Ab'ul Hasan Yamin ud-Din Khusrow (c. 1253-1325) or Amir Khusro, as we usually know him, seemed to epitomise the assimilative nature of India....
The Nobel Prize in Literature brought another talented author to the world's attention, a gifted Indian-origin writer came tantalisingly close to the Booker Prize, an iconic character seemed to have lost his heroic sheen in the second work by his reclusive author coming over five decades hence - and the world of ...
About a decade ago when India witnessed its first literary fest, little would the nation have imagined the extent to which it transcended over this time - to nearly 90 such a year! Literati call these fests "stimulants of a reading revolution" in India. ...
Writing helps him in his job as a police officer, feels Kuladhar Saikia, winner of this year's Sahitya Akademi award for his collection of short stories - a rare honour for a cop. ...
Though it's an honour, it’s painful to accept a Sahitya Akademi award at a time when country is witnessing increasing attacks on the right to dissent, said noted writer K.R. Meera, who has been cited this year for Malayalam novel ‘Aarachar’ (Hangwoman)....
Title: Shades of Difference - Selected Writings of Rabindranath Tagore; Edited by: Radha Chakravarty; Publisher: Social Science Press and 9.9 Media; Pages: 291; Price: Rs.850...
“Harry Potter†author J.K. Rowling is worried she will die before she finishes writing her new children's books....
Book Review:Title: The Turn of the Tortoise: The Challenge and Promise of India's Future; Author: T.N. Ninan; Publisher: Penguin Books/Allen Lane; Pages: 368; Price:Rs.699...
Can one outrun the vengeful past and escape inequality, gratuitous violence, and exploitation in a foreign land, or will these inequities stick as fast and close as a shadow no matter where one is? Is an unskilled immigrant's life any better than a one-step-ahead-of-poverty existence in one's homeland? These are hard but releva...
New Delhi, Sep 17 : The Jaipur Literature Festival will open its account in the US with its first ...
