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Perumal Murugan’s Pyre makes it to International Booker prize longlist
As per the announcement by Booker Prize Foundation on Tuesday, Tamil writer Perumal Murugan has made it to the International...
World Book Fair: Haven for young and old book lovers
At first glance, the 31st edition of the World Book Fair looks more than just a book fair. A number...
No comics relief
Ram Bilas Gupta, 52, sits alongside a treasure of books in his tiny shop in Nai Sarak. While there are...
Not quite fair
The Delhi Book Fair returned to Capital after a three-year hiatus this winter just like events relating to music, food,...
Bomb scare at Jama Masjid, turns out to be a bag with religious books
On Thursday evening, the ever so crowded Jama Masjid in old Delhi came to a pause when the Delhi Police...
Delhi’s Urdu Bazaar and the slow death of a language
Walking through the bylanes of Jama Masjid in the walled city of Delhi, one is quite familiar with the term...
Geetanjali Shree wins International Booker Prize for first Hindi novel ‘Tomb of Sand’
Geetanjali Shree has become the first Indian author to win the prestigious International Booker Prize for her "utterly original" Hindi...
The books are closed
Earlier this month, Gautam Padmanabhan, the CEO of Westland publishers, officially announced that the publishing house will be shut down...