This document provides a summary of books, authors, movies, and beauty pageants from December 2013 to June 2014. It discusses notable authors who passed away or published new works, such as Khushwant Singh, Alice Munro, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It also summarizes major literary awards from this period and highlights some of the movies nominated for or winning Oscars and other film awards in 2014.
This document provides a summary of books, authors, movies, and beauty pageants from December 2013 to June 2014. It discusses notable authors who passed away or published new works, such as Khushwant Singh, Alice Munro, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It also summarizes major literary awards from this period and highlights some of the movies nominated for or winning Oscars and other film awards in 2014.
This document provides a summary of books, authors, movies, and beauty pageants from December 2013 to June 2014. It discusses notable authors who passed away or published new works, such as Khushwant Singh, Alice Munro, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It also summarizes major literary awards from this period and highlights some of the movies nominated for or winning Oscars and other film awards in 2014.
This document provides a summary of books, authors, movies, and beauty pageants from December 2013 to June 2014. It discusses notable authors who passed away or published new works, such as Khushwant Singh, Alice Munro, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It also summarizes major literary awards from this period and highlights some of the movies nominated for or winning Oscars and other film awards in 2014.
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[PIN-2014] Part 5/6: Books, Authors, Movies awards &
Beauty Pageants
1. Prologue to six part Article series 2. Books and Authors 3. Book /arts Prizes 4. Films related 5. Oscars 2014 (86th annual Academy Awards) 6. National film award (61st) 7. IIFA 2014 8. Beauty Pageants Prologue to six part Article series Total six parts covering December 2013 to 8 th June 2014- nearly six months that is the usual time span for current affairs most competitive exams below UPSC Civil service exam. 1. National 2. international 3. sports 4. banking and business GK 5. books, authors, movies, beauties 6. diaspora, civilian awards (national + international) and Dead in News Useful for? CDS, CAPF, IFoS, IBPS, SBI PO, SBI Clerk, RBI Grade B Officer, RBI Assistant, ACIO, SSC CGL, SSC 10+2, UPPSC Lower & upper subordinate, Rajasthan PSC, MPSC, MPPSC, GPSC and other non UPSC exams. All of above exams have 5-8 MCQs from Person in news, books, author, awards and sports. What about UPSC/CSAT / preliminary exam? 1. This article series is pretty much useless for Civil service (IAS/IPS), they stopped this variety of MCQs since last three prelims. 2. Besides even if UPSC examiner asks something, itd require far deeper coverage of static background, which Ive ignored for PIN-2014, because here my focus is non-UPSC exams, their examiners dont go that deep. 3. By the way, PIN data asked in IFoS (Forest service) Mains exam, hence important. For IFoS prelims not much important, because both civil service and forest service got common prelims (refer to point #2) Any updates, corrections please do post in the comments but with reference except wikipedia Books and Authors Khushwant Singh Died. Indian renowned novelist and journalist, ex-IFS officer He wrote about Indian Social-political conditions, Indo-Pak partition and Sikh-society. Awarded Padma bhusan Notable Books of Khuswant Singh 1. Ghadar 1915: Indias first armed revolution 2. Train to Pakistan 3. Freethinkers prayerbook 4. Good, bad and ridiculous ( I think this was his last book) Anyways, moving on: 1283 goals Pele Alice Munro, Canada Dear Life Lying under the apple tree She won Nobel prize for literature Ambedkar Annihilation of caste. (edited version out) Amit Chaudhuri Calcutta: Two years in the city Anita Nair Idris : Keeper of Light Anupam Kher Best Thing About You is You APJ Kalam My journey: transforming dreams into actions Ashutosh Varshney Battle half won: Indias improbable democracy Bill Watterson creator of the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. resume work for charity. C.Raja Mohan. Samudra Mantha: Sino-Indian rivalry in the Indo Pacific Chetan Bhagat 5 point someone, one night @call centre, 3 mistakes of my life, 2 states -story of my marriage, revolution 2020, what young