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AIDS Sutra
''AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India'' is an anthology of writing telling the human stories behind HIV/AIDS in India. The book has been published in collaboration with Avahan, the India Aids initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Proceeds from the book go toward educational opportunities for AIDS orphans in India. The book features a foreword by Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, an introduction by Bill and Melinda Gates and essays by 16 contributing writers including Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Vikram Seth, Siddhartha Deb, William Dalrymple, Amit Chaudhuri, Sunil Gangopadhyay, Nikita Lalwani, Sonia Faleiro, Aman Sethi, Mukul Kesavan, Jaspreet Singh, Shobhaa De, Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi (born 1977) is an Indian author. His debut novel ''The Last Song of Dusk'' (2004) won the Betty Trask Award (UK), the Premio Grinzane Cavour in Italy, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize in Ireland. Translated int ..., Nalini Jones, and CS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthology
In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categorizes collections of shorter works, such as short stories and short novels, by different authors, each featuring unrelated casts of characters and settings, and usually collected into a single volume for publication. Alternatively, it can also be a collection of selected writings (short stories, poems etc.) by one author. Complete collections of works are often called "complete works" or "" (Latin equivalent). Etymology The word entered the English language in the 17th century, from the Greek word, ἀνθολογία (''anthologic'', literally "a collection of blossoms", from , ''ánthos'', flower), a reference to one of the earliest known anthologies, the ''Garland'' (, ''stéphanos''), the introduction to which compares each of its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Faleiro
Sonia Faleiro (born 1977) is an Indian writer and Journalist. Her first novel ''The Girl'' was published by Viking in 2006. This was followed by ''Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars'' (2010), and the e-single ''13 Men'' (2015). '' The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing'' was published in January, 2021. Early life and education Faleiro was born in Goa, grew up in New Delhi where she studied history at St. Stephen's College, and received her master's degree from the University of Edinburgh. While in graduate school, Faleiro started writing her first novel, ''The Girl'', which was published by Penguin Viking in 2006. Awards Faleiro was awarded the 2011 Karmaveer Puraskaar for Social Justice for "drawing attention to India's most vulnerable and writing about them with sensitivity, humanity and integrity". She is the recipient of a runners-up award in the CNN Young Journalist Award of 2006. Bibliography *''The Girl'' (Penguin Viking, 2006) *''First Proo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Negar Akhavi
Negar ( fa, نگار, also Romanized as Negār; also known as Qanāt Bāgh and Nīgār) is a city in the Central District of Bardsir County Bardsir County ( fa, شهرستان بردسیر) is in Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Bardsir Bardsir ( fa, بردسير, also Romanized as Bardsīr and Bardesīr; also known as Deh-e Now-e Mashīz, Mashī ..., Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,291, in 1,583 families. References Populated places in Bardsir County Cities in Kerman Province {{Bardsir-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prashant Panjiar
Prashant or Prasant is a common male name in South Asia. It is derived from the word "shanth" which means patience, calm, quiet, or tranquil. People with the given name * Prashant Bose - Indian politician * Prashant Bhushan - Indian lawyer, activist and politician * Prashant Damle - Indian actor * Prashant Pandey - Indian writer, director * Prashant Pathak - Canadian investor, businessman and philanthropist * Prashant Shah - Bollywood producer * Prashant Singh - Indian politician * Prashant Singh Rawat - Indian basketball player * Prashant Tamang - Indian singer and film actor Variations * Prashanta Nanda - Indian film actor * Prashanth - Indian actor * Prashanthini - Indian playback singer {{given name Given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CS Lakshmi
CS, C-S, C.S., Cs, cs, or cs. may refer to: Job titles * Chief Secretary (Hong Kong) * Chief superintendent, a rank in the British and several other police forces * Company secretary, a senior position in a private sector company or public sector organisation * Culinary Specialist, a US Navy occupational rating Language * Czech language (ISO 639-1 language code) * Hungarian cs, a digraph in the Hungarian alphabet Organizations * Christian Social Party (Austria), a major conservative political party in the Cisleithania, part of Austria-Hungary, and in the First Republic of Austria * Citizens (Spanish political party), a post-nationalist political party in Spain * Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles, a Catholic religious congregation, also called ''Scalabrinians'' * Confederate States of America, an unrecognized confederation of secessionist North American slave states existing from 1861 to 1865 Companies * Colorado and Southern Railway, a railroad company i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalini Jones
Nalini ( Devanagari: नलिनी) is a female gender Indian given name, which means "lotus", "goddess Gayatri","mother of Vedas", "sweet nectar", "Amrit", Feminine "lily" in Sanskrit.''Baby Names''"Nalini" Retrieved on 9 January 2016. The name may refer to: * Nalini Selva (actress) (born 1984), Indian actress * Nalini Ambady (1959–2013), Indian psychologist * Nalini Anantharaman (born 1976), French mathematician * Nalini Bala Devi (1898–1977), Indian writer * Nalini Balbir (born 1955), French scholar * Nalini Bekal (born 1954), Indian writer * Nalini Chatterjee (died 1942), Indian judge * Nalini Jameela (born 1955), Indian writer * Nalini Jaywant (1926–2010), Indian actress * Nalini Joshi (born 1959), Australian mathematician * Nalini Krishan (born 1977), Fijian actress * Nalini Malani (born 1946), Indian artist * Nalini Nadkarni (born 1954), American ecologist * Nalini Selvaraj (1944–2014), Indian writer * Nalini Priyadarshni (born 1974) Indian poet * Nalini Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddharth Dhanvant Sanghvi
Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi (born 1977) is an Indian author. His debut novel ''The Last Song of Dusk'' (2004) won the Betty Trask Award (UK), the Premio Grinzane Cavour in Italy, and was nominated for the IMPAC Prize in Ireland. Translated into 16 languages, ''The Last Song of Dusk'' was an international bestseller. Shanghvi's second novel, ''The Lost Flamingoes of Bombay'' (2009) was short-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. His third book, ''The Rabbit & The Squirrel'' (2018) with illustrations by Stina Wirsen was described by the ''Hindustan Times'' as an 'instant classic'. His acclaimed first work of non-fiction, ''Loss'' (HarperCollins , 2020), is a collection of essays that chart an intimate landscape of death, grief and healing. Shanghvi has contributed to ''The New York Times'', ''Time'', ''VOGUE'', ''The Times of India'', and other publications. He has been voted: ''India Today'' 50 Most Powerful Young Indians; ''The Times of Indias 10 Global Indians; ''Hind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shobhaa De
Shobha De (''née'' Rajadhyaksha, formerly Kilachand; born 7 January 1948) is an Indian novelist and columnist. She is best known for her depiction of socialites and sex in her works of fiction, for which she has been referred to as the "Jackie Collins of India." Early life and education Shobhaa De was born on 7 January 1948 in Mumbai into a Marathi Brahmin family. Her father was a district court judge, and her mother was a home-maker. The youngest of four siblings, she has two sisters and a brother. Shobha grew up in Mumbai, where she attended Queen Mary School. She graduated from Saint Xavier's College. Career At age 17, she began her career as a model, which lasted for five years. At age 20, she began her career as a journalist, writing "agony aunt" advice columns and features for society magazines. She founded the magazine ''Stardust'' at age 23, which included Bollywood interviews, gossip, and photographs. In the 1980s, she contributed to the Sunday magazine section of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaspreet Singh
Jaspreet Singh (born 1969) is a Canadian writer and chemist. Life and early career He grew up in India and moved to Canada in 1990. He is a former research scientist with a PhD in chemical engineering from McGill University. From August 2006 until June 2007, Singh was a resident in the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program at the University of Calgary. He served as the 2016–17 Writer-in-Residence at the University of Alberta. Works Singh is the author of the novel ''Chef'' (2008 Véhicule Press/2010 Bloomsbury), and '' Seventeen Tomatoes: Tales from Kashmir'', a collection of linked stories. Both books deal with the damaged landscapes of Kashmir, especially Siachen Glacier. His play, ''Speak, Oppenheimer'', written for Montreal's Infinite Theatre, involves three physicists, including J. Robert Oppenheimer. He contributed an essay to the anthology '' AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories from India'' (2008). His second novel, ''Helium'', was published in 2013. It tells the story of a yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mukul Kesavan
Mukul Kesavan (born 9 April 1957) is an Indian historian, novelist and political and social essayist. He was schooled at St. Xaviers' School in Delhi and then went on to study history at St. Stephen's College, and at the University of Delhi. He later attended Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge on an Inlaks scholarship, where he received an MLitt degree. His first book, a novel titled ''Looking Through Glass'' (Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1994) received international critical acclaim. In 2001 he wrote a political tract titled ''Secular Common Sense'' which was published by Penguin India. He teaches social history at Jamia Millia Islamia in Delhi. Kesavan writes frequently about the game of cricket. His book on cricket, ''Men in White'', was published by Penguin India in 2007. He also wrote a blog by the same name on cricinfo.com. Kesavan is also the author of ''The Ugliness of the Indian Male and Other Propositions,'' published by Black Kite in 2008. The book is a collection of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aman Sethi
Aman Sethi (Hindi: अमन सेठी) is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the editor-in-chief of openDemocracy. Sethi was editor-in-chief of HuffPost India until it ceased operations in November, 2020. He is known for his debut ''A Free Man'', a work of narrative reportage. Born in 1983 in Mumbai, Sethi completed his schooling at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi. He studied chemistry at St. Stephen's College, Delhi before moving on to study journalism at Asian College of Journalism, Chennai and business journalism in 2008 at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism as an Inlaks Scholar. As Chhattisgarh correspondent for ''The Hindu'' newspaper Sethi reported extensively on Maoist insurgency in the state for two years. He also won the International Red Cross committee award for the best Indian print media article on humanitarian issues in 2011. In August 2012, Sethi was named ''The Hindu's'' Africa correspondent, based in Addis Ababa. Writing Sethi's first book, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikita Lalwani
Nikita Lalwani FRSL is a novelist born in Kota, Rajasthan and raised in Cardiff, Wales. Her work has been translated into sixteen languages. She studied English at Bristol University. Her first book, ''Gifted'' (2007), was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award. Lalwani was nominated as ''Sunday Times'' Young Writer of the Year. In June 2008, she won the inaugural Desmond Elliott Prize for Fiction. She donated the £10,000 prize to human rights campaigners, Liberty. Lalwani's second book, ''The Village'', was published in 2012 and was selected as one of eight titles for the Fiction Uncovered campaign for the best of British fiction in 2013. Lalwani has contributed to ''The Guardian'', the ''New Statesman'' and ''The Observer''. She has also written for '' AIDS Sutra'', an anthology exploring the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS in India. In 2013, Lalwani was a book judge for the Orwell Prize. In 2018, she was elected a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |