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La version franaise Concordia University will grant seven honorary doctorates during spring convocation ceremonies, to be held from June 10 to 12 in Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier at Place des Arts .

When "Midnight's Children" was published in 1981, one might have assumed that its promising author would become best known as a writer of magical realism and an observer of the divide between India and Pakistan.

A new relationship, a new fillip in his career... John Abraham has sharpened his investment instincts.

Mehta and Rushdie, both Indian-born expatriate artists acclaimed in their disciplines, share an appetite for lyrical, vividly colorful storytelling.

The creator of 1970s classic horror film The Stepford Wives died surrounded by family members at his home in Virginia Water, Surrey.

Mount Allison University will confer degrees on approximately 500 students - one of the largest classes in the university's history - during Spring Convocation ceremonies on Monday, May 13 in Convocation Hall.

One of the region's business elites will be one of four honorary degree recipients next Monday during spring convocation ceremonies at Mount Allison University.

"My father said, 'There are two things in life that you never know. One is when you are going to die, and the other is how a film is going to do at the box office'" Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children" is a sprawling book that its author has described as a "love letter to India" -- a chronicle of the country's birth and occasionally ... (more)

May 05--In the late 1970s, long before he penned "The Satanic Verses," before he sparked a global uproar between Islamic fundamentalists and free-speech advocates and became a marked man, before he turned into a celebrity man of letters who dates models and starlets, Salman Rushdie was just the failed author of a sci-fi fantasy.

After all these years, it's no surprise the Mark VIII line-up of Deep Purple can still pull in the concert crowds. Roger Glover , Ian Paice , Ian Gillan , and Steve Morse have more than earned their legendary status.

With Deep Purple's new studio album, Now What?! , waiting in the wings for its April 30 release, we thought we'd glance back at the classic Mark II lineup of the band - the legendary Ritchie Blackmore , Roger Glover , Ian Gillan , Ian Paice and Jon Lord - tearing it up, live in New York in 1973.

By SACHI FUJIMORI Eight years ago the Academy Award-nominated film director Deepa Mehta was having dinner in Toronto with her friend Salman Rushdie, when it suddenly occurred to her to ask who had the rights to his book "Midnight's Children." Rushdie still owned the rights, and on the spot, he offered to sell them to his friend for $1. "We'd been ... (more)

Mumbai, April 22: Actor-producer John Abraham initially doubted his ability to portray gangster Manya Surve in "Shootout At Wadala". "When I first read the script, I said it's not possible for me to do the film.