Kamala Suraiya effects given to Sahitya AkademiSeptember 11th, 2009 KOCHI - Personal belongings of poet-writer Kamala Suraiya, better known in the literary world as Kamala Das, were Friday given to the Kerala Sahitya Akademi by her family. The effects were handed over by her son M.D.
Mock marriage fest for 1-year-olds on Chinese Valentine's day!August 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Chinese Valentine's day saw parents of less than a year old kids gather in Shanghai to conduct mock marriages of their babies.he event, organized by a local website, was attended by numerous parents, reports the China Daily. The infants received fake marriage certificates and photographs of their temporary spouses.
PM condoles demise of noted Sikh writer Bhai Patwant SinghAugust 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh expressed grief over the demise of the noted writer, philanthropist and activist Bhai Patwant Singh on Sunday.
President Patil meets tea vendor who's also an authorJuly 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A tea vendor with a literary passion, Laxman Rao is the author and publisher of more than 15 books, all in Hindi. On Thursday, when he was invited to meet President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati Bhavan, she was curious to know why Rao, a Maharashtrian, prefers to write in Hindi than in his mother tongue.
'Indians pay scant attention to translated literary works'July 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Writer-editor-translator Ira Pande, a familiar face in the capital's literary circuit, feels Indian readers do not pay much attention to "translated literary works". "It is because publishers do not take the trouble to source good translators or invest sufficiently in translated works," Pande told IANS in an interview.
Noted Marathi litterateur Shantaram Nandgaonkar deadJuly 11th, 2009 MUMBAI - Eminent Marathi poet, writer, lyricist and music director Shantaram Nandgaonkar died here Saturday morning after a long illness, a family member said. He was 75. Nandgaonkar was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and related ailments for the past three years, his daughter-in-law Suhasini Prashant Nandgaonkar said.
Prestigious British literary imprint comes to IndiaJuly 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Adding another gem to its kitty of Indian imprints, Penguin Books-India Monday launched its classic Hamish Hamilton imprint in the country with a collection of political essays, "Listening to Grasshoppers" by Arundhati Roy and a novel, "The Wish Maker" by Ali Sethi on contemporary Pakistan. Hamish Hamilton will also publish Vikram Seths new novel ,A Suitable Girl, in 2013, a press statement issued by Penguin-Books India Monday said.
Filmmaker Mani Kaul is Osian's new festival directorApril 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Filmmaker Mani Kaul, who has made movies like 'Uski Roti' (1970), 'Duvidha' (1973), has taken over as the new director general of the Osian's-Cinefan Film Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema. Kaul succeeds film historian Aruna Vasudev, who retired after the 10th edition of the fest last year.
SAARC literary fest ends in AgraMarch 17th, 2009 AGRA - A four-day SAARC literary festival ended here Monday with a declaration calling for greater involvement of poets, writers and intellectuals in containing terrorist activities which affect lives of millions. 'Terrorism has to be collectively fought at every level with determination,' Ajeet Cour, the convener of FOSWAL (foundation of SAARC writers and literature), told reporters here.
Soz condoles Dogri writer's demiseMarch 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Union Minister of Water Resources Saifuddin Soz on Monday expressed his condolences over the passing away of veteran Dogri writer and litterateur Prof. Ram Nath Shastri in Jammu on Sunday night.
SAARC writers to debate terrorism at Agra literary festMarch 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Nearly 60 writers, poets and scholars from eight south Asian countries will debate and discuss terrorism, ethnic angst and popular culture at the SAARC Festival of Literature in Agra March 12-16. Thirteen writers from Pakistan and eight from Afghanistan will attend the festival, organised by Foundation of SAARC Writers and Literature (FOSWAL).
Pride of place for vernacular Indian writing at London Book FairMarch 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The London Book Fair, which is focussing on India as an emerging market and literary hub this year, will take a look at not only English writing from the south Asian nation but also other vernacular languages, said Alistair Burtenshaw, group exhibition director of the event. The April 20-22 fair will also introduce new Indian writers to publishers and sellers from 67 countries, said Burtenshaw, who was here Thursday to promote the event.
Jaipur literary fest gets off to exciting startJanuary 20th, 2009 JAIPUR - Pledging to promote diverse genres of writing, both foreign and indigenous, the fourth edition of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival Wednesday kicked off to an exciting session of reading and discussion featuring novelist Vikram Seth. The festival was inaugurated by Rajasthan Governor S.K.
Unique blend of literature, art at Jaipur literary festJanuary 19th, 2009 JAIPUR - The Jaipur Literature Festival, whose third edition will begin here Wednesday, will host 116 authors and 30 artistes, including Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, in a unique blend of performing arts and literature. The festival will celebrate the great diversity of writing and writers as well as music and musicians from the US, Britain, Australia, South Africa, Malaysia, Mali, Sierre Leone, Algeria, China, Pakistan and Bangladesh, said a communiqué issue Monday by the Jaipur Virasat Foundation, which is organising the event.
Goa music festival on schedule: Nikhil ChinappaDecember 24th, 2008 NEW DELHI - Dismissing rumours that Sunburn 2008, billed as Asia's biggest music festival, was stalled because of the ban on beach parties by the Goa government, festival director and MTV VJ Nikhil Chinappa said that it is 'still happening'. 'Sunburn is 100 percent still happening.
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