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.
Author interview: Poet Richik Banerjee talks about his upcoming book ‘Two Commas & That Voice’
May 27, 2021, at 06:14 pm
‘Two Commas & That Voice’ is an anthology that talks about the merits of life from an alternative poetic lens, says poet Richik Banerjee about his upcoming book.
Book Review: Richik Banerjee talks about the sandwiched voiced in his anthology of poems
May 27, 2021, at 05:59 pm
“Poetry is what? What is poetry? Yes. Yes. No. No. Poem is that. That is poem.”
A son talks about the literary enterprise of his parents
May 01, 2021, at 05:37 pm
Anirban Dhar, son of late Pratima Dhar talks about why decided to get his mother’s Bengali novel ‘Uttorsuri’ translated into English.
A book about how migrants pay the price when a country is split up
May 01, 2021, at 05:27 pm
For her novel ‘The Descendants’ (originally written in Bengali as 'Uttorsuri 'and translated to English by Amitava Chatterjee), Pratima Dhar delved into her own experience of migrating from East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) as a kid during the partition of India, and the travails of such families while settling in a new land.
Author Interview: Soumajoy Majumder talks about his Bengali book named 'Ramdhanu O Aaro Ekti'
May 01, 2021, at 12:02 am
Soumajoy Majumder delves into fragments of real events, rumors, realizations, feelings, to pen this volume of Bengali short stories
Dalits are subjected to identification irrespective of achievements: Meira Kumar
Apr 23, 2021, at 04:14 am
Former Lok Sabha Speaker and ex-Union Minister Meira Kumar was the guest at the event Kitaab organised by Prabha Khaitan Foundation (PKF) in association with Shree Cement in April. Kumar spoke about Dalit women as a book- Makers of Modern Dalit History- was launched virtually. The event was attended by the two authors of the book, Guru Prakash Paswan and Sudarshan Ramabadran, as well as Devyani Khobragade, Makrand Paranjpe and Narendra Yadav. IBNS correspondent Souvik Ghosh brings highlights of the event moderated by journalist Maria Shakil
Apr 21, 2021, at 06:23 pm
Life becomes meaningful, interesting and successful when an individual overcomes every hurdle to serve the people of the nation.
Apr 16, 2021, at 08:08 pm
Asha Bajaj reviews "21 Days with the Mistress of King Midas" written by Dr. Marcia Ann Mims Coppertino
Book Review: The Story of Dots by Zarin Ali
Mar 27, 2021, at 07:30 pm
We all have heard of that phrase, ‘a friend in need is a friend indeed.’ Whenever there is trouble in life we always seek a friend who will listen to our problems.
Author interview: Zarin Ali talks about her book 'The Story of Dots'
Mar 24, 2021, at 08:10 pm
Thoughts that she cannot keep to herself yet cannot share with others inspire her to write, says the author.
Mar 22, 2021, at 05:09 pm
Instead of pursuing happiness, look inwards and see what needs to be changed within oneself, and happiness will follow, says author Venkatesh N Chakravarty
Book Review: Find Your Real Self and Happiness Will Find You
Mar 19, 2021, at 02:25 am
In the book “Find Your Real Self And Happiness Will Find You”, the author Venkatesh N. Chakravarty becomes the torchbearer for us and helps us find happiness within ourselves.