Tarun Tejpal Kerala 2011
Saturday 19 November 2011
In a 27-year career as a journalist, Tarun has been an editor with the India Today and the Indian Express groups, and the managing editor of Outlook. He is…
Simon Armitage Kerala 2011
Saturday 19 November 2011
Simon Armitage was born in West Yorkshire and is Professor of Poetry at the University of Sheffield. A recipient of numerous prizes and awards, he has published ten collections…
Jeremy Leggett Kerala 2011
Saturday 19 November 2011
Jeremy Leggett is founder and chairman of Solarcentury, a solar solutions company currently the UK's fastest growing private energy company. An author and advocate for renewables in the international…
Anna Funder Kerala 2011
Friday 18 November 2011
Anna Funder is the prize-winning author of two books – Stasiland and All That I Am. Stasiland, which won the 2004 Samuel Johnson Prize, tells the stories of people…
Ed Vere Kerala 2011
Friday 18 November 2011
Ed Vere studied fine art at Camberwell College of Art and has been writing and illustrating children's books since 1999. He is published in both England and the US.…
Fergal Keane Kerala 2011
Friday 18 November 2011
Fergal Keane was born in London and educated in Ireland. He is one of the BBC's most distinguished correspondents and an award-winning broadcaster and author. He has reported for…
Namita Gokhale Kerala 2011
Friday 18 November 2011
Namita Gokhale is a writer, publisher and festival director. Her first novel, Paro: Dreams of Passion, came out in 1984. Her other novels include Gods, Graves and Grandmother, A…
Anita Nair Kerala 2011
Friday 18 November 2011
Anita Nair is the best selling author of The Better Man, Ladies Coupe and Mistress. She has also published four books for children, a collection of literary essays titled…
Shashi Tharoor Kerala 2011
Thursday 17 November 2011
(Malayalam, India. 1956) Member of the Indian Parliament, Shashi Tharoor is also an author, columnist, journalist and a human rights advocate. Shashi Tharoor's career in the United Nations began…
Simon Singh Kerala 2011
Thursday 17 November 2011
Having completed a PhD in particle physics, Simon Singh joined the BBC science department in 1991 and worked on series such as Tomorrow’s World and Horizon. He is the…