India wants. Christopher Snedden Untold story of people of Azad Kashmir Cyrus Mistry Chronicles of a corpse bearer. Won DSC prize. Dan Brown Inferno (he wrote Da Vinci Code, Angels and Demons, Lost Symbol) Dilip Kumar The Substance and the Shadow : An Autobio Dorris Lessing Nobel literature winner, dead. From Britain. Books: golden notebook, memoirs of survior, summer before dark. Dr. APJ Kalam My journey : Transforming dreams into actions- Dr.APJ Kalam My journey: Transforming dreams into action Eleanor Zelliot Ambedkars World: The Making of Babasaheb and Dalit Movement Eric Hobsbawn Fractured Times: Culture and society in 20th Century Eshwar prasad Dollar trap Ex CEC SY Qureshi An undocumented wonder: the making of great Indian election: Impossible Indian: Gandhi and Temptation Faisal Devji of violance Former IPS Kiran Bedi Dare to Do! For the new Generation Gabriel Marquez Columbian short story writer nobel winner. Died. One hundred Years of Soltiude Gen. VK singh Courage and Conviction- Harsh Mander Ash in the Belly- Indias unfinished battle against Hunger Hassan surur Indias muslim spring Hilary clinton Hard choices Hilary Mantel she Won two man booker prizes. This time for book Bring up the bodies. Hindol Sengupta 100 things to know and debate before you vote Indignez Vous Book by Stephane Hessel. Had inspired Occupy wallstreet movement. Author is dead. Isher Judge Ahluwalia transforming our cities Jayant Kriplani New Market Tales Jean dreze, Amrathya Sen An uncertain Glory: India and its contradictions. Jerry Pinto Em and the Big hoom. Won Hindu Literary prize. Jesuit Missionary Fr.Hanxlenden Grammatica Grandonica (Sanskrit grammar book written 300 years ago, and now restored) Jhumpa Lahiri The Lowland, Shortlisted for Booker 2013 for fiction. Cuckoos Calling. she wrote this detective novel under pseudonym JK Rowling Robert Galbraith. Her previous novel Casual vacancy was a flop. But Harry potter series superhit. Fantastic beasts and where to find them (Harry Potter companion books) Joe D Cruz Ocean wringled world. Also known as Aazhi Soozh Ulagu. Narayan publication house declined to release it after Joe supported Modi. He won Sahita akadamy award. Justice PN Bhagwati My tryst with justice Khaleed Hosseini And the mountains Echoed Kingshuk Nag The NaMo story Kishwar Desai The Sea of innocence (About rape of Scarlet Jones in Goa) Leela Goswami Common cause- colonial ethics M.C. Marykom Unbreakable (lady boxer) Madhav Godbole Good governance Never on Indias radar Madhu Kishwar Modi Muslim and Media (she Defended Modi) Mark Obama Culture: My Odyssey of Self-discovery. hes President obamas brother. Maya Angelou civil rights activists, singer USA. Book: I know why the Caged bird sings. Died in June 2014 Megha Kumar Communalism and sexual violence in Abad since 1969. Book publisher Orient blackswan postponed release fearing Wendy Doniger like case. Milkha Singh The Race of my life-an autobiography Mustaq Mohammad Inside Out (Autobiography of Paki cricketer) Natwar Singh One life is not enough.Autobiography. Natwar Singh Walking the lions: Tales from a diplomatic past Nicolas griffin Ping pong Diplomacy Nilanjan Roy The Wildlings Nilanjana Roy Hundred names of darkness P.Scott Fitzerland The Great Gatsby. (Bacchan worked in the english movie based on this novel) Pamela Hicks Daughter of Empire Paronjoy Guha Thakurta Gas wars- Crony Capitalism. Mukesh Ambani sent him legal notice. PC Parekh Crusader or conspirator? Coalgate and other truths. He was the former Coal secretary. Pope Benedict XVI Jesus of Nazaeth: the Infancy narratives Prasun Joshi, Noted lyricist. Sunshine lense Prof Anita Pfaff Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and Germany (Anita is Boses daughter) R. Gopalkrishnan Comma in a sentence Rahu Rai Bangladesh: The Prize of freedom (noted photographer) Raj Kundra How not to make money. (Shilpa Shettys husband and allegedly involved in IPL spot fixing 2013. he indeed seems to be an expert on this books subject) Ram Jethmalani Maverick Unchanged, Unrepentant Ramchandra Guha 1. Patriots and Partition 2. Gandhi Before India 3. India after Gandhi Resul Pookutty Sounding Off. (he had won Oscar for soundtrack in Slumdog Millionaire) Romila Thapar The past vs present: Foraging contemporary identities through history. She is a famous historian, who also wrote NCERTs. Ronald Dworkin. Dead Laws Empire Ruchir Sharma. Won Tata lit. award for first book. Breakout Nations: In pursuit of the next economic miracle Ruskin Bond A garland