Tag: Books

World of literature

Marking its 10th anniversary, this year's Jaipur Literature Festival will touch upon a multitude of ideas and themes, including a look at the nation, Freedom to Dream ~ India at 70, which explores India today in the context of its history as well as its future. Translations and World Literature, Women and Marginalised Voices, Sanskrit...

January 19, 2017

World Book Fair ends on high note

The 44th World Book Fair ended here on a high note on Sunday as thousands of bookworms thronged to grab their favourite books in best deals. Organised at Pragati Maidan, the annual book fair had around 2,500 stalls belonging to around 800 publishers from India and 20 international publishers this year. The weekend crowd had...

January 15, 2017

Ben Affleck finds making films on books tricky

Actor-filmmaker Ben Affleck says giving a visual translation to any book is a challenging task. He says it is difficult to figure out how to take in order to have a reasonable running time for a movie while preserving what's great about the book.  The actor expressed his views while talking about his forthcoming film...

January 8, 2017

Who needs the Buddha?

They know where they would be liked, loved, treasured and above all read. 

November 26, 2016