Jhumpa Lahiri

In Italian, Jhumpa Lahiri found a new voice: Inside the author's new novel Whereabouts, reflections on translating her own work

Readers in Italy appreciate Lahiri’s devotion to the language and have become protective of her as one of their own.

Google to start selling audiobooks on Play Store in India and 45 other countries; will come with Assistant integration

The Google Assistant integration with audiobooks is available on Android, iOS, Chromecast, Android Wear, Android Auto and on laptop too.

Born Confused turns 15: How one YA novel opened the gates to desi representation in American pop culture

Born Confused gave us permission to explore the ‘ordinary’ stories of our own people, which are by default extraordinary | #FirstCulture

Charlottesville violence: President’s arts council resigns citing Donald Trump's remarks on issue

Actor Kal Penn, artist Chuck Close and the entire membership of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities have announced their resignation citing the "false equivalence" of Donald Trump's comments about last weekend's "Unite the Right" gathering in Charlottesville

Rebel Girls, rise: We need feminist stories for our daughters; tales that empower and inspire

In India, not much is happening in the area of feminist literature for little girls.

Suketu Mehta's new novella, What Is Remembered, explores an immigrant's memories

Suketu Mehta's new novella, What is Remembered, is as much about the vagaries of human memory as it is about the immigrant experience

Transcending generations: Ashapurna Debi's stories resonate with Jhumpa Lahiri today as they did with Bengali women during Partition

During Partition, Ashapurna Debi's books resonated with the new Bengali woman as it was wholly in sync with her hopes and aspirations, and it continues to do so today.

Author Jhumpa Lahiri awarded National Humanities medal by Barack Obama

US President Barack Obama has presented the prestigious National Humanities Medal to Pulitzer Prize winner, Jhumpa Lahiri, in recognition of her "beautifully wrought narratives of estrangement and belonging" which highlight the "Indian-American experience".

Jhumpa Lahiri to be presented with National Humanities Medal by Obama

Indian-American Pulitzer Prize winner Jhumpa Lahiri has been selected for the prestigious 2014 National Humanities Medal which would be presented to her by US President Barack Obama next week.

Jhumpa Lahiri bags $50,000 DSC Prize for her book 'The Lowland'

Indian-American author Jhumpa Lahiri on Thursday won the USD 50,000 DSC Prize for Literature, one of South Asia's top literary awards for her book "The Lowland."