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• Ruskin Bond’s new book to be out on his 87th birthday

  May 12, 2021 Read More...

  Source : The Indian Express Ruskin Bond’s latest book is a collection featuring some of his most memorable short stories and their inimitable characters Everyone’s favourite author, Ruskin Bond, is…

• Writer, actor Madampu Kunjukuttan passes away

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  Source : The Hindu     The 81-year-old tested positive for COVID-19 after he was admitted to a private hospital in Thrissur Eminent writer and actor Madampu Kunjukuttan died of…

• Homen Borgohain, a veteran journalist and Sahitya Akademi awardee, passes away at 88

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  Source : Economic Times | Panache Veteran journalist and Sahitya Akademi awardee Homen Borgohain passed away on Wednesday morning at a private hospital in Guwahati. He was 88. According to…

• Remembering poet Deepankar Khiwani

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  Source : The Hindu The inaugural edition of the Deepankar Khiwani Memorial Prize celebrated the power of poetry Poets are good actors,/ Good actors as they say are fresh,/ They…

• Much more than a flight of fantasy to escape the Corona stress

  May 10, 2021 Read More...

  Source : Indian Flash   –  Sona Prebhakar   MAADAN CHAMI: STORIES FROM THE PURGATORY   I am sure, every one of you must be as depressed as me during these Covid times….

• The bookseller of Bengaluru is no more

  May 6, 2021 Read More...

  Source : Conde Nast Traveller TS Shanbhag of Premier Book Shop passed away due to COVID on Wednesday Premier Bookshop, at the corner of Church Street and Museum Road in Bengaluru used…

• Women’s Prize for fiction shortlist includes authors Brit Bennett, Patricia Lockwood & Yaa Gyasi

  April 29, 2021 Read More...

  Source : Economic Times | Panache   LONDON: Novels that explore forgotten and neglected communities in Britain, the U.S. and the Caribbean were named finalists on Wednesday for the 30,000…

• We may be hardwired to appreciate poetry: Study

  April 22, 2021 Read More...

  Source : Times of India   Human brain may be hardwired to appreciate poetry even if it struggles to comprehend its meaning, a new study suggests. Researchers at Bangor University…

• Unseen Lion King poster, rejected Broadway ones on sale to support AIDS group

  April 21, 2021 Read More...

  Source : Hindustan Times Theatrical poster designer Frank Verlizzo is selling prints of his 16 posters that were either rejected, never pitched or part of a group of submissions. The…

• Time to transfer the weight of wrongdoings onto the doers, says author Karan Puri

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  Source : The New Indian Express     Karan Puri’s second book, #MeToo, presents true stories of resilience against all odds   In 2017, the #MeToo movement stirred up a…

• Priyanka Chopra Jonas launches Kabir Bedi’s memoir ‘Stories I Must Tell’

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  Source : Times of India   Iconic actor Kabir Bedi’s memoir ‘Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life of an Actor’ was launched in an online event by international star…

• Has the pandemic influenced NaPoWriMo?

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  Source : The Hindu     Themes of isolation, nostalgia and hope are popular in this year’s National Poetry Writing Month challenges   // I sleep with all the lights in…

• Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh passes away: Amit Shah, Mamata Banerjee mourn his demise

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  Source : The Indian Express   “Deeply saddened at the demise of legendary Bengali poet, Shahitya Academy and Padma Bhushan Award winner Shankha Ghosh at age of 89 due to…

• Satyajit Ray birth centenary: Two new books to be released

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  Source : Times of India   One of the greatest filmmakers and writers of our times, Satyajit Ray’s 100 birth anniversary would be marked on May 2, 2021. And on…

• Author Angie Thomas surprises teen with full-ride scholarship to college

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  Source : The Hindu     Andrea Foreman of Wilmington, Delaware, has been awarded a scholarship that will cover tuition, room and board for four years at Belhaven University in…

• The lost art of handwriting

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  Source : The Hindu BusinessLine-BLink   –  Runa Mukherjee Parikh     A 25-member team is on a mission to revive Urdu calligraphy * Qamar Dagar freely allows the influences of Devanagari…

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