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BY MAHADEV DESAI The Booker Prize Foundation has announced the launch of the Children’s Booker Prize, a £50,000 award recognizing the best contemporary fiction for

BY MAHADEV DESAI Kailash Satyarthi’s Diyaslai is not just an autobiography—it is a torch passed from one generation to the next. In this compelling memoir,

THE WHODUNIT WANDERER, DR. MANJIRI PRABHU* When destinations spin off ideas…. In a previous article, I have already explained why Oxford became a character in

BY DR. MANJIRI PRABHU* Some mysteries need to be actively cracked but some solve themselves….with time. And I would like to share one such long-pending

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Seattle, WA, September 3, 2025: The Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF), often described as the “greatest literary show on Earth,” will return

BY KIAN KASSAM* In the following excerpt from his travel memoir, Bottles & Waves, author Kian Kassam turns the simple act of traveling with luggage

THE WHODUNIT WANDERER, DR. MANJIRI PRABHU* Like all my destination thrillers, The Mystery of the Portuguese Hearts has Portugal as a core character. On my

BY SURABHI KAUSHIK Dheepa Maturi is a New York–born, Midwest-raised Indian-American writer who explores the intersection of identity, culture, and ecology — especially through the

BY VEENA RAO Fauja Singh, the legendary runner who made global headlines as the first centenarian to complete a marathon, passed away earlier today at

NRI PULSE STAFF REPORT Matwaala, the pioneering South Asian diaspora poetry collective, is celebrating its 10th anniversary in 2025 with a full calendar of literary