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India is among the top 10 countries in the world where illegal file sharing of Hollywood movies takes place, according to a latest research report prepared by Envisional for the Motion Picture Association (MPA). As the rate of internet piracy for films could go up even further with broadband penetration rising, MPA (along with some [...]

Was the secret to Stairway to Heaven’s success the fact that it gave DJs the chance to nip out for a cigarette? That’s the theory of Led Zeppelin biographer Charles R Cross, who claims that 100 radio presenters “literally … swore” that they aired the now classic tune because it was the “perfect length” for [...]

The story of a playboy Communist party official who castrates himself after he is banished to live on a river barge has won celebrated Chinese author Su Tong the Man Asian Literary Prize.
Su, by far the best known of the five shortlisted authors, is the second Chinese writer to win the three-year-old prize, which is [...]

From Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland to JRR Tolkien’s Middle-earth, CS Lewis’s Narnia and the parallel universes of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials, Oxford has played host to some of the UK’s most enduring literary creations. Now a £2.5m donation from an anonymous private benefactor means the first steps have been taken towards the creation of a [...]

French book publishers gave a hostile reception Thursday to new proposals by the Internet giant Google to clear the way for millions of books to be sold online.
The proposals “do not mark any progress on the essential question of non-English language works pirated by Google,” said a statement by the Publisher’s Association (SNE), which groups most [...]

Prof. Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh, released ‘Political Marketing in India’ book authored by senior bureaucrat of the State Dr. Arun Kumar at a function here last evening. The publication is most likely to be the First Doctorate in India in the Faculty of Management and Commerce in any of the Universities of [...]

News broke last week that The Kite-Runner, Khaled Hosseini’s best-seller about an unorthodox Afghani boyhood, emerged at the top of the list of books most challenged and complained about by parents, according to the the American Library Association. The complaints have arisen, reports say, because of the offensive language and sexual content of the book, [...]

A duo called Ali brothers opens feast for bibliophiles. A two-day exclusive display of collection of rare and contemporary books on art, literature, culture, religion and social issues started at Nomad Gallery on 10th October, 2009.
Arranged by Syed Shahzad Ali, the proprietor of ‘Hero Books’, Lahore, the display gives metropolis’s bibliophiles a chance to browse through [...]

It might have been a Bollywood dream if not London Dreams to see Asin opposite Shahrukh Khan in Farah Khan’s much anticipated movie Happy New Year. But the actress has politely declined the offer. The reason cited by the sassy lady is usual date problems, quite a diplomatic way to turn down an offer.
Farah was reportedly [...]

It so happened that while shooting for her South film ‘Sreemati’ opposite superstar Upendra, she faced an accident which could turn out to be fatal had it not been for her luck.
While shooting, the camera buggy was supposed to go past her while she was standing near an outcrop, but unfortunately it swung out [...]