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Kolkata: Book depicting Park Street's journey launched at Oxford Bookstore

Sep 19, 2022, at 11:15 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Park Street Theke Phire Dekha (Looking Back From Park Street), a book by Pulak Kumar Chakraborti, depicting Park Street's journey, was launched last week at the Oxford Bookstore, Park Street, by Karan Paul, chairman of Apeejay Surrendra Group.

Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize announces its eighth edition

Sep 09, 2022, at 07:21 pm

New Delhi/Kolkata/IBNS: Oxford Bookstores has announced the much-awaited Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize and opened entries for the eighth edition.

Prabha Khaitan Foundation hosts 2022 Booker Prize winner Geetanjali Shree at India International Centre

Jul 25, 2022, at 04:56 pm

Prabha Khaitan Foundation hosted a reception to meet and greet the Booker Prize 2022 recipient Geetanjali Shree, 64, at the India International Centre (ICC), which was attended by the Ehsaas Women of India.

Italy, Bengal bond over Dante, Tagore and D'Annunzio to celebrate 75 years of bilateral diplomatic relations

Jul 22, 2022, at 06:49 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The majestic Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata was witness to a literature seminar last week featuring Italy and Bengal, the two places equally inclined to art, culture and literature.

'The Casket’ and 'Besky' by Nita Bajoria explore a woman's journey for empowerment and love

Jul 22, 2022, at 06:40 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: A light shower had washed the grime off the city and Kolkata looked beautiful – the verdant landscape dotted by buildings old and new receding into the sunlit horizon – from the high perched Glenburn Penthouse.

Rash Behari Bose preached 'Asia for Asians' and 'India for Indians' in Japan to become part of pan-Asianism: Prasun Roy

Jun 28, 2022, at 05:37 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Author Prasun Roy has touched upon the role of Indian revolutionary Rash Behari Bose in the country's struggle against the British Raj while speaking about his book A Samurai Dream of Azad Hind: Rash Behari Bose recently in Kolkata.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone turns 25, writer JK Rowling remembers the best moment of her life

Jun 27, 2022, at 04:23 am

London: Writer JK Rowling on Sunday thanked her fans who boarded the Hogwarts Express since 1997 as her debut novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone turned 25, marking a major landmark in the paradigm of English fantasy writing.

Nidhi Vadhera: Books and a healthy reading habit continue to anchor us in this digitally drowned world full of distractions

Jun 09, 2022, at 12:04 am

Mumbai: Author and entrepreneur Nidhi Vadhera wanted to do something that would be beneficial for the society.

Illustrations can advance the story as well as the text for children who can't read: Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan

May 31, 2022, at 10:59 pm

Award-winning children's book author and poet Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan on May 26 discussed the interesting elements that makes her latest book 'Parvati the Elephant's Very Important Day' a companion for life during a Prabha Khaitan Foundation event titled Muskaan, presented by Shree Cement. The event was moderated by Damayanti Mukherjee, Principal of Modern High School for Girls, Kolkata.

Srijit Mukherji, other contemporary Bengali filmmakers talk about their journeys in a new book

May 30, 2022, at 11:09 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Srijit Mukherji and his contemporaries will be sharing their own experiences in the world of filmmaking in a young writer's maiden book.

Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand becomes first book in Indian language to win Booker Prize

May 27, 2022, at 05:49 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Author Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand has become the first book in the Indian language to win the International Booker Prize, media reports said.

Little magazines in Instagram era, a tete-a-tete with independent writer Subhankar Das

May 23, 2022, at 05:45 pm

Welcome to the world of little magazines, mimeo editors, outlaw poets, chapbooks and experimental writing. IBNS caught up with Subhankar Das, an independent writer, literary activist, poet, blogger, publisher and film producer, to answer some of the questions pertaining to the future of little magazines and small publications in the era of Instagram.  

My mother felt it was criminal to not live up to our full potential: Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan

May 11, 2022, at 10:05 pm

Why do you want to write a book about me? Why not one on your famous brother?” – was Lily Tharoor’s first reaction when she learnt of her daughter Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan’s intention to write about her life.

French love to criticise a lot but care that people take it in right spirit, says author-cartoonist Julien Berjeaut in Kolkata

May 09, 2022, at 06:24 pm

Kolkata: The French love to criticise a lot and can be really mean at times but they care that people take it in the right spirit, said French cartoonist and comic book artist Julien Berjeaut during his visit to the city.

