Everything you need to know about Rupa: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Rupa: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals captain Rahul Dravid Thursday wished the Indian Premier League (IPL) allowed more foreign players in the playing XI than at present.
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Hailing Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid as his "role model", 24-year-old right-hand batsman Ajinkya Rahane Thursday said "learning day by day" and "learning from everyone" is his way of playing cricket.
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals skipper Rahul Dravid Thursday said the mantra for a team's success is to "play your part well", "be adaptable" and "do things not in your comfort zone".
Kolkata, May 2 (IANS) Terming the Padma Bhushan award "an honour and privilege", former India cricket captain Rahul Dravid Thursday said he felt lucky to have represented the country for 16 years.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) The magic of a story told in 2,000 words in returning to the bookshelf in this age of reality television, Internet and short attention spans.
New Delhi, Mar. 21 (ANI): Eminent literateur Professor Namwar Singh, who released 'Songs of Supplication' written by Malathi V. Moily at a function here, complimented the award-winning poet for her work.
Kamrup, Jan 27 (ANI): In an endeavour to promote the traditions and cultures of various tribes inhabiting in the region, a five-day long 'Dimoria Ethnic Festival' was recently organized in Dimoria Block of Assam's Kamrup District.
Jhargram, Jan 24 (ANI) The West Bengal Police arrested a suspected Maoist sympathizer, accused of killing a farmer, from Jhargram district of the state.
Short stories are the mood of the day. Crisp, lyrical and powerful - each story is a creative exercise in the art of the narrative. Browse with IANS...
Kolkata, Dec 6 (IANS) In what could help predict one's susceptibility to various ailments, a new technique to detect genetic variations associated with diseases, including cancer, has been proposed by scientists at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) here.
New Delhi, Nov 28 (IANS) What do a thinking diplomat and a graceful actress have in common? Love of literature.
New Delhi, Nov 27 (IANS) Ordinary people must be spoken to in an ordinary way to improve international relations and strengthen human bonds, says External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.
New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The bookshelf this week packs colour and fodder for thought. Browse with IANS...
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) The decision by two of Europe's largest publishing houses, Bertelsmann and Pearson to merge their popular units Random House and Penguin for a bigger slice of the publishing largesse has sounded a note of caution among Indian publishers, who are waiting for the deal to reveal itself.
New Delhi, Oct 14 (IANS) Move over fine writing, thrillers are spurring creativity among new Indian authors. Critics say thrillers with Indian twists are fetching mega bucks in the booming mass fiction market.
Kolkata, Oct 9 (IANS) The Left Front Tuesday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of lying and her party Trinamool Congress of looting the people.
New Delhi, Sep 19 (IANS) Twenty years on, being gay will be a non-issue, says Indian fashion guru Wendell Rodricks, who wants people to look at gay relationship as a celebration of love, not sex.
New Delhi, Sep 16 (IANS) With four incisive books, Ravi Subramanian has firmly established himself as the John Grisham of the Indian banking industry and is going digital with his new work to reach out to his target audience - youngsters. He wants to "take them to a level where there is a fair interest in wanting to know more".
Mumbai, Aug 31 (IANS) Women-centric films have caught the right attention in recent times, thanks to unique content and strong roles. But for "Heroine", Kareena Kapoor has gone a step ahead and managed to bring as many as eight brands on board - said to be the most for any female-oriented Hindi movie so far.
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The bookshelf this week has an inclusive feel - from the continent's geopolitics to the dark comedy. Browse with IANS...
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The book shelf this week is delightfully light, with easy-to-grasp titles. Browse with IANS...
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) "Meri Naukri, Meri Chokri (My job, my girl)". Young India's rallying cry is simple. They want love, they want money and they want stature in society, says popular mass fiction writer and media columnist Chetan Bhagat.
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Filmmaker Piyush Jha, whose last film "Sikander" failed to click at the box office, is gearing up to make a movie on his novel "Mumbaistan", which is about serial killers.
Shimla, July 10 (IANS) Ghosts from Shimla's past are back to haunt this picturesque hill town. Shimla-based writer Minakshi Chaudhry has come out with another set of 16 spooky tales of the spirits that refuse to die down.
