Young India wants jobs, girls, social status: Chetan Bhagat
August 6th, 2012 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) "Meri Naukri, Meri Chokri (My job, my girl)". Young India's rallying cry is simple. They want love, they want money and they want stature ... Read more...
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Hamid Ansari releases Shashi Tharoor’s new book
July 12th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 11 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari Wednesday released a book on India's foreign affairs, "Pax Indica: India and the World of the 21st Century" by ... Read more...
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From same IIT Delhi room springs another writer
February 20th, 2012 - 10:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) It might just be haunted by the ghost of a writer! For, NB 24 at Kumaon Hostel of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) ... Read more...
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Love yourself for right body: Yana Gupta (With Image)
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Jan 22 (IANS) If you want to look right, you have to learn to love your body, says model-turned-Bollywood item girl Yana Gupta who is also a budding non-fiction ... Read more...
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Cinema, dieting, Delhi on book shelf (IANS Books This Week) (Lead, Superseding earlier story)
January 7th, 2012 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A compilation of short stories on women, the story of a budding lawyer wrongly diagnosed with cancer, the confessions of a serial dieter, an anthology ... Read more...
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Weight loss, cinema, Delhi on book shelf (IANS Books This Week)
January 7th, 2012 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) A compilation of short stories on women, the tale of a budding lawyer wrongly diagnosed with cancer, the confessions of a serial killer, an anthology ... Read more...
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Intellectuals, artists support Hazare; raise questions too!
August 16th, 2011 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) A small band of writers, painters and intellectuals has been throwing their might with social activist Anna Hazare's fight against corruption - to lend ... Read more...
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Kashmiri people have Dravidian genes, says writer French
January 13th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) Noted British non-fiction writer Patrick French says his research into the genetics of the Indian caste system showed "there were traces of Dravidian genes" in Kashmiris ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandit group files case against Geelani, Roy
November 1st, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 1 (IANS) A Kashmiri Pandit group, Roots in Kashmir (RIK), Monday filed a case against separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, novelist-activist Arundhati Roy and others for speaking in favour ... Read more...
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Patrick Wilson Will Be Starring In “Young Adult” With Charlize Theron
October 20th, 2010 - 8:45 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Hot and dashing Patrick Wilson will hit the screen once again with the new flick "Young Adult". The movie will be directed by the Ace Hollywood ... Read more...
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Patrick Wilson and Patton Oswalt join Adult
September 25th, 2010 - 5:29 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 25, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): It has been said that Patton Oswalt and Patrick Wilson are going to join acclaimed actress Charlize Theron in "Young Adult"; this is Jason Reitman's latest black ... Read more...
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Fiction writers aren’t social commentators: Novelist (With Image)
August 4th, 2010 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) Indian contemporary literature is benefiting from the growing tribe of journalists who are writing books of late, points out award-winning poet, dancer and novelist Tishani ... Read more...
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Pacchai Enginra Kaathu Is Ready For Release
July 29th, 2010 - 7:31 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
July 29, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): In recent times, Kollywood filmmakers originating from rural regions of Tamil Nadu are keen on making films in campestral backdrops. Of course, newcomer Keera is ... Read more...
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Pacchai Enginra Kaathu - a film based on real life incidents
May 1st, 2010 - 9:36 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
May 01, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): With many films being churned out at big budgets, there have been certain filmmakers, who strongly believe that even films sans grandeur and lavish factors can ... Read more...
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Mumbai’s drama, violence feeds fiction: Vikram Chandra (Interview)
January 24th, 2010 - 9:32 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Mumbai, the land of the underworld and pyschedelic Bollywood dreams, is an incredibly fertile source of violence and drama for a fiction writer, says US-based ... Read more...
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Writer theatened by CPI-M youth activists
January 10th, 2010 - 1:38 am ICT by IANS
Payyannur (Kerala), Jan 9 (IANS) Writer and journalist Paul Zachariah was Saturday night allegedly threatened by activists of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) - the youth wing of the ... Read more...
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Norah Jones dating mystery author?
November 26th, 2009 - 5:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 26 (ANI): Singer Norah Jones reportedly has a new man in her life - a well known author.However, she's adamant on keeping his new beau's identity secret.The 'Come Away With ... Read more...
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Agatha Christie book with thickest spine breaks world record (With Image)
May 23rd, 2009 - 1:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 23 (IANS) The world's favourite detective fiction writer Agatha Christie keeps breaking world records even after her death. The latest record-breaker is the complete collection of Miss Marple stories with ... Read more...
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