The Vodafone-Crossword Book Awards 2008 shortlist is star-studded - and finding place are The Enchantress of Florence by Salman Rushdie, Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh, Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri, Past Continuous by Neel Mukherjee and Escape by Manjula Padmanabhan.
Director Deepa Mehta speaks on her new film Heaven on Earth.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/directors-cut-deepa-mehta-on-heaven-on-earth/87115-8.html
He also took on the US government for treating Pakistan with kid gloves.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/pakistan-is-world-centre-of-terrorism-salman-rushdie/80843-3.html
Obama's win and what it means for the future of United States of America.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/77683/watch-obama-fans-speak-deepa-mehta-and-rushdie.html
Indian-American celebrities have also hit the campaign trail for Obama.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/creative-indianamericans-to-vote-for-obama/77179-2.html
Novelist speaks to The Times about his controversial book.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rushdie-unrepentant-for-writing-satanic-verses/74759-40.html
He feels that getting two Booker prizes in one year is unlikely.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rushdie-talks-about-books-politics-and-lovelife/74002-40.html
Big names like Salman Rushdie and Joseph O' Neill were left out.
http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/73309/adiga-ghosh-in-man-booker-shortlist-rushdie-omitted.html
Hardeep Singh Kohli is on the panel of judges for the Bookers this year.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-flavour-three-authors-and-a-judge-at-the-bookers/73053-40.html
Rushdie did not seek damages and said the truth has been established.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/rushdies-exbodyguard-says-sorry-for-libelling-him/72290-2.html
The writers compile their essays on real life stories for AIDS Sutra.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/untold-stories-indian-writers-unite-in-aid-of-aids/71439-40.html
This year the Man Booker Longlist includes three Indian authors.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/indian-authors-book-their-place-in-man-booker-longlist/70335-40.html
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