It was only by chance that Shahidul Alam began taking photographs. A chemistry doctoral student in London, Alam purchased a Nikon FM for a friend while traveling in the United States and Canada in ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rumaan Alam, best-selling author of "Leave the World Behind." His new book, "Entitlement," features a billionaire who gives away his fortune. The megarich, a character in ...

A little more than two years ago, the novelist and critic Rumaan Alam landed a job as the editor of special projects at The New York Times Book Review. It was a dream job — of course it was — and he ...

Alam Ara was described as a 'swashbuckling tale of warring queens, palace intrigue, jealously and romance' Earlier this month, a group of archivists in the western Indian city of Mumbai recovered what ...