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Book Review: 'Megastar Kasab - Hits and Misses: The Story of a Pakistani Actor in Bollywood' by Salil Jose

'Megastar Kasab - Hits and Misses: The Story of a Pakistani Actor in Bollywood' brings to fore an aspiring actor's fiery ambitions in the dark underbelly of India's film industry. Salil Jose, who tries to induce irony by naming his protagonist after a famed terrorist and lacing in his mind the chronically conflicting relations between the two neighbouring countries, hasn't hit quite a home run in his debut novel. Sep 4, 2013
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Book on Sufism and Indian Mysticism Released

The Vice President of India Hamid Ansari released a book entitled "Sufism and Indian Mysticism" edited by Prof. Akhtarul Wasey and Farhat Ehsas (Farhatullah Khan) at a function in New Delhi on Thursday. Feb 24, 2012
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Ansari Releases Catalogues of Digital Persian and Arabic Manuscripts

The Vice President of India, M. Hamid Ansari, released the "Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts", "Descriptive Catalogue of Manuscripts of Fort William College" and "Fascimile copies of Rozmnama, Tarikh - i-Alfi and Ilajut Tuyur", bought by the National Archives of India, at a function in New Delhi, on Thursday. Feb 16, 2012
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Salman Rushdie Slams Indian Govt. and Religious Extremists

Following the cancellation of his proposed live video conference at the Jaipur Literature Festival on Tuesday, due to protests by the Muslim community, popular writer Salman Rushdie slammed the Indian government and religious extremists for preventing "free speech" in the country. Jan 25, 2012
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What is J.K. Rowling's 'The Casual Vacancy' all About?

The excitement over the release of J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series was always overwhelming, with hysteric fans around the world queuing outside book stores to grab her copies. On the contrary, the hype around her new novel "The Casual Vacancy'" is relatively low. Sep 27, 2012