Posts Tagged ‘india-news’
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
London, May 25 : A rare inscribed copy of the book in which famed detective Sherlock Holmes made his first appearance is expected to fetch up to 400,000 pounds when it goes under the hammer.

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Rare copy of Sherlock's debut may fetch 400,000 pounds at auction
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Wednesday, April 7th, 2010
Good fiction and good gossip have a lot in common-so does bad fiction. James Wood once dismissed John Updike's suburban-America stories as so much "gossip in gilt".

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The desi roman à clef
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Sunday, March 7th, 2010
By Abhishek Roy, New Delhi, March 7 : Horst Wein is known in the world of hockey as much as he is in football, a rare multi-faceted character.

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Hockey structure in India is stricken by cancer: Horst Wein (New Kerala)
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Thursday, February 18th, 2010
KOLKATA - Much has been made already about Google's book digitization project, which aims to scan and digitize almost all books published worldwide, making them searchable online.

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Asia in war of words over Google Books (Asia Times)
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
Chennai, Feb 8 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi today donated 1,000 rare books to the upcoming Anna Centenary Library, a world class public library being built by the state government at Kotturpuram.

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Karunanidhi donates 1,000 rare books to library (New Kerala)
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
New Delhi, Jan 28: The Delhi Public Library (DPL) has turned 60 and will showcase in an exhibition India's growth trajectory through rare books, newspapers and gramophone records over the past six decades.

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Delhi Public Library turns 60, to showcase India's growth (New Kerala)
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Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
By Abdul Hadi, Aurangabad, Dec.23 : An 18th century library, housing manuscripts and a number of precious books including a version of the Quran penned by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb, has been reopened after 70 years here at the historical monument Panchakki in Maharashtra.

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18th century library reopens in Aurangabad after 70 years (New Kerala)
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
Mangalore, Oct 30 : It was a rare occasion for the old persons to reminiscence their past calm and quiet life in old Mangalore/Udupi town without seen any congestion or busy life while it was quite interesting to the younger generation to peep into the past of their previous generation which made possible through a ten-days photo exhibition +Chitra Vaibhav+ giving a glance of our culture, land ...

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Rare photographs between 1840 to 1940 AD Exhibted (New Kerala)
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
London, July 30 : A rare 50-year-old single malt whisky is being sold by Glenfiddich Distillery for 10000-pound a bottle.

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Rare 50-year-old single malt whisky costing 10000-pound released (New Kerala)
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Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Guwahati, Jul 16 : Guwahati District Library has showcased an exhibition of rare books in a bid to revive the ancient cultural legacy and glorious tradition of Assam.

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Rare books exhibition held to revive Assam's cultural legacy (New Kerala)
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