Happy Birthday Pablo Neruda and Henry David Thoreau!
Pablo Neruda Neruda was born Ricardo Eliecer Neftali Reyes Basoalto. He took his pen name from the Czech author Jan Neruda. Although Neruda’s father opposed his writing interests, he persisted and had...
View ArticleDelhi welcomes Rain
For once I am posting something that has nothing whatsoever to do with books, apart from the poetry of the season that inspires me to write Yes, I am writing about the monsoons that I meet every day on...
View ArticleBirth Anniversary of Robert Sheckley
Robert Sheckley, ((July 16, 1928 – December 9, 2005), is a popular American Science fiction writer Mr. Sheckley wrote more than 15 novels and around 400 short stories. He was so prolific in his heyday...
View ArticleHappy Birthday William Makepeace Thackeray!
On the occasion of William Makepeace Thackeray’s birthday today, we present to you the repeated adaptations of his famous work “Vanity Fair” on the audio-visual medium. He was famous for his satirical...
View ArticleWe’re Giving Away Bestsellers in 2012 @ INDIAreads!!
People !!!! Now is the time to subscribe to INDIAreads. We’re giving away a Free Bestseller with every purchase of an INDIAreads Smart/Bonanza Plan in 2012. You heard us; our shelves runneth over. Only...
View ArticleJaipur Literature Festival – The Funny Side Part 1 @INDIAreads Online Library...
Homies! The Jaipur Literature Festival (20-24 Jan ’12) is about to get underway. It’s been a bumpy ride - The inaugural event in 2006 drew a crowd of about 100 attendees, including some who “appeared...
View ArticleJaipur Literature Festival – The Funny Side Part 2 @INDIAreads Online Library...
At the 2010 Lit Fest; 1. Catherine Clement, French intellectual and author of ‘Edwina and Nehru: A Novel’ and Nayantara Sahgal, Jawaharlal Nehru’s niece discussed the roaring affair between Jinnah and...
View ArticleJaipur Literature Festival 2012: An Overview @ INDIAreads Online Library cum...
I say again, lest my last post failed to register with the ‘deaf futtbucker’ demographic hiding amongst you: The Jaipur Literature Festival 2012 is about to get underway. There are Lit Fests and there...
View ArticleWorld Book Fair – Literature meets Cinema @ INDIAreads Online Library cum...
The World Book Fair at New Delhi is about to begin, and INDIAreads will be there. Do visit the INDIAreads stalls – we can’t wait to have you paw our brand new merchandise even as you struggle to manage...
View Article‘For there she was’: Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
They say you stumble upon inspiration exactly when you’re not looking for it, and how right they are. Life has not been the same ever since my unexpected encounter of two hundred pages of absolute...
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