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Devil's Advocate | Hindi cinema's depiction of the writer is ludicrous — but that's how authors want to see themselves on screen

The portrayal of the writer in both Gehraiyaan and Bestseller are simultaneously hilarious and the fantasy land most authors are dying to get to. Either way, the joke is on them.

Inside the free fall of Westland Books: From disappointment to rage, how authors are reacting to Amazon's decision

TM Krishna, who has collaborated with Westland Books, attributes the imminent closure to Amazon’s “unsustainable economic model” and “a culture of discrimination."

Love in the Time of Covertness: Columbian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez had a secret daughter with Mexican writer

Gabriel García Márquez had a daughter with Susana Cato, a writer and journalist who worked with him on two movie scripts. Their daughter Indira is now in her early 30s, and uses her mother’s surname.

Education as a means of achieving true freedom: Celebrating Paulo Freire’s centenary

To contend with Paulo Freire’s ideas about education, knowledge, the meaning of freedom and classroom dynamics is to re-examine the human condition afresh and seek to commit oneself to the discovery of true freedom.

Eric Carle, celebrated author of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, dies at 91

Carle wrote and-or illustrated more than 75 books, sometimes partnering with Bill Martin Jr or other authors, but most with Carle working alone.

Sonu Sood inks deal with Penguin India to pen book on his experience of helping migrants during lockdown

Sonu Sood's book will reveal the emotional and often challenging journeys the actor undertook along with the people he helped

Girish Karnad's son Raghu thanks people for their tributes: 'He enriched others' lives, and the reverse is also true'

Raghu Karnad wrote on Instagram, 'The picture that is growing rooted in my mind is of Appa in his spot on the sofa, his hand around a glass of whiskey, gently bubbling with bits of history, legend, song, folktale and philosophy.'

Adhirath Sethi, author of Where the Hills Hide their Secrets, on managing multiple plot-lines and being inspired by everyday life

Where the Hills Hide their Secrets has a way of being familiar and relatable, interspersed with unimaginable surprises being sprung at the reader.

Pope overturns tradition to allow women in Lenten foot-washing rite| Reuters

VATICAN CITY Pope Francis on Thursday overturned centuries of tradition that banned women from a foot-washing service during Lent, upsetting conservatives and delighting women's rights activists. Until now, only men or boys were formally allowed to take part in the service, in which a priest washes and kisses the feet of 12 people to commemorate Jesus' gesture of humility towards his apostles on the night before he died. But in a letter to the Vatican department that regulates rites of worship, Francis said the group should be made up of "all members of the people of God," including women

Author Lionel Shriver on her early writing, politics, essential reading list and persevering out of 'sheer spite'

Before her best-selling We Need To Talk About Kevin, Lionel Shriver had already written seven novels (and published six). In this interview, she looks back on a 30-year literary career.