By Saket Suman Book: The Last Girl; Author: Nadia Murad; Publisher: Vergo Press/Hachette India; Pages: 306; Price: Rs 499 She suffered at the hands of the Islamic State, was held captive as a sex slave, but went on to become a human rights campaigner and was awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize[Read More…]
Literature
Maneka Gandhi receives first copy of children’s sci-fi book
New Delhi: Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday received the first copy of “The Great Moto-Matic House” by debut author Brijesh Luthra. “I have a deep love for science fiction and possess over 500 books on the subject. I congratulate the author for bringing science to the[Read More…]
13 exhibitions concluding South Asian curators’ fellowship on view
New Delhi: Culminating a South Asian fellowship programme for art curators, 13 exhibitions curated by CISA Fellows from India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, are on view here till December 10. Organised by Khoj International Artists’ Association in partnership with Goethe Institut, the Curatorial Intensive South Asia (CISA) 2018[Read More…]
Google Doodle celebrates Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud’s birthday
Google celebrates 62nd birthday of the late Bangladeshi filmmaker, Tareque Masud with a Doodle. The first Bangladeshi director to participate in the Oscars or to be honored at Cannes, Tareque Masud was a driving force within his country’s independent film movement. Masud and his wife Catherine, would visit remote villages all[Read More…]
Prominent Hindi writer Himanshu Joshi passes away at 83
New Delhi: A renowned Hindi writer and journalist Himanshu Joshi died at the age of 83 after a prolonged illness in New Delhi on Friday. Himanshu Joshi is survived by his wife and three sons. Several writers and journalists expressed sorrow and grief.
Noted Pakistani feminist writer dead
Islamabad, Noted Pakistani feminist writer and poet Fahmida Riaz died here. She was 72. The eminent progressive writer, who was also hailed by many as the pioneer in feminist literature, had been suffering from illness for the past few months, reports Dawn news. She died on Wednesday night. Riaz was[Read More…]
Kalki wonders why ‘we don’t hear about female dons’ so much
New Delhi, Actress Kalki Koechlin, who was the part of Audible.in launch in India and narrated the Audible adaptation of Hussain Zaidi’s novel, “Mafia Queens of Mumbai”, says that the first thing that came to her mind when she read the book was the powerful writing. She also says that[Read More…]
India’s Independence with Maulana Azad’s ‘India Wins Freedom’
The book India Wins Freedom gives a detailed description and analysis of the formation of India and the meaning of India partitioned ‘Pakistan’. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad is a person who is the custodian of being a pacifist, well-read, peace-loving, an intellectual of secularism, sovereignty and a man of his[Read More…]
Renowned writer James Patterson releases an interactive fiction on Facebook Messenger
With the upsurge in the usage of the internet, various artists are coming up with their own ways to market their content. In one of such attempts, America’s celebrated writer James Patterson has introduced a Facebook Messenger version of his latest novel – The Chef. On Tuesday, Patterson launched a[Read More…]
Dhanteras 2018: Puja Vidhi, Samagri, Tithi, Shubh Mahurat, Mantras and more
Dhanteras, also known as Dhanatrayodshi, is the first day of five day Diwali festival and will be celebrated on Monday November 5. According to Hindu calendar, Dhanteras falls on the 13th lunar day of Krishna Paksha (dark fortnight) in the month of Ashwin. On the auspicious occasion of Dhanteras, devotees[Read More…]
