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New Delhi, Nov 5: Author Arundhati Roy and 23 other national award winning writers and filmmakers, including Saeed Mirza and Kundan Shah, on Thursday said they are returning their awards as a "symbolic gesture" to draw the country's…

Los Angeles, Oct 30: While many considered human characters in the popular “Transformers” franchise meaningless, writer Akiva Goldsman has hinted that there would still be humans in the future films. The question of whether the franchise…

Renowned German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature Gunter Grass passed away on Monday in the city of Lubeck. Grass, 87, died of a lung infection, Germany's…

Senior diplomat and noted writer Vikas Swarup has been appointed as the new official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs ( MEA). He will take over from Syed Akbaruddin on 18 April, 2015.  Akbaruddin is due to be promoted as…

On his 70th birthday Saturday, writer-filmmaker Subhash Ghai, credited with movies like "Karz", "Hero", "Karma", "Saudagar", "Khalnayak", "Pardes" and "Taal", has spoken fondly of his lesser known talent as a lyricist. He says penning…

The 2015 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature has been awarded to Jhumpa Lahiri for "The Lowland", it was announced Thursday. Lahiri won the $50,000 prize, beating strong contenders like Pakistani author Bilal Tanweer (The Scatter Here is…