Tag: Writer
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Sayeed Hasan Khan leaves behind a rich legacy of words and friends
Sayeed Hasan Khan was a celebrated author, journalist, activist and commentator whose articles graced The Statesman for years.
October 19, 2022 -
Actor-author Tisca Chopra proud to be related to Khushwant Singh
"The response to the book has been phenomenal. It has generated a lot of interest within families which to me is the biggest success of the book.
August 11, 2021 -
Sahitya Academy shoots documentary on writer Shirshendu
“I was surprised when he became famous after writing several novels. But he was reluctant to write when he was in primary school and he used to take my help,” Mrs Chakraborty said.
July 1, 2019 -
Obituary | Ramapada Chowdhury: End of a long literary era
World War II, India's Partition, the riots, West Bengal famine and the refugee crisis deeply affected Ramapada Chowdhury, and it reflected in most of his work
July 30, 2018 -
BJP ‘threatens’ Kerala writer for calling Modi ‘murderer’
A senior functionary of the BJP's Kerala unit has threatened popular Malayalam writer and novelist Paul Zachariah for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a "murderer".
July 6, 2018 -
Mamata remembers author Upendrakishore Ray on his 155th birth anniversary
Upendrakishore Ray Chowdhury was a famous Bengali writer, painter, violin player and composer, technologist and entrepreneur.
May 12, 2018 -
From Farhan Akhtar to Sumeet Vyas: Actors who are also good at writing
Bollywood actors are multi-faceted they can sing, dance and a lot of them can write as well. While some write for screen others write for themselves. Writing unlike acting is a selfless act, it isn’t always the writer who acts out his own stuff, many times, you write for other people. That’s the beauty of...
May 2, 2018 -
Tanuja Chandra, Juhi Chaturvedi launch Writer’s Lounge
Director-writer Tanuja Chandra, screenwriter Juhi Chaturvedi, actor-director-writer Swati Semwal and writer Ishani Banerjee launched a Writer’s Lounge here on Tuesday. The lounge does not levy any charges for using its space. Its aim is to fill a lacuna that exists due to space constraints in the city. It is available for writers of all ages,...
February 21, 2018 -
Prabasi Bhasa Samman 2018 awarded to CUO V-C Sachidananda Mohanty
Delhi based progressive forum of Odias, “The Intellect” conferred the Prabasi Bhasa Samman for 2018 on Professor Sachidananda Mohanty, Vice-Chancellor of Central University of Orissa, Koraput along with 11 other eminent personalities of Odisha for their contribution to the cause of Odia language and culture. Dr Mohanty was also the Guest of Honor in the...
February 20, 2018 -
Droll whimsical humour
It is not common to write an autobiography at the age of 39, when it can be assumed that all one’s major triumphs are yet to come. Nearly all celebrity books are drivel. This one by Soha Ali Khan is not, and it is not ghost-written, either. Anyone who buys this book will already be...
January 21, 2018 -
Malda writer felicitated
A Malda based railway guard and a writer in English, Ashok Kumar Haldar, was felicitated today by the Malda Book Fair Committee for his new philosophical writing named, “The Radical Change of Human Society and with Its Scientific Observation” which has already been added to the collection of the Malda District Library. Mr Haldar, among...
January 20, 2018 -
Bonding with Bond
Ruskin Bond according to the publisher’s jacket cover is “one of India’s greatest writers.” Born in 1934, he has written “over 100 books of fiction, non-fiction and poetry,” and was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2014. I confess to reading none of the hundred books and I felt it better to begin with this autobiography,...
January 7, 2018 -
Bridging the divide
Arundhati Roy, who had taken the literary world by storm with the publication of her quasi-autobiographical book, The God of Small Things, in 1997 which went on to win The Booker Prize, made her readers wait for twenty long years. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness, published in 2017, isn’t a sequel. Far from it. Years...
December 31, 2017 -
No saint no sinner!
A biography of Osho's first disciple, Laxmi, is an illustration of how to deal with life's adversities.
December 20, 2017 -
In pics: Neeraj Vora’s five unforgettable films
December 14, 2017 -
Modi condoles death of writer, journalist Arun Sadhu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the death of noted writer and journalist Arun Sadhu who passed away early Monday at a hospital following a heart condition. “PM expressed grief of the demise of noted writer & journalist Shri Arun Sadhu. He extends deepest condolences to his family & admirers,” the Office of...
September 25, 2017 -
Renowned journalist, writer Arun Sadhu passes away
Noted writer Arun Sadhu, who straddled the worlds of literature and journalism with equal elan, passed away here early today at a hospital following a heart condition. He was 76. Sadhu breathed his last at the Sion Hospital, where he was admitted yesterday for a heart ailment. He was in a critical condition and put...
September 25, 2017