One of Verma’s earliest memories – from his school days in Shimla—was about the death of a friend, and about his first attempt at writing. The link between the original writerly impulse and ...

He succeeds Admiral Nirmal Verma, who retired after 43 years of service. Joshi is the 21st chief of naval staff of independent India and the 19th Indian to take command of the world's sixth ...

The other day I found myself in a South Delhi café, reading Nirmal Verma’s short story Lovers. It suddenly occurred to me that the corner of the café I was seated in was not dissimilar to the ...

NEW DELHI: In his delicate, haunting prose, love often hurts like hell. In Nirmal Verma s short stories and novels, romantic ardour is often like an old, dimly-lit house on the hills ...

The story in question was Nirmal Verma’s “Under Cover of Darkness.” Recently, while searching for fiction involving child narrators, I decided to revisit this particular story and realised ...

Renowned Hindi litterateur Nirmal Verma died after a prolonged illness at the AIIMS on Wednesday morning. NEW DELHI: Renowned Hindi litterateur Nirmal Verma died after a prolonged illness at the ...

Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma has stressed the Navy's commitment to ensuring a stable and secure regional environment for the “economic development and social uplift of the ...

Nirmal Verma would indeed be a happy soul as his short stories, which find a place of eminence in Library of Congress, are going to see the cinematic light of the day thanks to the intervention of ...

The world of Indian literature stood poorer as one of the country's most illustrious fiction writers Nirmal Verma breathed his last at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences late Tuesday night.

NEW DELHI: The Government on Saturday appointed Eastern Fleet Commander Vice Admiral Nirmal Kumar Verma as the next Navy Chief. He will assume office on August 31 when Admiral Sureesh Mehta retires.