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The book cart this week is substantive, diverse and cerebral. Browse with IANS...
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The book cart this week is substantive, diverse and cerebral. Browse with IANS...
Jammu, June 24 (IANS) With a thick layer of snow still covering the Amarnath shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, the first batch of pilgrims set out from here Sunday to two base camps shouting religious slogans.
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The book cart this weekend beckons the reader, who loves a good story...Browse with IANS.
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) Exercise the intellect with an inspiring cache of books this weekend. Browse with IANS...
New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) The bookshelf this week talks of the spiritual journey into the dilemmas of existentialism and life's realities. Here's a peek.
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The growing English language publishing industry in India has taken a step north with three veteran publishers - David Davidar, Ravi Singh and Kapish G. Mehra - joining ranks to push high-end literary fiction from the subcontinent to a wider cross section of readers in the country.
Ahmedabad, Feb 26 (ANI): Rupa Mody, a victim of 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, who lost her only son in the violence, on Sunday recounted the horror on the 10th anniversary of the carnage and expressed resolve to continue her fight for justice.ody, whose life inspired the film 'Parzania', alleged that nearly 25000 rioters attacked the Gulbarg Society in Ahmedabad in a well-planned manner and despite repeated requests the administration refused to provide protection.
Gaya, Oct 27 (ANI): In a bid to prevent innocent civilians from getting sucked into the Maoist insurgency, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has successfully imparted training in self-defence and allied martial arts to women hailing from the strife-ridden areas of Bihar.
New Delhi, Jan.20 (ANI):"The colonial hangover afflicts not us, but them." So says Will Heaven of the UK Telegraph, http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/100072376/a-fuming-william-dalrymple-declares-war-on-a-piece-of-blatantly-racist-indian-journalism/reflecting on the spat between Hartosh Singh Bal and William Dalrymple.
New Delhi, Jan.20 (ANI):"The colonial hangover afflicts not us, but them." So says Will Heaven of the UK Telegraph, http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/willheaven/100072376/a-fuming-william-dalrymple-declares-war-on-a-piece-of-blatantly-racist-indian-journalism/reflecting on the spat between Hartosh Singh Bal and William Dalrymple.
Leh, Aug 13 (ANI): The Druk White Lotus School on the Leh-Manali highway, where Aamir Khan's blockbuster comedy film '3 Idiots' was shot last year, reopened a week after it was damaged by the flash floods in the region.
Jodhpur, Apr 2 (ANI): Jodhpur celebrated the fortnight long unique 'Deenga Gawar' festival that culminated on Thursday in which married women in traditional attire take out a procession, beating up unmarried men with the belief this would herald their early marriage!
Bangalore, Sep 13 (ANI): Former Union Minister and author of the controversial book 'Jinnah: India-Partition Independence,' Jaswant Singh, said here on Saturday that his book will bring India and Pakistan closer.
New Delhi, Sep.6 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh is likely to visit Pakistan ext month to launch his controversial yet popular book 'Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence.'
New Delhi, Sep 5 (ANI): The publishers of expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh's controversial book "Jinnah: India, Partition - Independence" have released about 5,000 copies to the markets in Gujarat, on Saturday.
New Delhi, Sep 5 (ANI): The publishers of expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh's controversial book "Jinnah: India, Partition -Independence" have released about 5,000 copies to the markets in Gujarat, on Saturday.
Bangalore, Aug 16 (ANI): The death of a woman named Shilpa Hegde, 27, due to swine flu virus in Bangalore on Sunday, pushed the country's swine flu death toll to 27.
Bangalore, Aug 16 (ANI): One more died of swine flu in Bangalore on Sunday taking the city's swine flu death toll to 4. The death toll in India is now at 26.
New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) Aatish Taseer's 'Stranger to History', that has been ruling the non-fiction section for over a month now, continued to maintain its position on the bestseller list this week, while 'Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian: Half Boy, Half God, All Hero' by Rick Riordan topped the fiction group for the second week running.
