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Sudha Murty's new book, titled 'Grandparents’ Bag of Stories' was announced on her 70th birthday

Author Sudha Murty announces new collection of stories on 70th birthday

The book, scheduled to be released in November, is titled ‘Grandparents’ Bag of Stories’.

Amandeep Sandhu’s reading list

Soma Basu For this week's lockdown reading, we have suggestions from Amandeep Sandhu. His semi-autobiographical novel Roll of Honour set against Punjab militancy was nominated for The Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction-2013. Last year, he wrote his first non-fiction Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines tracing the State's history from the Green Revolution to the present.

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In this file photo taken on May 30, 2007, Colombian Nobel Prize for Literature 1982 Gabriel Garcia Marquez (L), sitting in the carriage alongside his wife Mercedes Barcha, smiles upon arriving at his hometown Aracataca by train in Santa Marta, Colombia. Mercedes Barcha, wife, inspirational muse and the great love of award-winning Colombian writer Gabriel Garcaa Marquez, died on August 15, 2020 at age 87 in Mexico City, the Federal Culture Secretariat reported.

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Mercedes Barcha, widow of Gabriel García Márquez, dies at 87

AP Barcha had married García Márquez in 1958, and has two sons with him.

Readers at the Pakistan Book Stall at the New Delhi World Book Fair 2013

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How a thriving Indo-Pak literary interface was spoilt by political stand-off

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Puja Mehra Urjit Patel, former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, insists that the clean-up on non-performing assets in public sector banks must not be allowed to falter

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Poetry ‘This port does not exist’: Adil Jussawalla’s ‘Shorelines’ reviewed by K. Srilata

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Timelines and shorelines coalesce in islands of the mind in this haunting anthology

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Puja Mehra

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Author Sudha Murty announces new collection of stories on 70th birthday

Amandeep Sandhu’s reading list

Words of wisdom: books that bring the focus back to illnesses and infections

Mercedes Barcha, widow of Gabriel García Márquez, dies at 87

How a thriving Indo-Pak literary interface was spoilt by political stand-off

‘This port does not exist’: Adil Jussawalla’s ‘Shorelines’ reviewed by K. Srilata

‘Overdraft’ review: No time to waste on NPAs

‘Above and Beyond: How to Build Impactful Businesses’ review: Built to grow

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‘Friends and enemies’: an excerpt from Roderick Matthews' book 'Jinnah vs. Gandhi'

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social media ‘No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram’ review: How Instagram is shaping lives, now with Facebook’s help

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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ author talks Vikings and wilderness

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