Tag: Books and authors

Raju Bharatan passes away

Raju Bharatan passes away

Veteran film historian and cricket journalist Raju Bharatan passed away following a prolonged illness. He was 86. Bharatan was associated with the Illustrated Weekly of Indiafor more than four decades, working along with the likes of stalwarts like Khushwant Singh, M.V. Kamath, Pritish Nandy and Anil Dharker. Books he authored Bharatan covered India’s tour to England in 1952 as a teenager. The first of six books - Rivals in the Sun, revolved around the historic series. The other five titles he authored are Indian Cricket - The Vital Phase (1977), Lata Mangeshkar - A Biography (1995), A Journey Down Melody Lane (2009), Naushadnama: The Life and Music of Naushad (2013) and Asha Bhosle- A Musical Biography (2016).

The Parambikkulam-Aliyar Irrigation Project

The launch of the book 'The History of the Engineering Miracle of Asia Parambikkulam Aliyaru Irrigation Project' was published in Pollachi on behalf of 'The Hindu Group'. The Sakshitya Academy Award-winning poet Sculptor by Pollachi journalist S.Kobu wrote the book.