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Investigating violence

A novel that asks searching questions about contemporary urban living in a family setting.

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A twist in the tale

NOTHING, not even the quirky intelligence of Anurag Kashyaps earlier works, could have prepared us for the stunning beauty of his latest film, Dev D.

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A twist in the tale

NOTHING, not even the quirky intelligence of Anurag Kashyaps earlier works, could have prepared us for the stunning beauty of his latest film, Dev D.

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Harold Pinter outside his home in London after he won the Nobel Prize in Literature, on October 13, 2005.-KIERAN DOHERTY /REUTERS

Disturbing talent

WHEN Henry Perowne, an affluent London neurosurgeon in Ian McEwans novel Saturday, buys a silver Mercedes S500 for himself, his poet daughter Daisy re

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Splendid novel

Even more than a fine plot and rich historical detail, it is the language that carries Amitav Ghoshs new novel through 500-odd pages.

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Profoundly Indian

Aravind Adigas Man Booker Prize-winning debut novel, The White Tiger, is the story of Indias underclass and its life.

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Anita Desai, only the third Indian writer in English to be awarded the Sahitya Akademi Fellowhip. A file picture.-HAND OUT

Unforgettable tales

The special quality of Anita Desais literary voice is its ability to weave several strands of feeling into a complex, affecting symphony.

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ABHAY DEOL IN the main role in 'Manorama Six Feet Under'.-PHOTOGRAPHS: BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Two Indias

Navdeep Singhs film explores the dark corners of small-town life; Sriram Raghavans is set in fast-track Mumbai.

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Doris Lessing addressing the media outside her home in north London on October 11 after winning the award.-SHAUN CURRY/AFP

In Lessings world

At 87, Doris Lessing becomes the oldest person to win the Nobel Prize in Literature as well as only the 11th woman to do so.

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The Chak De team. The message is that it takes the sincerity and passion of all those who score and those who pass, as well as those who hand out water bottles to make a winning team.-BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Master strokes

Chak De India is the story of the new Indian woman not glamorous, not long-suffering, not vigilante, just fighting for her dreams.

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KIRAN DESAI POSES with a copy of her book at the awards ceremony in London.-STEPHEN HIRD/REUTERS

Inheritance of gain

At 35, Kiran Desai becomes the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.

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About a lost paradise

Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie; Jonathan Cape; pages 398, Rs.595.

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