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If there is anything N.R Narayana Murthy, Chief Mentor of Infosys, lacks in his illustrious career so far, it is a comic book avatar !! Well, not any more, as Amar Chitra Katha is planning a comic on Murthy’s life story. This is a first for ACK too, in the sense that till now, all their comics either portrayed mythological / religious [...]

Happened to read that T.N Shanbag passed away. The Strand was a treasure trove and I used to frequent the place a lot, quite often just in the hope of finding a book I’d long wanted to own or even just browse around. Mr.Shanbag of course was always helpful and would even suggest books or authors [...]

If you are a fan of Tehelka’s Tarun Tejpal, head over to Landmark (near Dorabjee’s) in Camp on February 13 at 6.30 pm. He will be reading excerpts from his latest book, The Story of My Assassins, as well as interacting with the assembled “litterati”. Some of you may have also read his earlier book, [...]

Ubuntu has been gaining ground on a host of other competing systems and is now among the most popular Linux distros out there.

On November 22, 1963, US President John F.Kennedy was shot dead in Dallas, Texas. This is probably one of the greatest whodunits ever, with no conclusive evidence about the events of that day. So many theories, that it’s simply mind boggling…

Say Hello to the latest winner of the Man Booker prize, Aravind Adiga. The 33 year old Indian’s debut novel, “The White Tiger” beat out other contenders like Irishman Sebastian Barry (The Secret Scripture), fellow Indian Amitav Ghosh (Sea of Poppies), Aussie Steve Toltz (A Fraction of the Whole), and Britishers Linda Grant (The Clothes on [...]

Nostalgia time folks !! All those who grew up reading that lovely comic Amar Chitra Katha have cause to rejoice. Happened to chance upon ACK Media’s comic in it’s digital avatar along with a host of other offerings like free and paid digital comics, a wiki style information source, aptly called ACK Pedia. It is also possible [...]