Describing her journey as "a creative pursuit in unexpected directions" Shobha Nihalani, the Hong Kong-based writer of thriller, adventure and dream novels -- and life coach -- says venturing into the self-help genre for her new book made her realize that self-esteem is the reason why we feel stuck or are unable to achieve our fullest ...
Perhaps the most enigmatic region in the world, Kashmir has a special place in the Indian subcontinents history....
Amongst the sea of unknown faces, behind those false masks I still seek you.........my friend...
We wait beside the window pane For the pitter-patter of the rain All along and down the lane Nothing it shall leave the same....
Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) was not only Urdu's first great poet but also the most prolific one with around 13,500 couplets to his name. He is credited with giving shape and structure to the Urdu language itself, is counted among the five major poets of the language along with Mirza Ghalib, Mir Anees Allama Iqbal and Josh Malihabadi and is often men...
When they were first published, Gracys stories shocked readers with their sexual candour and frank celebration of female desire. She is now widely recognized as one of the most important contemporary writers in Malayalam....
Manmohan Singh was preoccupied with saving his coalition during his second stint while Narendra Modi was "autocratic" in his first term as Prime Minister, former President Pranab Mukherjee wrote in the fourth and concluding volume of his memoirs to be posthumously published next month....
Those who recede.. They are silent.. Silent like a kitten Thrown out by grasping on neck.....
My lord Who ensures Auspiciousness of beginnings Dispels...
Now, with the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature under his belt in Meesha~s English avatar as "Moustache", author S. Hareesh is confident it would be viewed in its proper context and that too by a wider audience that translations reach out to with such works....