New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) 'Stranger to History' by Aatish Taseer continues to rule the non-fiction section of the bestseller list while Rick Riordan's 'Percy Jackson and The Last Olympian: Half Boy, Half God, All Hero' is atop the fiction group this week. The top 10 in each section are:
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) Remember Feluda, the suave Bengali sleuth from Kolkata? Since legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray created the detective for millions of his fans in the 1960s, the thriller genre has suffered decades of slowdown in India.
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Kerala is many things to many people. While it is 'god's own country' for some because of its scenic lushness, others think it an 'embarrassment that encourages constant disorder in its politics and economy'.
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Aatish Taseer makes his mark on the bestseller list as his 'Stranger to History' tops the charts in the non-fiction category this week, while the king of racy fiction Jeffrey Archer tops the fiction category with his new 'Paths of Glory'.
Washington, April 9 (IANS) 'Piyalir Password,' the first Bengali film shot entirely in the United States, is all set to be screened in seven US cities to create awareness about the plight of individuals with developmental disabilities in India.
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) Two books that have stayed in the bestseller lists for weeks fought their way back to top their categories this week - 'Delhi: Adventures in A Megacity' by Sam Miller in the non-fiction section, and 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga in the fiction group. The top 10 in each category are:
Pune, March 31 (IANS) Venkatesh Chapalgaonkar, the Pune bureau chief of the Star Majha television channel, has been killed in a road accident near Sholapur.
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) 'Don't Lose Your Mind, Lose Your Weight'. Such words of wisdom from Rujuta Divekar topped the bestseller list in the non-fiction category here this week. John Grisham's 'The Associate' was the most popular in the fiction group. The top 10 in each group are:
Patna, Mar 7 (ANI): Ahead of the International Women's Day, the girl students on Saturday organised an awareness campaign to educate women about their rights.
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) 'Empires of The Indus' by Alice Albinia moved to the top of the bestseller chart in the non-fiction category this week, while Booker Prize winner 'The White Tiger' by Aravind Adiga stayed on top of the list in the fiction section.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) US president-elect Barack Obama has three books among the top 10 bestsellers in the non-fiction category this week in India. Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' stays atop the list in the fiction category.
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) While the top of the bestseller lists remained the same this week, with Nandan Nilekani's 'Imagining India' atop the non-fiction category and Aravind Adiga's 'The White Tiger' heading the fiction group, two books by US president-elect Barack Obama return to the bestseller list.
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) A simple recipe to win a woman's heart is to give her loads of love. A recent survey revealed that 77 percent of women believe that their perfect man needs to be romantic and not rich.
New Delhi, Dec 6 (IANS) In an attempt to perk up prime minister hopeful L.K. Advani's image ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is frantically launching regional translations of his autobiography, 'My Country, My Life'.
Mumbai, Nov 29 (IANS) Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil ruffled quite a few feathers Saturday when he said 'small incidents like this do happen in big cities' while referring to the Mumbai terror attack.
Kolkata, Nov 12 (IANS) An altercation among children over a balloon led to a scuffle between their grandmothers in a West Bengal town. The same evening, one of the women, a Trinamool Congress activist, was attacked by a group of teenagers following which she succumbed to her injuries at a hospital here, the police said Wednesday.
New Delhi, Nov 12 (IANS) Bengali filmmaker Sudipto Chattopadhyay shot a scene at an actual Durga Puja pandal in Kolkata to bring a sense of authenticity to his forthcoming film 'Sonagachi', which revolves around the lives of prostitutes working in the maze of back alleys scattered around the city's red light district.
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) 'Empires of the Indus' is the new bestseller in the non-fiction group this week, while 'Brisingr' by Christopher Paolini is on the top of the charts in the fiction category.
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) Fantasy novel 'Brisingr' is alternating with Amitav Ghosh's 'Sea of Poppies' at the top of the fiction charts, with 'Brisingr' back at number one this week. The new bestseller in the non-fiction list is the biography - 'The Snowball: Warren Buffett And The Business of Life'.
Mumbai, Aug 21 (ANI): Dealers have said that the demand for gold has improved as prices remain below the psychological 12,000 rupee level mark.
The game for common people include Hockey, Football, School Games and Basketball re-backed in the government's priority list
