For 20 years, the Naipaul family in Trinidad used to live on "quiet alert" every October, when the Nobel Prize is usually announced, hoping to hear that the committee has chosen Vidia for the ...

The debate around Naipaul’s book ‘An Area of Darkness’ was an important moment in post-colonial thought and the idea of ‘being Indian’.

Savi Naipaul's memoir, 'The Naipauls of Nepaul Street', explores the trials and triumphs of her family in Trinidad. Highlighting V.S. Naipaul's journey to winning the Nobel Prize, it delves into ...

"Buland Masjid was different. In a way, it chose me,” reflects Chitvan Gill, documentary photographer, filmmaker, and writer, ...

Naipaul was awarded the Nobel in 2001. In awarding him the prize, the Swedish Academy praised him for 'having united ...

Most writers grow up in homes filled with books. Not this writer. My parents’ book collection, accumulated over their nearly ...

Odia author Pratibha Ray has won Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Sahitya Akademi, Odisha Sahitya Akademi, Moortidevi, Saptarshi ...

How a 1997 New Yorker photoshoot featuring Rushdie, Roy, Seth and others marked the pinnacle of Indian writing in English, their battle against conformity, and why such a gathering may never happen ...

Nationally esteemed Odia author Pratibha Ray is the 2024 recipient of the Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest’s Godrej Lifetime Achievement Award. She is one of the most reputed writers in India, and ...

Nigerian author Uchenna Awoke’s novel, The Liquid Eye of a Moon unveils the silence around a traditional caste system still ...

India's rich cultural heritage has served as a source of inspiration for writers such as Rudyard Kipling, VS Naipaul ... Emily Inglethorp. The book introduces one of Christie's most iconic ...