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The world remembers the Nobel Laureate and Booker Prize winning author V.S. Naipaul, who passes away at his home in London last Saturday. Sir V S Naipaul (Image source: Facebook page ‘V.S. Naipaul’) British writer and Nobel Prize laureate Sir…

The Japanese born writer Kazuo Ishiguro, has been honoured with a Noble Prize in Literature this year. The Britain based writer is the first formally trained creative writer, who has been awarded a dignified stratum of Noble. Having nominated four times…

In Succession with Blake, Tagore and Yeats, American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for ‘having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition’. Bob, who was considered only as a musician by many,…

The Nobel Prize committee announced the winners of the peace and literature prize on October 10th and 11th respectively. Here’s a quick look to celebrate their works and look at their accomplishments. Source: nobelprize.org October 7th marked the commencement of…

An author talking about deforestation, journalists questioning the US president’s empire, and a media house challenging the gun laws are some of those who made it to the coveted list of the Pulitzer Prize winners this year. CY delves deep.…

The Man Booker Prize: The Indian Connection: A panel discussion with city-based authors who will shine the light on Indian origin authors who have won or have been shortlisted for Booker | 21 Sept @5:00 pm to 7:00 pm.

With American rapper Kendrick Lamar winning the Pulitzer Prize for Music, this year’s awards show has created a stir. Note 2018’s Pulitzer Prize winners in journalism, literature, drama and music.  Traditional awards events seem to be taking a heartening turn,…

Image source: pragativadi.com Often called the architecture fraternity’s “Nobel Prize”, the Pritzker Architecture Prize goes to Pune-born, Ahmedabad-based architect Balkrishna Doshi, fondly known by the people of India as BV Doshi. BV Doshi believes that the role of architecture extends far…

The Embassy of Sweden organises one of India’s most prestigious quiz contests annually, the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz, which forms part of the Sweden India Nobel Memorial Week, now in its 11th year. On behalf of the Embassy of…

Luxembourg Art Prize is a huge opportunity that has the potential to boost the careers of unknown artists. Founded by Hervè Lancelin a gallerist and art collector from Luxembourg in Europe every year organises a gilded competition for artists across the globe, where…