Satyapal Anand is a poet, writer, educationist and journalist. Here in a freewheeling interview to Amit Guin, he speaks about his works, Urdu poetry and his recent book of poems 'One Hundred Buddhas'
Tell us about yourself, your works and achievements.
Nowshehra is a small town near Peshawar where I had my ...
Mexico City, May 16: Carlos Fuentes, a towering literary figure in the Spanish-speaking world, died Tuesday at a hospital in the Mexican capital. He was 83.
The cause of death was not immediately disclosed, but the writer was known to suffer from heart problems.
An acclaimed novelist and essayist who taught at Princeton ...
Dudavas (Rajasthan), May 15: For Rao Kabool Singh, a World War Two veteran who turned 100 this weekend, it has been a life of service with the army man choosing to take up the cause of the downtrodden in rural areas after retiring in 1962.
Setting up a hospital in Dudavas, a ...
New Delhi, May 15: His surname inspired a key character in the hit Bollywood film "Kahaani". Now writer Amitabha Bagchi has knit a plot about Indian bureaucracy, corruption and redemption in his new work, "The Householder".
Bagchi, who earlier penned the bestselling novel "Above Average", told IANS: "I had started writing the ...
New York, May 14: Elizabeth Pessala became the first Indian American judge to be honoured by the Nassau County Bar Association. He is serving as an associate justice for the village of Westbury. Along with Pessala, Angelo Mangia, former counsel to the State Senate majority was also honoured. Both received the Nassau ...
London, May 11: Three Indian-origin scientists, based in London and Oxford and noted for their excellence in medical science, are among 46 experts elected Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences.
The three scientists are Professor Anant Parekh, Professor of Physiology, University of Oxford; Professor Jaspal Singh Kooner, Professor of Clinical ...
Washington, May 9: Soft drink major Pepsico's Indian born CEO Indra Nooyi is one of the 18 women who have shattered the glass ceiling to lead America's 500 largest corporations, according to Fortune magazine's latest ranking.
Nooyi, who leads the 41st biggest company in America, is listed fourth among top women executives ...
New Delhi, May 8: He is revered the world over for his prodigious literary output, including thousands of poems and songs. But what the world will now get to know about Rabindranath Tagore is that through his travels to over 30 countries he became India's peace envoy and outlined a vision ...
New Delhi, May 8: US-based celebrity writer-chef Vikas Khanna, whose signature Indian dish 'Tree of Life' - a variation of gobi ka pakoda - is soon to be served to US President Barack Obama, is also a strong votary of the philosophy of "no secrets in the kitchen".
Food has to be ...