of memories S Murari The Prabhakaran Saga Sanjay Baru Ex-Media advisor of Mohan. Book name The accidental prime minister. He showed how Mohan was a rubber stamp of SoniaG. Sanjeev sanyal Land of seven rivers Sankarhan Thakur Single man: Nitish kumar of Bihar.Wrote similar book on lalu yadav as well. Sarod Maestro Amjal Ali Khan My father, our fraternity Shekhar Gupta (IndianExpress) anticipating india- best of national interest Shobha De Sethji Sir Don Bradman Art of cricket Solomon Pirate 12 years a slave (Oscar winner) Suresh Menon Pataudi-Nawab of Cricket Sushmita Bangerjee. Kabuliwalas Bengali Wife. It details her escape from Taliban ruled Afghanistan in 1995. She was recently murdered by Talibans. Suzanne Collins The Hunger Games- series of adventure novels. movie made. Thai protestors use its salute to show disrespect to Military regime. Tavleen Singh Durbar Tom Clancy Died. US thrillers. Hunt for Red October, Patriot Games. TSR Subramanium India at turning point, road to good governance V Raghunathan The games Indians play why we are the way we are. Vijya Seshadri Pulitzer prize for poetry. Collection Long Meadow. Writes in Washington post and Guardian. Vikram Chandra Mirrored Mind: My life in letters and code Vinod Mehta Sanjay story WB CM Mamata Benerjee Earth Songs Wendy doniger On Hindusim (controversial, Penguin publication) Yann Martel. Life of Pi (Ang Lee made Oscar winning movie on this. Suraj Sharma played hero) Yash Birla On a prayer. (biography) Yashwant singh India at risk Yuvaraj Singh The test of my life: from cricket to cancer and back YV Reddy, Ex- RBI governor Economic Policies and Indias reform agenda Book /arts Prizes Badri Narayan Kanshi Ram: leader of Dalits (Political biography) Batman Completed 75 years. Creators Bob Kane, Bill Finger. Bipin Chandra Famous Indian historian he has won Itihas Ratna award by Asiatic society Bihar. Christopher moor Serpent of vanice (fiction) Diagram price 2014 for oddest book How to poo on a date, Man Booker prize 2013 Elenor Cotton, NZ. Book The luminiaries. Youngest to win. Murti devi award By Bhartiya Gyan Pith Harprasad Das, Oddisa Sahitya akadami awads 2013 list too long, cost: benefit too bad. one name important Javed Akhtar, got for poem book Lava in Urdu. other winners only if they belong to your state. Saraswati Samman 2013 Sugatha Kumari, Malayalam Poetess Sunil Gangopadhyay award Bengali poet Sankha Ghosh Yale literature prize Pankaj mishra novel the romantics Films related Oscars 2014 (86th annual Academy Awards) BEST PICTURE 12 Years a Slave based on book by Solomon Pirate. DIRECTOR Gravity Alfonso Cuarn ACTOR Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club ACTRESS Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine SUPPORTING ACTRESS Lupita Nyongo in 12 Years a Slave SUPPORTING ACTOR Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club ANIMATED FILM Frozen FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Great Beauty Italy. India movie did not win (Gyan Correas the Good road) overall highest award winner Gravity (7 awards) many other Oscar winners for various categories, Im not including them here for bad cost : benefit ratio. Other awards: U.S. festival awards Silent Screams Indias Fight Against Rape directed by Priya Somiah and written by Manira A. Pinto DadaSaheb Phalke 2013 Gulzar. He also won Oscar for Jai ho. IFFI International film festival of India. Panaji, Goa in Nov 2013 BAFTA 2014 12 years a slave best film Gyan correa Gujarati movie director- The Good Road, Nominated at Oscar but did not win. National film award (61st) Best Feature Film / Golden Lotus Ship of Theseus by Saeed Mirza Best Director Hansal Mehta for Shahid Best Actor Raj Kumar Rao for Shahid; and Malayam actor Suraj for some film (name not important) Best Hindi Film Jolly LLB Many other categories for national film awards, again Im ignoring for bad cost:benefit. IIFA 2014 International Indian film academy awards Tampa Bay Florida Best film: Bhag Milkha Bhag. Best director same movie, Rakesh Mehra, Best actor- same movie Farhan Akhtar + many other awards for the same movie. Beauty Pageants Femina Miss India Koyal Rana Miss World 2013 Megan Young from Phillipines. AT Bali Indonesia Miss Universe 2013 Gabriela Isler from Venezuela at Russia. Miss Asia Pacific 2013 Shanti Rana of India, in South Korea Miss India World wide 2014 Anugya Sharma (Surat). In July shell participate in Miss Worldwide, @Abu Dhabi. Miss America Sep.2013. Nina Davuluri. Subjected to racial abuse on twitter.