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.
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.
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.
Cartoonist Narayan Debnath, credited for several Bengali comics, no more
Jan 18, 2022, at 05:42 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Cartoonist Narayan Debnath, who has created several Bengali comics, passed away on Tuesday.
Book publishing platform Notion Press expands its services to Bengali language
Dec 29, 2021, at 12:24 am
Chennai/IBNS: Book publishing platform, Notion Press, Tuesday announced its entry into Bengali with a target to publish 10,000 books every year exclusively in the language.
Dec 22, 2021, at 06:05 pm
At the launch of his book A Bird From Afar at the Kitaab Books Festival organised by the Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement, writer and Times of India Executive Editor Anshul Chaturvedi talks about the mystique of Subhas Chandra Bose on whom his latest work is based. IBNS correspondent Shashi Sunny was present at the conversation between the writer and Suhel Seth and Nila Madhab
Seventh edition of Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob to commence tomorrow
Dec 10, 2021, at 12:14 am
Kolkata/IBNS: The seventh edition of India’s first Bengali literary festival, Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob (ABSU), curated by Oxford Bookstores, is all set to commence with a curated mix of virtual and physical sessions on Friday.
Dec 04, 2021, at 08:39 pm
Vidhie Mukerjea, the daughter of INX Media co-founders Peter and Indrani Mukerjea, suffered an immense emotional turbulence back in 2015 when her parents were arrested in connection with the sensational Sheena Bora murder case. Vidhie, now in her 20s, came out describing her experience in a book, titled 'Devil's Daughter'. As the book was published, IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh interacts with Vidhie, who was at Starmark Kolkata recently, on the book, her experience and more
Oxford English Dictionary chooses 'vax' as 2021 word of year
Nov 02, 2021, at 05:02 am
London/UNI/Sputnik: The word vax has been chosen as Word of Year in 2021, after the frequency of its usage increased 72 times since the beginning of the year, compared to the same time in 2020, Oxford Languages said on Monday.
Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abulrazak Gurnah
Oct 07, 2021, at 11:21 pm
Stockholm/UNI/Sputnik/IBNS: The 2021 Nobel Prize in literature has been awarded to Tanzanian novelist Abulrazak Gurnah on Thursday.
Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist was my trigger to tell stories, says debut writer Priyasha Bagchi
Sep 26, 2021, at 07:08 pm
It was her dexterous balancing of career plans and deep-rooted passion for story-telling which led 22-year old medical student Priyasha Bagchi to publish her debut novel ‘The Road to Infinity: A Story of Two Parallel Lines’. In this interview with Uttara Gangopadhyay, the pre-final year medico, studying at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, talks about her journey of transforming an idea into a book.
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu launches book on smart villages
Sep 25, 2021, at 12:41 am
New Delhi: A new book that puts together case studies on uplifting villages, titled ‘Smart Villages: Bridging the Global Urban-Rural Divide” by Springer Nature Switzerland AG was launched late Wednesday by Zoho founder Dr Sridhar Vembu, who has inspirationally gone back to a village to lead his company’s $610 million software operations.
The difficulty of being a Supreme Court judge today is insurmountable: Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman
Aug 27, 2021, at 07:50 pm
Former Supreme Court judge Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman used the pandemic lockdown to pen in two volumes the book titled 'Discordant Notes'. The book traces and analyses all dissenting judgements in the history of India's apex court till date. While a lay person understands a dissenting judgment as a judgment or an opinion of a judge who ‘dissents’ or disagrees with the majority opinion of a larger bench he is part of, the eminent legal mind at the recent event Kitaab, organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement, explains the nuances of law. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings you excerpts
Sufi poet Ahad Zargar’s poetic works released
Aug 24, 2021, at 03:42 am
Srinagar/IBNS: Sufi poet Ahad Zargar’s poetic works in the shape of a book was released at the Narwara area in Shaher-e-Khaas on Monday
Jul 22, 2021, at 06:49 pm
Journalist-author Anshul Chaturvedi's book on Swami Vivekananda, titled The Vivekananda Handbook for Everyday Living, was officially launched on Jun 28 this year. Days after it was launched, Chaturvedi spoke about the book in a candid conversation at The Write Circle Special, organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings some excerpts
Jul 11, 2021, at 05:53 am
Kolkata: Journalist-author Anshul Chaturvedi said his new book on Swami Vivekananda is not a scholarly analysis of his religious views but an attempt to present the readers with an easy to comprehend work on the Hindu monk and his thoughts' relevance in daily life.
Author Interview: Ashwin P Chandran on his new book 'The Sixteenth Night Of The Kurukshetra'
Jul 03, 2021, at 04:12 am
Professor Ashwin Chandran elaborates why he chose to write about the 'The Sixteenth Night Of The Kurukshetra' in 16 conversations that took place on that fateful night.
Won't write about India due to lack of knowledge or confidence: Jeffrey Archer
Jun 19, 2021, at 05:50 am
English novelist and former British politician, Jeffrey Archer, had his book Turn a Blind Eye launched in India at a virtual event of Kitab organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation and presented by Shree Cement. In an exclusive conversation with Vidya Gajapathi Raju, Archer spoke about his new book and more. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh tracks the event
Book review: Soumajoy Majumder reveals his short story writing skills in this Bengali anthology
May 27, 2021, at 07:53 pm
The book “Ramdhanu O Aro Ekti” is a collection of variously themed eight short stories in Bengali by Soumajoy Majumder.
Author Interview: Aviranjan Sharma on his new book 'Mission India'
May 27, 2021, at 07:00 pm
The dream of a corruption-free country is what drove him to write 'Mission India', says Aviranjan Sharma
Book review: ‘Mission India’ to end corruption in the country
May 27, 2021, at 06:47 pm
Abhiranjan Sharma describes his dream of a corruption-free country in his book ‘Mission India.