championing the ideal of corporate responsibility.

 

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Posted at 2:05 pm on August 18, 2011
The language, the fleshing out of characters, the local flavour, everything adds to give the book a flavour, which is reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Tanya V...

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Q. Which are the best modern historical fictions written lately? (India)
Posted at 10:19 AM on Sep 6, 2011

Sadly I cannot recommend my own book, The Lotus Queen! There are however a wide variety of historical books out there right now by authors such as I. Sundaresan and ...

Posted at 10:26 AM on Sep 6, 2011

I have just read, and can highly recommend, the Folktales of the Punjab by Flora Annie Steel. Its a little dated, written over a hundred years ago by a Britisher, bu...

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A festival with a difference

Over April 21 and 22, Mumbai hosted its first literary festival for children. Held in the sprawling grounds of St Anthony’s School in Chembur in the city’s eastern suburbs, it was a wonderful occasion, filled with writing workshops, storytelling sessions, panel discussions, and much more. It was very heartening to...

Funny and furious

After the disappointment of his last book, The Possibility of an Island, Michel Houellebecq – called, among other things, “France’s greatest literary export” – returns to his audacious, sardonic self in his new novel, The Map and the Territory. While a lot is made of Houellebecq’s nihilism and despair (Elementary Particles,...

 

ask the expert

Q. Which are the best modern historical fictions written lately? (India)
Posted at 10:19 AM on Sep 6, 2011

Sadly I cannot recommend my own book, The Lotus Queen! There are however a wide variety of historical books out there right now by authors such as I. Sundaresan and ...

Posted at 10:26 AM on Sep 6, 2011

I have just read, and can highly recommend, the Folktales of the Punjab by Flora Annie Steel. Its a little dated, written over a hundred years ago by a Britisher, bu...

discussion forum

Posted on 8 May 2012, 12:08 pm
Have you ever helped educate an underprivileged child?

User reviews

Posted at 2:05 pm on August 18, 2011
The language, the fleshing out of characters, the local flavour, everything adds to give the book a flavour, which is reminiscent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.Tanya V...
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