The year is 2001. And the country is Sri Lanka. Sam, a dim witted boy, ekes out an existence with his mother, brothers and sisters in a tiny village that has fallen off the map.
His fortunes change when he gets a job as a houseboy in Colombo. But life is not a cakewalk as ethnic violence grips Sri ...

The railway minister of India, Lalu Prasad released a book titled 'Disaster Management in the Indian Railways', written by minister of state for railways R. Velu. The book will explain how Indian Railways has been managing disasters. Speaking on the occasion, Lalu Prasad said that the lifeline of ...

Here is a good news for all the fans of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan. Osian's Centre for Archiving, Research and Development (CARD) has announced to come out with complete memorabilia of Bachchan on January 3, 2009. The book titled 'Bachchanalia: The Films and Memorabilia of Amitabh ...

Here is a good news for all Harry Potter fans. The new book of Harry Potter series, 'The Tales of the Beedle and the Bard' by J.K. Rowling has made its entry in stands across the world. The new book which is a collection of five tales has been published by the Children’s High Level Group in ...

Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani, who has been a key player in India’s growth story and was chosen by Time magazine as one of the hundred most influential people in the world has taken on a new role as an author, who's Imagining India, focusing on the key issues the country needs to ...

Indian origin Times journalist Sathnam Sanghera has been short-listed for the biography prize at the British Costa Book Awards for 2008. He was nominated for his book  ”If You Don’t Know Me By Now: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton”.
The book began as a ...

The book written by Thomas L. Friedman under the title 'Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why the World Needs a Green Revolution - and How ' has been able to grab the top most position in non-fictional bestseller list, this week. On the other hand, Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' is reported to top the ...

Famous Tony Hillerman an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction writer has died due to ill-health at the age of 83. Hillerman's daughter, Anne Hillerman, told media professionals that her father was ill for quite some time. He was admitted at Presbyterian Hospital in ...

The Man Booker Prize 2008 has been bagged by Indian author Aravind Adiga for his novel 'The White Tiger'. Aravind Adiga clinched the $87,000-award as a debut novelist. The 33-year Indian author was born in Chennai and later shifted to Mumbai. Since the inception of Man Booker Prize in 1969 only ...

The desire to take a quick peek into the lives of the rich and famous is perhaps one important reason why people just lap up biographies and autobiographies on anybody who is somebody! The latest of such autobiographies to soon hit the book stores is that of popstar Kelly Osbourne. Apart from being ...

Patna, the capital of Bihar, is the perfect amalgamation of the ethnic and the contemporary and deemed as amongst the world's oldest continuously inhabited regions. This vibrant city has undergone many changes down the years, but the old world charm is still reminiscent in the many ancient havelis ...

The ambience is already tingling with excitement as Kerala prepares for its first ever Kovalam Literary Festival in October this year. To be convened at the splendid Taj Green Cove on the picturesque Kovalam beach of Kerala from October 6 to October 8, the event will see the presence of many noted ...

The word is out and spreading like fire. One hears that Bollywood's much loved Sanju Baba has got down to writing an autobiography and that the publishers are striving hard to clinch the book's rights. To their disappointment, one hears Manyata is already in touch with some publishers even though ...

 David Foster Wallace, a celebrated American writer and novelist, committed suicide in his home on Friday, September 12, 2008. He was 46 years old. Jackie Morales, a records clerk with the Claremont Police Department, informed that it was the author's wife, who upon returning home at 9.30 pm ...

Man Booker has short listed two Indians, Amitav Ghosh and Aravind Adigha for this year’s £50,000 Man Booker Prize. Amitav’s ‘Sea of Poppies’ and Aravind’s ‘The White Tiger’ are on the run for coveted award. The novel ‘The White Tiger’ ...

US District Court in Manhattan has held that publication of Harry Potter Lexicon will deplete the incentive for original authors to create new works.  Author Steven Vander Ark had argued that the 400-page lexicon was protected under fair-use provisions of copyright law, but court held that the ...

Defence Colony in Delhi has become first to house an art bookstore. The store is sponsored by the Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art. Popularly called the Vadehra Gallery, the store has a large reading room. There is huge collection of art material with more than 20,000 titles. These are ...

Fans of Shahrukh Khan who could not read his biography ‘Still Reading Khan’ just because it is priced exorbitantly can look forward to grabbing its sequel, Shah Rukh Can. Just like the prequel (costing Rs 3000), Shah Rukh Can too has been authored by good friend Mushtaq Shiekh but ...

Dan Brown is in news again. Vatican has denied request for shooting of a movie based on the novel of Dan Browns’ ‘Angles and Demons.’ According to reports, the novel is prequel of bestseller ‘The Da Vinci Code’ which had come in controversy for raising issue relating ...

The author of highly celebrated books such as The Midnight’s Children and The Moor’s Last Sigh, Salman Rushdie is now going to pen a book for children. Rushdie says he has been toying with the idea since some time, but should get down to writing it sometime by this month’s end. It ...

The highly popular British author Salman Rushdie has done it again. He attained the feat of winning the ‘Best of the Booker’ prize for his Midnight’s Children on Thursday, July 10, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of one of the most acclaimed literary awards. It was way ...

Life With My Sister Madonna is a newly released book based on the American singer that has been authored by her brother Christopher Ciconne. The book confirms that strong rumors that the married life of the pop diva with British director Guy Ritchie is almost over. The book mentions that frequent ...

Actress Brooke Shields released her very first children’s book Welcome To Your World, Baby on Tuesday June 23 and remarked that penning the 145 words story was tougher then recoding her struggle with postpartum depression. Shields who has starred in flicks such as Lipstick Jungle and Blue ...

World famous American pop singer, Britney Spears has twice tried committing suicide. This and many other glaring secrets about her personal life and her friend circle have been spilled in a new book penned by Ian Halperin. It is reported that Ian Halperin spent 18 months undercover to conduct an ...

Brainchild of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, superman, the original comic book superhero turns 70 this month. The powerful hero made his first appearance in the June 1938 issue of Action Comics. Superman has been a mild-mannered reporter working at the Daily Planet newspaper under the alias Clark ...

The recent release of Goodbye Shahzadi, a political biography on late Benazir Bhutto penned by a senior Indian Journalist Shyam Bhatia has created uproar in Pakistan. Shyam Bhatia, who had gone to Oxford with Benazir Bhutto, mentioned in his column in The Indian Express that ‘she had ...

Renowned British author, Jeffery Archer has hit the bestsellers list once again with the release of his new novel titled ‘A Prisoner Of Birth’ recently in India and abroad. A Prisoner Of Birth is the story of a young mechanic Danny Cartwright who hails from the East End and gets accused ...

The wife of famous American pianist cum singer and songwriter Billy Joel, Katie Lee Joel is in news these days for her culinary skills. A prolific when it comes to writing on food and lifestyle, Katie Lee Joel released her first cook book recently titled ‘The Comfort Table’ publisher by ...

It was way back in 1982 that noted author Salman Rushdie won a booker prize for his book Midnight’s Children. The booker prize that was incepted in 1968 turned 25 in the year 1993 and to commemorate that occasion, it was decided to choose a book that would be the Booker of Bookers i.e. the ...

Renowned English Novelist and Columnist, Shobha De is ready with her yet another book ‘Superstar India: From Incredible to Unstoppable ’, which is about her concern for middle class India’s efforts to come to terms with globalization. Her book was launched by Bollywood superstar ...