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Indian writer Kiran Desai won the Booker Prize considered to be one of the world's most prestigious literary awards for her sweeping novel 'The Inheritance of Loss' making her the youngest woman author ever to scoop the £50,000 honor. Her second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, a story rich with sadness about globalization and with joy at the small surviving intimacies of Indian village life, had always been a favorite in ... [full story]

The Frankfurt Book Fair which opens on October 3 has invited India as a Guest of Honor country making it the only country to receive the honor twice, the first time being in 1986. Apart from writers and publishers even Indian artists are all set to give the city in Germany a taste of India. Dancers such as Astad Deboo, ChandraLekha and Navtej Johar will perform at the inaugural ceremony ... [full story]

Sachin Tendulkar says that during his childhood, he was extremely naughty and very difficult to handle and his only dream was to wear India's colours.  Sachin, 33 is now the lauded as the best batsman since Sir Donald Bradman His forthcoming book 'Tendulkar's Opus' reveals how he evolved from being an unmanageable child to India's youngest-ever Test player. "Cricket is something very, very special to me. It has never been about owning this or that car ... [full story]

A theatre group in northern Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh chose a unique way of honoring India's literary genius, Munshi Premchand on his 125th birth anniversary by enacting two of his stories in a puppet show. The organizer of the puppet show, Lavkush Dwivedi, said he wanted the present generation to learn from Premchand's fables. The show was based on stories Shatranj Ke Khiladi which is set in colonial India and ... [full story]

The Frankfurt Book Fair has invited India as a Guest of Honor country during the book fair this year making India the only country to receive the honor twice, the first time being in 1986.   India's National Book Trust (NBT) has organized reading sessions by eminent Indian authors, seminars on topics of mutual interest with German collaborators, screening of popular Indian films and plays by eminent theatre activists.   As part of ... [full story]