Aravind Adiga, the 33-year-old, Chennai-born author on Tuesday won the Man Booker Prize in London for his debut novel The White Tiger. However, desisting from chest thumping over the Indian's victory, many say that television and the Internet have nearly killed the publishing industry. Face the Nation discusses.
The winner's name will be announced on October 14.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-indian-writers-in-man-booker-prize-shortlist/73239-3.html
Aravind Adiga and Amitav Ghosh have made it to the shortlist.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/two-indian-authors-in-man-booker-prize-shortlist/73232-19.html
Ghosh has been shortlisted for his widely-acclaimed Sea of Poppies.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/ghosh-adiga-shortlisted-for-man-booker-prize/73208-19.html
Hardeep Singh Kohli is on the panel of judges for the Bookers this year.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-flavour-three-authors-and-a-judge-at-the-bookers/73053-19.html
The Gathering is the 'literary equivalent of a Hollywood weepie'.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/irish-writer-anne-enright-wins-man-booker-prize/50646-19.html
The author hopes his book would raise awareness about the case.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indra-sinha-revives-battle-for-bhopal-gas-tragedy/50630-19.html
Indra Sinha's book is in Booker prize shortlist for this year.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/fine-print-animals-people-brings-back-bhopal-tragedy/49191-19.html
Indra Sinha's novel Animal's People is based on the Bhopal gas tragedy.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indra-sinha-shortlisted-for-man-booker-prize/48215-19.html
The book is a strong contender for the shortlist to be announced this week.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indra-sinha-gets-booked-for-man-booker-prize-longlist/48056-19.html
Nikita Lalwani's Gifted, about a teenage prodigy, also on the longlist.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/novel-on-bhopal-gas-tragedy-on-booker-prize-longlist/46504-19.html
Authors Vikram Seth and Vikram Chandra won top honours in the 2006 Hutch Crossword Book Awards in Mumbai.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/seth-chandra-win-crossword-awards/34176-19.html
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