Do you know what mommy did when she was a little girl? New book crowd-sources their stories

May 08, 2022, at 05:15 am

Is there any woman who, as a teenager (or maybe even as a grown up), did not have to hear how unlike they were from their mothers when they (mothers) were at that age.

Kolkata is a terrific muse for any creative people, says city-based author Supriya Newar launching her new book of verses

Apr 20, 2022, at 02:51 am

Kolkata/IBNS: A former journalist and public relations professional, for Kolkata-based writer Supriya Newar the seamless vignettes of life in the megapolis never ceases to inspire her creative works.

Supriya Newar’s Kolkata Classics-A Book Of Verse launched in Kolkata

Apr 15, 2022, at 05:02 pm

Kolkata/IBNS:  Starmark, in association with Readomania, hosted the launch of Supriya Newar’s Kolkata Classics- A Book of Verse.

French textile artist and author Isabelle Moulin launches her book Impressions Indiennes in Kolkata

Apr 13, 2022, at 03:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: Celebrated French textile artist and author Isabelle Moulin launched Impressions Indiennes, her latest book dedicated to Indo-French relations through the prism of silk at the Oxford Bookstore in Kolkata last week.

Sonnet Mondal's new book of poems An Afternoon in My Mind launched

Apr 09, 2022, at 06:39 pm

Poet Sonnet Mondal’s new book of poems titled An Afternoon in My Mind has recently been launched.

Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee speaks about his cookbook in Kolkata

Mar 23, 2022, at 06:25 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee on Tuesday signed a few copies of his book Cooking to Save Your Life at South City Starmark here.

Author Aruna Arya Gupta's book The Heart Has Its Answers launched in Kolkata

Mar 12, 2022, at 07:55 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Author Aruna Arya Gupta's book The Heart Has Its Answers was launched in presence of eminent personalities here last week.

Dr. Jonaki Mukherjee narrates ten real life stories of struggles of women in her book Unvanquished: The Fight Beyond Justice

Mar 11, 2022, at 04:29 pm

"Unvanquished: The fight beyond Justice" tells ten real life stories of the struggles of women of diverse ages and backgrounds.

Book lovers' enthusiasm over Russian literature in Kolkata book fair unperturbed by Ukraine war

Mar 07, 2022, at 12:14 am

Kolkata/IBNS: It is often said literature, films, music are beyond boundaries of war, hatred or acrimony and the Russian pavilion in the 45th International Kolkata Book Fair is a witness to it.

French author Patrick Deville talks about Plague and Cholera amid COVID-19 pandemic

Feb 26, 2022, at 06:39 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has still kept the world on edge, French author Patrick Deville  on a winter evening in Kolkata threw light upon his 2012 book Plague and Cholera, which is based on the life of bacteriologist Alexandre Yersin.

Kitaab Festival in Delhi draws booklovers

Feb 23, 2022, at 06:42 pm

Prabha Khaitan Foundation organised a week-long Kitaab Festival in Delhi presented by Shree Cement, from 13 to 17 December, where English, Hindi and Urdu literatures were celebrated in the company of a niche audience. Eleven books were launched in these 5 days at the India International Centre in New Delhi.

Watching Sholay changed my life, Amitabh Bachchan was my favourite: Iranian American actor-writer Abbas Kazerooni

Feb 08, 2022, at 09:07 pm

Human beings are more good than bad, says Iranian American writer-actor-lawyer Abbas Kazerooni speaking at the 'The Universe Writes' initiative of Prabha Khaitan Foundation in association with Shree Cement and Siyahi. Souvik Ghosh reports

Author-academician Mahul Brahma wins Sahityakosh Samman Award

Feb 08, 2022, at 03:04 am

Kolkata: Author and academician Prof. Mahul Brahma has won the literary award 'Sahityakosh Samman' for his latest book 'The Mythic Value of Luxury'.

Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival 2022 wraps up

Jan 25, 2022, at 11:42 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: The 13th edition of the Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, held virtually amid COVID-19 pandemic, was wrapped up on Sunday.

JK: Srinagar girl pens down book

Jan 23, 2022, at 04:18 am

 Srinagar: Fearless Flower, a book by a student Sabreena Yaseen of Natipora was released during an event here.

New book chronicles how a small-town Bihar woman empowered her lot to rise above hurdles 50 yrs ago

Jan 21, 2022, at 10:36 pm

About 50 years ago, a small-town woman from West Champaran district in Bihar, advised women of her state to be part of the solution, whatever the problem, and urged them not to sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.