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Lilly Singh recalls being disappointed with parents’ reaction after coming out as bisexual

VeenaJune 4, 2022June 4, 2022

by VeenaJune 4, 2022June 4, 20220375

Mumbai, June 4 (IANS) YouTube star Lilly Singh professionally known as Superwoman, recently opened up on her parents’ reaction when she came out of the closet

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Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand becomes first novel translated from Hindi to win International Booker prize

VeenaMay 27, 2022May 27, 2022

by VeenaMay 27, 2022May 27, 20220460

New Delhi, May 26, 2022: (Staff & IANS): Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’, translated from Hindi by Daisy Rockwell, has won the International Booker, the first novel

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Kasturba Gandhi’s sole diary brings her voice to the foreground of history

VeenaMay 17, 2022May 17, 2022

by VeenaMay 17, 2022May 17, 20220190

New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A century-and-a-half after her birth, “The Lost Diary of Kastur, My Ba” (HarperCollins) by her great-grandson Tushar Gandhi finally presents Kasturba

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Khabaar: Extraordinary culinary memoir is simmered to perfection

VeenaApril 12, 2022April 13, 2022

by VeenaApril 12, 2022April 13, 20220950

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Khabaar (Food in Bengali): An Immigrant Journey of Food, Memory, and Family Author: Madhushree Ghosh There is no sincere love than the

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Rohinton Mistry’s ‘A Fine Balance’ being developed into HBO series

VeenaMarch 22, 2022March 22, 2022

by VeenaMarch 22, 2022March 22, 202201715

Los Angeles, March 21 (IANS) HBO is developing an OTT adaptation of Indian Canadian writer Rohinton Mistry’s 1996 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel, “A Fine Balance”, with Ritesh

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Diverse voices dominate longlist for 20,000-pound Dylan Thomas Prize

VeenaFebruary 17, 2022February 17, 2022

by VeenaFebruary 17, 2022February 17, 20220506

London, Feb 3 (IANS) From Sri Lanka to Trinidad, Texas, and Ireland via the Middle East, this years international longlist for one of the worlds largest

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What’s fact, what’s fiction in ‘Saaz’, which was inspired by the Mangeshkar sisters?

VeenaFebruary 7, 2022February 7, 2022

by VeenaFebruary 7, 2022February 7, 20220885

BY SAI PARANJPYE The film on Asha Bhosle’s life was cancelled and we decided to make a work of fiction about imaginary people. We did

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‘I wrote my obituary to find out who I really wanted to be’

VeenaFebruary 3, 2022February 3, 2022

by VeenaFebruary 3, 2022February 3, 20220849

BY VISHNU MAKHIJANI Imagine setting out as a writer by penning your own obituary to “find out who I really wanted to be” and close

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Yoga Vade Mecum: Dr. Sudhanva Char’s timely ode to an ancient tradition

VeenaFebruary 1, 2022February 1, 2022

by VeenaFebruary 1, 2022February 1, 202202837

BY JYOTHSNA HEGDE Atlanta, GA, February 1, 2022: “Yoga is an invaluable gift of India’s ancient tradition. It embodies unity of mind and body; thought

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Writers Retreat Comes to Eatonton, Georgia

VeenaJanuary 28, 2022January 28, 2022

by VeenaJanuary 28, 2022January 28, 202201227

Cover photo courtesy: Georgia Writers Museum Atlanta, GA, January 28, 2022: Georgia Writers Museum is launching its first Writers Retreat, February 25 – 27, 2022,