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The oddity of cult books When it comes to books that have gained a cult following, The Catcher in the Rye is the very definition of a cult book. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- Express News Service BENGALURU: When it comes to books that have gained a cult following, The Catcher in the Rye is the very definition of a cult book. On the night Mark David Chapman shot dead former Beatle John Lennon, Chapman was caught with a copy of this book, in which he had written “This is my statement”. He identified with the novel’s narrator to a degree that he wanted to change his name to Holden Ca...

Mississippi Masala to be released by Mira Nair to mark 30th anniversary India Published: Saturday, February 13, 2021, 11:43 [IST] Mumbai, Feb 13: Celebrated filmmaker Mira Nair has said that she will be releasing a remastered version of her acclaimed 1991 movie "Mississippi Masala" to celebrate the film's 30th anniversary. The romantic-drama film, written by Sooni Taraporevala, marked the filmmaker's foray in Hollywood. Set in the rural Mississippi (a southern US state), the film explores the interracial romance between an African-American man and Indian-American woman. The movie featured Hol...

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Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi: The man who outgrew shadow of the Mahatma Mahatma Gandhi’s Shadow Is A Difficult One To Step Out Of. But His Grandson Gopalkrishna Devdas Gandhi - The Opposition’s Nominee For The Vice President’s Post - Has Done Just That. The Weight Of The Surname Notwithstanding, The Former Bureaucrat And Diplomat Has Sought To Emerge In Recent Times Not As The Mahatma’s Grandson, But As The Nation’s Conscience Keeper. PTI | Updated on: 11 Jul 2017, 08:27:29 PM New Delhi: Mahatma Gandhi’s shadow is a difficult one to st...

A debut novel set in Lahore and New York and focused on the plight of the marginalised in Pakistan shows future promise even...