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'The smartphone is giving Indians things most of them have never had: cameras, MP3 players, alarm clocks. That is transformative,' says author Ravi Agrawal

The author shared the news on Twitter

Leyla Uluhanli’s stunning new book celebrates outstanding architecture

The author of The Orphan Master's Son explains how he writes – and why novelists are just like jazz musicians

Yes, his music is at times a soporific comfort blanket, but something's changed about the singer - he now has swagger

The Oscar winning singer performed ahead of the big race

Speakers for next year's festival announced

'The city is growing faster than we can come up with ideas to deal with the growth': The Jameel Prize-winning architect spoke at Al Burda Festival in Abu Dhabi this week

The UK grime star confirmed the rumours via his Instagram account on Thursday

If there’s a social network out there, you can be pretty sure Khan is in the process of conquering it

The urban planner was speaking about the 'new Arab city' at Dubai Design Week

The actress was speaking at Dhaka Lit Fest about finding a new way to educate young people at the school she's involved in, where screens are banned until the age of 16

The Indian actress was speaking at Dhaka Lit Fest about her new film, Manto

Amin Cajee was one of the first Indians to be recruited by the African National Congress (ANC) party in South Africa and sent abroad for military training. Now he has written a book about his experiences

Alam has been in jail since August 5 after he criticised the government's response to student protests in Bangladesh