Indus valley history, ‘White Tiger’ top bestseller charts

July 23rd, 2009 SUNDERBANS - A 12 year-old male tiger returned to his familiar territory of the Sunderban Tiger Reserve in West Bengal on Wednesday after four months of treatment in captivity. The tiger had wounded his right hind leg in March this year.

May 6th, 2009 BHOPAL - Tata Indicom has adopted a white tiger, an inhabitant of the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal. Ten-year-old Bhagat was adopted under the animal adoption project run by the park, on an annual basis by Indicom.

April 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Rosetta Stone, an ancient Egyptian artefact, has allowed 19th century scholars to translate symbols left by an ancient civilization thus enabling them to decipher the meaning of Egyptian hieroglyphics. But the symbols found on many other ancient artefacts remain a mystery, including those of a people that inhabited the Indus valley between Pakistan and India.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's book 'Stranger to History' continued to dominate the bestseller list in the non-fiction category for the third week while Paulo Coelho was the new author atop the fiction list, with his latest 'The Winner Stands Alone'. The top 10 in each group are: Non-fiction 1.

April 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer's book 'Stranger to History' continued to maintain its position at the top of the charts in the non-fiction category this week, while 'In Other Rooms, Other Wonders' by Daniyal Mueenuddin grabbed the highest position in the fiction section. The top 10 in each group are: Non-fiction 1.

April 17th, 2009 NEW YORK - Call it a sort of sequel to the Oscar-winner 'Slumdog Millionaire'. Aravind Adiga's Man Booker winner 'The White Tiger' will be made into a Hollywood film soon.

April 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Aatish Taseer makes his mark on the bestseller list as his 'Stranger to History' tops the charts in the non-fiction category this week, while the king of racy fiction Jeffrey Archer tops the fiction category with his new 'Paths of Glory'. The top 10 in each group are: Non-fiction 1.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Two books that have stayed in the bestseller lists for weeks fought their way back to top their categories this week - 'Delhi: Adventures in A Megacity' by Sam Miller in the non-fiction section, and 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga in the fiction group. The top 10 in each category are: Non-fiction 1.

March 18th, 2009 HAMILTON - India's cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar Tuesday batted for tiger conservation, alarmed by their fast decline. 'At the start of the century, there were nearly 40,000 tigers in India.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Books on and by US President Barack Obama dominated the bestseller list in the non-fiction category here this week, while 'Solo' by Rana Dasgupta went straight to the top of the charts in the fiction category. Here are the top 10 in each group: Non-Fiction 1.

January 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - There was a clutch of new entries such as 'The Story of My Assassins' by Tarun J. Tejpal, 'Scarpetta' by Patricia Cornwell and 'Silks' by D Francis & F Francis in the fiction bestseller list this week.

January 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - 'Imagining India ...' by Nandan Nilekani and 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga stay on top of the bestseller lists here this week, in the non-fiction and fiction categories respectively. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non fiction 1.

January 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - US president-elect Barack Obama has three books among the top 10 bestsellers in the non-fiction category this week in India. Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' stays atop the list in the fiction category.

December 31st, 2008 NEW DELHI - The roar of the tiger is once again heard this week as Aravind Adiga retains the top spot on the bestseller list in the fiction category with his Booker Prize winning novel as does Nandan Nilekani in the non-fiction category with 'Imagining India...'. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non fiction 1.

December 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - While the top of the bestseller lists remained the same this week, with Nandan Nilekani's 'Imagining India' atop the non-fiction category and Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' heading the fiction group, two books by US president-elect Barack Obama return to the bestseller list. The top 10 in the non-fiction and fiction lists are: Non-Fiction 1.