Akhil Sharma on his twelve and half year-long journey, writing 7,000 pages for a novel, Family Life: I was...
Day: April 15, 2014
PM's daughter hits out at Sanjaya Baru, says he betrayed Manmohan Singh: CNN-IBN Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's family has come...
India-born poet Vijay Seshadri has won the prestigious 2014 Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for his collection of poems...
The Blue Fox,the first contemporary novel from Iceland, translated from Icelandic to Chinese. China has been introduced to more than 70 Icelandic authors in the past century , more than 200 different kinds of works. "We're very acquainted with literature from Northern Europe," says Shi Qin'e, a professor...
The first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing opened but did not close its doors on Tuesday, to the applause of a bookish public. The Sanlian Taofen Bookstore, owned by China Publishing Group Corp., announced on Tuesday that 10-day trial of the 24-hour bookstore from Tuesday until April 18, and if the trial goes smoothly the store may never close again. Manager Zhang Zuozhen said 3 million yuan (US dollars 480,000) has been invested in theoperation. The news was met with a warm welcome from netizens. Read More
On May 3, 1946, the indictments were read at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East. Among the defendants...
Another foreign correspondent falls for clichés in his haste to explain a country he has scarcely understood: Prayag Akbar in...
Celebrated Bengali novelist Sankar’s Thackeray Mansion offers a mosaic of the peoples and cultures that make up Calcutta: Open There...
India had encroached on the edge of Morgan’s mind before now, not a place so much as an idea. It...
Kamila Shamsie’s novel showcases a remarkable knowledge of history, geography and the ability to transport readers into a different zone:...
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