Salman Rushdie's Death Threat Doubted; What Obama's Been Reading

Today in books and literature: The plot to kill Salman Rushdie may not have existed, The Telegraph takes a look at what President Obama's read since taking office, and Oxford finally has a Quidditch team to call its own. 

Maldives test for India-Pakistan relations?

NEW DELHI: Has the current political crisis in the Maldives come as a test for the familiar India-Pakistan rivalry for influence in the region, or is it an opportunity for them to face a potentially serious challenge together?

Freedom and fa-yaah

Writing is a solitary act, if it’s not in a creative writing workshop. Reading is a solitary act too. In between is the Calcutta Literary Meet, held in association with The Telegraph .

Queen’s Diamond Jubilee poised to outdo Royal Wedding’s pomp

As her 60th year on the throne begins, the 85-year-old monarch has planned extravagant festivities that mix ancient pageantry with modern media

Travellers' tales and 'Sir Bhagat'

But nothing succeeds like success. The pandemonium at the Imran Khan talk on January 30 was a pointer. Chetan Bhagat had the previous day conjured almost as big an audience. As the crowd dispersed after the talk, a young man congratulated his friend on being able to put a question through to Bhagat "Sir". "It didn't matter what you asked. So many journalists from so many established papers were ...

Salesforce's happy workforce

It took a Reuben sandwich and Dr. Brown's Cream Soda to close the deal. Nobody's as good at salesmanship in the world of high tech as Marc Benioff, the nimble and gregarious 6-foot-5, 290-pound co-founder and CEO of Salesforce.com. A few months ago, his burgeoning company -- the San Francisco-based powerhouse in cloud computing for businesses -- was looking to buy Rypple, a startup in Toronto ...