Literary Award
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‘Words must remain without borders’: Naveen Kishore accepting prize for promoting world literature
Seagull Books founder Naveen Kishore’s acceptance speech for Words Without Borders’ 2021 Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature.
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Amartya Sen: ‘World is facing pandemic of authoritarianism’
In his speech accepting the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade on October 18, Sen emphasised the importance of dissent and debate.
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Indian writer Kritika Pandey wins regional award for Asia in 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize
The 29-year-old writer won for her story ‘The Great Indian Tee and Snakes’. The overall winner of the prize will be announced on June 30.
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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
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Teenager directed to work at cow shelter for 15 days for sharing morphed photo of Adityanath
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Watch: Japanese man transforms himself into a dog with Rs 12 lakh costume
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Two plaques in Srirangapatna claim to mark the spot where Tipu Sultan died. Which one is accurate?
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Tony Joseph wins the Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2019 for ‘Early Indians’
The award, which came into being in 2008, includes a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh and a trophy.
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Noted Malayalam poet Akkitham wins Jnanpith Award 2019
Akkitham is the sixth Malayalam writer to be conferred the prize.
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German city rescinds literary prize to Kamila Shamsie for supporting anti-Israel movement: Report
The British-Pakistani novelist said there was no contradiction between supporting the BDS movement of Palestinian activists and receiving the Nelly Sachs Prize.
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‘You are doing nothing’: Democrat leader interrupts Texas governor at press conference over gun laws
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‘Single biggest learning experience of my life’: Rahul Gandhi about father Rajiv’s assassination
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Watch: Indo-Tibetan border police play nostalgic childhood game after snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern explains how her country implemented gun control
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Watch: This girl with an amputated leg has to hop to school on one foot in a Bihar town
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JCB Prize for Literature: Arvind Subramanian on 2019 jury for the Rs 25-lakh literary award
The prize awards the best contemporary Indian fiction writing, including translations to English.
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‘No Presents Please’ by Jayant Kaikini wins the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2018
The collection of short stories was translated from Kannada to English by Tejaswini Niranjana.
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Namita Gokhale wins the Rs 2-lakh Sushila Devi Literature Award for fiction writing by women
The writer won the newly-established prize for her historical novel, ‘Things to Leave Behind’ set during the 1857 uprising against British rule.
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The Reel
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‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Novelist Amitav Ghosh wins Jnanpith Award 2018
The Jnanpith award selection committee met in New Delhi on Friday to decide the winner for 2018.
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Children’s books: The Hindu Young World-Goodbooks Awards announce shortlists for 2019
The awards are given for both writing and illustrations in children’s literature.
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Kamila Shamsie and Jayant Kaikini on the shortlist of the 2018 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature
Six books are in the running for the $25,000 literary prize, which will declare the winning title in January.
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The Field
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French Open: Alcaraz admits ‘pressure’ on him after epic comeback against Albert Ramos-Vinolas
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Hockey, Asia Cup: India defeat Indonesia 16-0 to sneak into Super 4s ahead of Pakistan
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WT20 Challenge, Trailblazers vs Velocity as it happened: Navgire’s knock takes VEL into final
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Badminton: Lakshya Sen set for another training stint in Dubai with Viktor Axelsen
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Hockey, Asia Cup, India vs Indonesia, as it happened: India win 16-0 to go through to the Super 4