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Sotheby’s Sale Of Young Indian Artists

January 19, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Sotheby’s first sale in New York of works by young Indian artists, including works by Atul Dodiya and Jitish Kallat, fetched an astonishing $1,818,780 – an all-time high. The sale …

‘Writing In Verse A Great Challenge’

January 18, 2013January 18, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Diplomat-author Navtej Sarna has always felt a creative kinship with exiles. This time round, he has penned an English translation of Zafarnama – 111 spiritually resonant Persian verses of impassioned …

Indian economy poised to grow: World Bank

January 17, 2013 - by India Writes Network

WASHINGTON: Striking an upbeat note on the prospects of the Indian economy, the World Bank has projected 6.4% growth rate for the country this year, which will rise to 7.3% …

China hopes to increase trust with India

January 17, 2013 - by India Writes Network

BEIJING: Ahead of the installation of the new leadership in Beijing, a senior Chinese military official has said India and China are “looking to deepen mutual trust” and widen their …

Revisiting Khushwant Singh’s Partition Saga

January 10, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Revisiting Khushwant Singh’s Partition Saga Thousands of Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs walking bare-foot and in bullock-carts migrating to their newly-born countries, trains that brought in cargoes of the dead, instead …

Dancing Widows

December 25, 2012 - by India Writes Network

Dancing Widows In this exclusive extract from her stirring novel about the plight of widows in pre-independence India, Bapsi Sidhwa evokes yearnings of Chuiya – a child bride who is …

Poetry

December 25, 2012January 19, 2013 - by India Writes Network

The Butterfly Arun Kolatkar There is no story behind it. It is split like a second. It hinges around itself. It has no future. It is pinned down to no …

In Good Faith

December 14, 2012August 2, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Asra Q. Nomani’s Standing Alone in Mecca is at once compelling and predictable, clichéd and refreshing. Its moments of startling frankness and honesty prevent it from descending into another exercise …

Souza Painting Fetches 173,000-Pounds

December 14, 2012January 19, 2013 - by India Writes Network

Indian art is going global and is bringing not just accolades, but big money to its practitioners. In Britain, paintings by Indian artists have created the right kind of buzz …

Who is an Indian Writer?

December 13, 2012January 24, 2013 - by India Writes Network

For that matter, who is an Indian? Being an Indian who has always lived in India, I used to think I know. But over the past few years the diaspora …