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Delhi L-G attends event to celebrate Lakshmi Puri's bestseller book
New Delhi, March 15 (IANS) Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V.K. Saxena on Saturday attended the launch of Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri's book 'Swallowing the Sun' becoming a national bestseller, which was hosted at the Partition Museum, Dara Shukoh Library Building in the national capital.
'Gunning for trouble': Investigating the Bofors scandal, its impact - and inconclusive outcome (Book Review)
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The scandal tarnished the image of two popular Prime Ministers (one posthumously), threw light on the unscrupulous world of the global arms trade and its nexus with politics, and forced banking haven Switzerland to change its impenetrable laws to help foreign governments unearth cases of large-scale corruption.
'JFK, mass cooking, and fashion fiascos': The colourful but exacting lives of Indian diplomatic spouses (Book Review)
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Even amid themselves, they note how they seem to only make gulab jamuns and samosas by the hundreds for official occasions, but India's 'informal diplomats' frequently show their metier. Like this absent diplomat's pregnant wife, under house arrest in Dhaka with her young son amid the 1965 war, ensuring she burnt the cypher books and then browbeat her Pakistani captors into treating her properly.
Mamata Banerjee remembers Netaji’s connections with Germany at Kolkata Book Fair
Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS) At the inauguration of the 48th Kolkata International Book Fair on Tuesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee remembers the connections of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose with Germany.
HC denies permission to VHP for stall at Kolkata Book Fair
Kolkata, Jan 24 (IANS) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court, on Friday, rejected the appeal from the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) for allotment of a stall at the forthcoming Kolkata International Book Fair this year which will be organised by the Publishers & Booksellers Guild.
Dalai Lama - the voice for the voiceless
Dharamsala, Jan 24 (IANS) Globetrotting Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is turning 90 in July, will be releasing a new book in March that offers insights into his decades-long dealings with China.
18th JLF edition announced from January 30 to Feb 3 in Jaipur
Jaipur, Jan 21 (IANS) The 18th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) will be held from January 30 to February 3 at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur, offering a meticulously curated program celebrates literature, culture, and global dialogue.
HC directs Kolkata Book Fair organiser to arrange space for VHP's stall
Kolkata, Jan 17 (IANS) The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the Publishers & Booksellers Guild, the organiser of the Kolkata International Book Fair, to arrange space for the stall of Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) at the annual event this year scheduled from January 28 to February 9.
Stalin presents prestigious Perunthalaivar Kamarajar award to K.V. Thangkabalu
Chennai, Jan 15 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin conferred the prestigious Perunthalaivar Kamarajar Award on K.V. Thangkabalu, former president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, on Wednesday.
C. Ramchandra: The music composer who straddled East and West - and left a PM tearful
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) His contribution to Hindi film music, spanning classical to casual, is considerable, but composer C. Ramchandra's biggest endowment was to the nation, in creating the haunting, heart-rending, yet inspiring strains of its best-known patriotic song - that left a Prime Minister in tears on its first rendition.
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