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Perumal Murugan's 'Pyre', translated in English by Anirudh Vasudevan

Perumal Murugan's 'Pyre' Becomes First Tamil Work To Be Longlisted In International Book Fair

Perumal Murugan's novel, 'Pyre', written in Tamil and translated into English by Aniruddhan Vasudevan, is set in 1980 and tells the story of a rural couple belonging to different castes who fall in love and elope, which...

22 March 2023

The Bihar Museum amphitheatre was packed with art and literature lovers for the inaugural ceremony.

Ahad Anhad: Reviving Azimabad And Bihar's Glorious History In Contemporary Times

The Bihar museum amphitheatre came to life as Ahad Anhad, the first-ever Bihar Literature Festival, and commenced on the beautiful spring evening of 17 March 2023. At dusk, birds flew over the venue and headed to their homes...


Photo Credit: Mansi Vijay

Photo Essay: A Photo Of One's Own

Is taking up space on the camera film the birthright of a child? Is the mother, wife, widow, more so, woman asking to occupy that space selfish?


Happy Ugadi

ఔట్‌లుక్ గ్రూప్ తరపున ప్రపంచవ్యాప్తంగా ఉన్న తెలుగు ప్రజలందరికీ శ్రీ శోభకృత్ నామ సంవత్సర ఉగాది శుభాకాంక్షలు

Sri shobkruth nama year Ugadi Greetings from Outlook Group to all Telugu people around the world

22 March 2023

Amar Desva author Pravin Kumar, and Geeta Shree

Amar Desva: Truth And Democracy At Bihar Literature Festival

Attending the first Bihar Literature Festival is not all about celebrations and performances as Ahad Anhad defies the traditional temperaments of a literature festival. Here, authors, publishers, doctors and artists decide...


Poem: Void By Boudhayan Mukherjee

Poem: Void By Boudhayan Mukherjee

Poet Boudhayan Mukherjee writes a poem for Outlook.

19 March 2023

The all-female panel, moderated by Vyomesh Shukla, at Ahad Anhad.

Echoing The 'F' Word: Feminist Voices Above Chaos At Bihar Literature Festival

'Men and others have rage, we, women have our laughter': Women authors and editors talk about feminism, literature, patriarchy, and economy at the Bihar literature festival. 

21 March 2023

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A child's gaze

Consuming Playful Days Of Childhood

Mir was a driver by profession and would work long hours to feed his family. However, after his death, the family was left to fend for itself. Mir's three daughters and son—all aged between  2 to 10 –had to discontinue...

18 March 2023

18 March 2023
Poem: Honk Honk

Poem: Honk Honk

The writer Sandeep Jain writes under the pen name Timeless Poetry. He is a real estate broker to whom words come in an endless flow.


18 March 2023
Review: The Book of Desire

Review: The Book of Desire

The book has been debated by Indologists over time and Kamil Zvelebil, the Czech expert on Tamil literature is of the opinion that this is the most fluid of...


15 March 2023
KLF 2023: An Impressive Spread For Bhubaneshwar's Book Lovers

KLF 2023: An Impressive Spread For Bhubaneshwar's Book Lovers

The KLF has, without a doubt, secured its place in Odisha’s, as well as India’s, calendar of literature festivals.


12 March 2023
Remembering Mumtaz Shirin Of Mysore, Urdu’s First And Forgotten Female Critic

Remembering Mumtaz Shirin Of Mysore, Urdu’s First And Forgotten Female Critic

Besides writing short stories, Mumtaz Shirin also brought out Urdu journal ‘Naya Daur’ with husband Samad Shaheen, which became a standard for journals at...


12 March 2023
Book Review: ‘The Half Known Life’ Is The Life’s Struggle To Find Paradise On Earth

Book Review: ‘The Half Known Life’ Is The Life’s Struggle To Find Paradise On Earth

‘The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise’ is a combination of musings, travels back in time, and actual wandering. It goes back and forth in time,...


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11 March 2023
Anti-Defection Law: Defecting From Mandate

Anti-Defection Law: Defecting From Mandate

Legislators may be charged with defecting from a party if they willingly renounce their membership in accordance with the rules of the anti-defection statute....


11 March 2023
Sabarimala Shrine: A Complex Web Of Feminism, Politics And Religion

Sabarimala Shrine: A Complex Web Of Feminism, Politics And Religion

As soon as the Supreme Court verdict was announced in the case of Sabarimala temple, the CPI(M) leadership seemed to take a pro-entry position, hoping that it...


11 March 2023
Of Roads, Love And The Fall

Of Roads, Love And The Fall

Time flies...Has it made me any wise?


11 March 2023
Poems: The Scream And Lemongrass Tea

Poems: The Scream And Lemongrass Tea

Melting grassroots/in an extrovert honey/her passionate lips...like the cappadocia balloons- primrose, pastel pink.


11 March 2023
Poems: Pain And Healing

Poems: Pain And Healing

Pain is a bedside lamp. It blinks like a jackal’s eyes, from the night bushes.


07 March 2023
The Poet’s Breath

The Poet’s Breath

Read a poem by Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca on International Women’s Day 2023.


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07 March 2023
Understanding Gaṇikā, The Courtesan In The Indian Cultural Memory

Understanding Gaṇikā, The Courtesan In The Indian Cultural Memory

We hear various references to gaṇikā in many literary sources as a woman who was qualified and talented (nipun) in as many as 64 arts (chaunsath kala). The...


07 March 2023
Poem: The Poet's Breath

Poem: The Poet's Breath

I am she who/Born free in the land of the free/Speaks for them.


05 March 2023
Red Balloons Hover Over Turkey’s Ruins In Memory Of Children

Red Balloons Hover Over Turkey’s Ruins In Memory Of Children

Even before our memories could fade out the smile of the child who came out of the rubbles after more than 72 hours of struggle in devastated Turkey, several...


05 March 2023
Poem: Eating Together

Poem: Eating Together

Shantashree Mohanty writes a poem about the experience of eating together with family.


05 March 2023
Book Review: Ananya Chatterjee’s Barefoot On Splintered Glass

Book Review: Ananya Chatterjee’s Barefoot On Splintered Glass

Using the tropes of the seasons in her poems, Ananya Chatterjee has dealt with human relationships and nature interchangeably. The robin-abandoned Gulmohar and...


04 March 2023
Short Poem: The Family On TV

Short Poem: The Family On TV

So at what point did you realise, ​​that you’re not the family on TV?


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