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Poet and essayist Sandip Dutta.

Remembering Sandip Dutta, Who Built Little Magazine Movement Book By Book

The common disrespect for little magazines led Sandip Dutta to establish ‘Kolkata Little Magazine Library and Research Centre’ in 1978 in his own small two-room residence in Tamer Lane, Kolkata.

21 March 2023

Salesmen sell books at the city square as citizens carry on with their daily lives in Lviv, which is one of the safest cities since the beginning of the war between Russia and Ukraine despite the occasional sirens and possible attacks in Ukraine on February 17, 2023.

Ukraine War: How Russian Invasion Targeted Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage And Books Became Instruments Of War

Ukrainian and independent experts believe the targeted attacks at cultural sites and destruction of Ukrainian books is deliberate erasure of Ukrainian culture. They see it as part of a deliberate effort by Russia to...

22 February 2023

Urdu poet Shaharyar.

Shaharyar—Prince Of Urdu Poetry

Shaharyar may have got a short stint in Bollywood which has no match, still a lot of Shaharyar’s work spanning over four decades needs to be portrayed.

14 February 2023

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World Poetry Day: Poems Are A Reminder Against Erasure

'Resurrection in today’s post-truth world is how and what we remember. The poem is a reminder. It immortalizes the act of witnessing it as we did in various ways'.

21 March 2023

Artwork by Sunil Padwal

Another Day In My Life As A Failing Writer

Shantashree Mohanty writes about a day in her life as a writer. She receives the advice towards the end of the day that it’s better to be a failing writer than to write failingly and that Sylvia Plath and all her friends...

19 February 2023

Short story 'Crimes of K' by Dr Asijit Datta

Short Story: Crimes of K

Dr Asijit Datta writes a short story of a man bound to railway tracks and his struggle to make sense of what’s happening to him and the desire for the agony to end.

12 February 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 the heartbroken human are the same. By doing so, she has given...

05 March 2023

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Book Review: Tabish Khair’s New Book Cannot Be Boxed Into A Genre

The Body by the Shore is a ‘scandinoir’ suspense-mystery thriller that takes the reader on a wild ride on the Danish high seas.

11 February 2023

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09 February 2023
Konkanis Should Promote Their Language, Literature: Goa CM

Konkanis Should Promote Their Language, Literature: Goa CM

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said, The Konkani community should strive to promote their language, art, and literature across the globe.


29 January 2023
Book Excerpt: The Nemesis By Manoranjan Byapari

Book Excerpt: The Nemesis By Manoranjan Byapari

An extracted from The Nemesis by Manoranjan Byapari, published in English.


29 January 2023
Four Rhapsodic Poems By Simrita Dhir

Four Rhapsodic Poems By Simrita Dhir

Poet Simrita Dhir dives into childhood and teenage, compiling sights, smells, tastes, sounds and fantasies into four confine-breaking poems, free of structure...


29 January 2023
Some Random Thoughts On American Literature And Tagore

Some Random Thoughts On American Literature And Tagore

America or Europe had nobody comparable with Tagore in the holistic completeness of multivarious art forms. Tagore had said if not for anything else, his songs...


29 January 2023
Is There A Future For The Short Story?

Is There A Future For The Short Story?

Writer Saeed Ibrahim writes about the debate on short stories that he attended. While the supporters of short stories highlighted accessibility and...


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24 December 2022
An Introduction To Bihari Literature

An Introduction To Bihari Literature

Bihari literature, spread over two millennia, consists of literary works produced in various languages spoken in Bihar. These include Magahi, Bhojpuri,...


04 December 2022
‘Unfortunate Event’, Conversations Of Partition Reverberate At ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’

‘Unfortunate Event’, Conversations Of Partition Reverberate At ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’

Urdu author Khalid Jawed speaking at ‘Jashn-e-Rekhta’ said memories of the Partition which is an ‘unfortunate event’ will live on for years through...


02 December 2022
Sci-Fi: Excerpts Of The Body By The Shore

Sci-Fi: Excerpts Of The Body By The Shore

One of the three main protagonists, Jens Erik, a conservative Danish police officer close to retirement, is talking to one of his informers, Hanif, a...


01 December 2022
Book On Chipko Movement Wins Presitigious Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Prize

Book On Chipko Movement Wins Presitigious Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Prize

The Chipko Movement: A People’s History by eminent historian Shekhar Pathak (translated from Hindi by Manisha Chaudhry) wins the prestigious Kamaladevi...


30 November 2022
The Vocabulary Of The Jungle

The Vocabulary Of The Jungle

Life assumes a different hue when you see it beyond the GDP, as you can hear the poetry of silence and ambivalence that Bastar weaves. Excerpts from...


26 November 2022
The Vocabulary Of The Jungle

The Vocabulary Of The Jungle

Life assumes a different hue when you see it beyond the GDP, as you can hear the poetry of silence and ambivalence that Bastar weaves. Excerpts from...


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25 November 2022
Why Tribal Literature Cannot Be Divided Into ‘Folk Literature’ And ‘Nobel Literature’

Why Tribal Literature Cannot Be Divided Into ‘Folk Literature’ And ‘Nobel Literature’

Adivasis don’t fall into the lingual traps of modernity. In their philosophical tradition, they are more realistic and scientific than any society


18 November 2022
Short Story: Set In A Different Time And Space

Short Story: Set In A Different Time And Space

‘Caste was to be annihilated. But you cannot do that for as long as people were being born unequal,’ writes Amulya B. in her riveting short story, ‘What...


18 November 2022
An Ode To Hindi Wordsmith Nirmal Verma

An Ode To Hindi Wordsmith Nirmal Verma

The literary biography of Hindi author Nirmal Verma, written by writer-journalist Vineet Gill, is an ode to the master


07 November 2022
PM Narendra Modi Pays Tributes To Tamil Writer Valliappa On His Birth Centenary

PM Narendra Modi Pays Tributes To Tamil Writer Valliappa On His Birth Centenary

The prime minister tweeted, I pay homage to Thiru Azha. Valliappa on his birth centenary. He is not only remembered for his outstanding writing and poetry but...


06 November 2022
Cake And Other Poems

Cake And Other Poems

Four short poems by Meher Gandhi on the ravages and drudgeries of life, of the short, sharp pains and passive absences.


06 November 2022
Poetry Review: Lighthouse For Drowning Memories

Poetry Review: Lighthouse For Drowning Memories

Poet Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca reviews ‘Lighthouse for Drowning Memories’ by Anna Sujatha Mathai.


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