Singapore Writers Festival 2024: Writing ‘like a drunk uncle’ won Shehan Karunatilaka acclaim
The Sri Lankan writer spoke with former SWF director Pooja Nansi in an entertaining session. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The Savior of ‘Satanic Verses’ in India: Bureaucratic Ineptitude
In 1988, India issued an order forbidding the import of Salman Rushdie’s novel. A Delhi Court has overturned the order, not ...
Notification banning ‘The Satanic Verses’ untraceable, HC told
The Delhi high court has said that an import ban on author Salman Rushdie’s controversial 1988 book The Satanic Verses ...
Camilla set to resume engagements after chest infection
Queen Camilla, the wife of King Charles, will resume engagements next week when she will host a reception for a literary ...
Watch: What does Donald Trump’s victory mean for the US – and the world?
How will Republican candidate Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 US presidential election affect the US – and the world? As ...
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Making sense of U.S. elections, Booker Prize countdown, ‘The Kaurs of 1984’ and more
In reviews, we read a book on the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Vinod Kumar Shukla’s poetry and more. The Booker Prize ...