Indian poet-writer Tishani Doshi, Indian-born Sharanya Manivannan, Indian-born poet Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma and Mumbai and London-based Pakistani poet Imtiaz Dharker are among 140 poets who will be pa

British runner of Indian origin, 101-year-old Fauja Singh, ran his last marathon on Sunday.

Literary what-ifs are an interesting exercise: What would collaboration between J.R.R.

Mahatma Gandhi’s round steel-rimmed spectacles were sold for a record £39,780 at an auction Tuesday by specialist Mullock’s in Ludlow, Shropshire. They were expected to fetch £10,000-£15,000.

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A pair of Mahatma Gandhi’s distinctive round steel-rimmed spectacles were sold for a record £39,780 at an auction conducted Tuesday afternoon by Mullock’s at Ludlow in Shropshire.

American writer Ann Patchett, who earlier won the Orange Prize for Fiction for her book Bel Canto, has again been shortlisted for the prize, exclusively for women writing in English for her latest boo

James Bond is going back to his favourite decade: The fictional MI6 secret agent will next year have a “classic” adventure set in the late 1960s, at the height of the Cold War.

The documents about the passengers and crew of the ill-fated Titanic ship have been put online to mark the centenary of the disaster.

Indian pro-driver Sailesh Bolisetti made his British GT racing debut on Saturday at Oulton Park in Cheshire.

Tata Motors-owned Jaguar has confirmed its plan to build a new F-Type sports car in Britain. The two-seat convertible, which will go on sale from mid-2013, will be built at the Jaguar plant in Castle