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Provocative song row: SC questions Gujarat Police over FIR against Cong MP
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'Provocative' song row: SC questions Gujarat Police over FIR against Cong MP

The Bench emphasized that the poem in question was neither against any religion nor any particular community, urging a thoughtful review as it adjourned the hearing for three weeks at the request of the Gujarat government’s counsel.
access_time 10 Feb 2025 6:22 PM IST
Padma Awards: late legendary writer MT to get Padma Vibhushan
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Padma Awards: late legendary writer MT to get Padma Vibhushan

access_time 25 Jan 2025 11:30 PM IST
Renowned author of Ice Candy Man and more, Bapsi Sidhwa, dies
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Renowned author of Ice Candy Man and more, Bapsi Sidhwa, dies

Sidhwa, the pioneering novelist in South Asian literature from Pakistan and who wrote the Ice Candy Man, featuring the...

access_time 27 Dec 2024 6:57 PM IST
Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ back on sale; Muslim groups seek ban re-imposition
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Rushdie’s ‘The Satanic Verses’ back on sale; Muslim groups seek ban re-imposition

The Rajiv Gandhi government's 1988 ban on The Satanic Verses has been questioned after the Delhi High Court closed a...

access_time 26 Dec 2024 10:29 AM IST
Taslima Nasreen accuses Bengal govt of cancelling plays on Lajja
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Taslima Nasreen accuses Bengal govt of cancelling plays on 'Lajja'

However, state police said that the organisers called off the plays, based on Nasreen's novel 'Lajja' (shame), on their...

access_time 24 Dec 2024 7:06 PM IST
India Post abolishes Book Post service, impacting reading culture
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India Post abolishes Book Post service, impacting reading culture

In an era when knowledge is key to progress, dismantling a service that facilitated the spread of ideas and learning...

access_time 23 Dec 2024 12:10 PM IST
K. Jayakumar wins Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for Pingala Kesini
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K. Jayakumar wins Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award for 'Pingala Kesini'

Former Kerala Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar's 'Pingala Kesini' won the prestigious Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award, selected...

access_time 18 Dec 2024 6:34 PM IST
‘Blatant hypocrisy’: over 100 writers slam JCB’s literary prize
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‘Blatant hypocrisy’: over 100 writers slam JCB’s literary prize

New Delhi: Citing that bulldozers made by British company JCB destroy the lives of the poor and marginalised in India’s...

access_time 22 Nov 2024 9:45 AM IST
Malayalam writer NS Madhavan wins Ezhuthachan award 24
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Malayalam writer NS Madhavan wins Ezhuthachan award '24

The award was in recognition of his overall contribution to the Malayalam language and literature

access_time 1 Nov 2024 9:36 PM IST
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Rushdie to publish memoir on 2022 knife attack

The attack by a man wearing a black mask rendered his right eye blind

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58th Jnanpith: Urdu poet Gulzar, Jagadguru Rambhadracharya selected
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58th Jnanpith: Urdu poet Gulzar, Jagadguru Rambhadracharya selected

New Delhi: For the 58th Jnanpith Awards, the award selection committee selected Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar...

access_time 17 Feb 2024 7:47 PM IST
Neither Hindi belongs to Hindus, nor Urdu to Muslims: Javed Akhtar
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Neither Hindi belongs to Hindus, nor Urdu to Muslims: Javed Akhtar

Javed Akhtar, the writer-lyricist, broke misconceptions about Hindi belonging to Hindus and Urdu belonging to Muslims,...

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Idea that power gives better opportunity to serve people long gone: MT
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Idea that power gives better opportunity to serve people long gone: MT

The renowned Jnanapith-winning Malayalam writer criticised today's politicians, while Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi...

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Poorna Swami’s ‘Palestinian’ wins Jawad Memorial Urdu-English Translation Prize
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Poorna Swami’s ‘Palestinian’ wins Jawad Memorial Urdu-English Translation Prize

Poorna Swami demonstrated an exquisite balance in translating the essence of 'Palestinian,' the translation of Fehmida...

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Actor Huma Qureshi turns author with superhero novel

Qureshi, who is known for projects like ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, ‘Badlapur’, ‘Monica, O My Darling’, and ‘Maharani’, shared...

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Martin Amis, British author of trend-setting novels including ‘Money’ dies
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Martin Amis, British author of trend-setting novels including ‘Money’ dies

The novel has been praised as ‘one of the most searing, insightful and bitingly funny English-language novels of the...

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