Congratulations to Jokha Alharthi for winning the Man Booker International prize for her novel "Celestial Bodies", and becoming the the first Arabic language author to do so.
#tbt when Bengali writer Manoranjan Byapari won The Hindu Prize 2018 in the inaugural non-fiction category for his book "Interrogating My Chandal Life — An Autobiography of a Dalit".
“I think literature is a means by which we may ask questions. One of the delights of writing for children and about travelling far from home is that I meet people who’ve been thinking about these stories and are interested in them. I hope it’s because of the questions they offer rather than the answers they give.”
#tbt when Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket enlightened and entertained the audience talking about his books, writing and more!
www.thehindu.com/lit-for-life/watch-lemony-snicket-on-books-writing-and-more/article26289995.ece
Watch: Lemony Snicket on books, writing and more
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Daniel Handler, best known as Lemony Snicket of A Series of Unfortunate Events, believes that to write anything good, one must write several terrible sentences. And he is particular that his books don"A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it." - Samuel Johnson
And as we begin this journey today do let us know which book you reading right now?
#LFL2020 will be our tenth edition and the excitement starts early!
Inviting entries for The Hindu Prize 2019 - fiction and non-fiction.
www.thehindu.com/books/books-authors/call-for-entries-for-the-hindu-prize-2019/article26773492.ece
#LFL2019 : Elections 2019 and the future of Indian democracy
With the 2019 Lok Sabha elections just around the corner, here's revisiting a session where key issues such as
the #Rafale controversy, the contentious 10% #reservation for the economically backward, and the lack of investigative journalism by mainstream media on key issues of the day were discussed by panelists Arun Shourie, N. Ram, Priya Sahgal, and R. Jagannathan. The session was moderated by journalist Sanjay Pinto.
www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=TdVm75HB-8EWith just a few months to go for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, a range of issues such as the Rafale controversy, the contentious 10% reservation for the econ...
#BookPreview
Title: Ahimsa
Author: Supriya Kelkar
It is 1942 and 10-year-old Anjali’s mother has joined India’s freedom struggle. Anjali unwittingly gets involved in the turmoil. She has to give up her biases against the Dalit community, or the so-called untouchables, and sacrifice her foreign-made clothes for khadi.
When her world turns upside down, will Anjali be able to overcome her internal struggle and summon the courage needed to complete her mother’s social reform work?
#ChildrensFest #books
#ContestTime Can you guess this book which was on the shortlist for The Hindu Prize 2016?
Congratulations to #JokhaAlharthi for the #ManBookerInternationalPrize for #Celestial_Bodies #tbt when Bengali writer Manoranjan Byapari won The Hindu Prize 2018 in the inaugural non-fiction category for his book "Interrogating My Chandal Life — An Autobiography of a Dalit".
2#tbt when @DanielHandler #LemonySnicket enlightened and entertained the audience talking about his books, writing and more!
https://t.co/HXG0uc9tRV
#LFL2020 will be our tenth edition and the excitement starts early!
Inviting entries for The Hindu Prize 2019 - fiction and non-fiction.
https://t.co/T4EDfcRl9o
