Gateway LitFest Writer Of The Year
Manoranjan is the Gateway LitFest writer of the year. The convict-turned-rickshaw puller-turned writer is a socio-political activist. Known as the pioneer of Dalit literature in Bengali, he was nakedly illiterate…
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Synaptic Narratives and Half-Bodied Women: Poetics and Practice of Vilas Sarang’s avant-garde writing
June 15, 2019 Read More...(Previously published in Journal of Higher Education and Research Society: A Refereed International Journal, Vol 4 Issue I, ISSN: 2349-0209, April 2016, 97-107) ‘Literary creation is pre-eminently a synaptic activity’,…
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इन आदिवासियों का शीर्षक विमुक्त घुमंतू आदिवासी होना चाहिए
हमारे देश में आजादी के पहले आप राजी जनजाति के लिए 80173 में कानून बना उस कानून के तहत मां बाप बहन भाई बच्चे बूढ़े सभी जन्म से अपराधी ही…
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Speaking from a creative space
Source : The Hindu – FRIDAY REVIEW – T M Krishna In Karnad’s imagination there were no boundaries, his pursuit of art and truth had an unfailing honesty Art is…
It’s impossible for an Indian to be monolingual: Amitav Ghosh
Source : The Indian Express On Wednesday evening, Amitav Ghosh became the first Indian writer in English to bag the prestigious Jnanpith Award When the Jnanpith Award 2018 was announced…
The little joys of reading
Source : Deccan Herald For Bangladeshis, their language revolution, their political struggle, their fetish with poetry have all lent to their pulsating spirit of little magazines, writes ASHIS DUTTA …
His soul was Kannada
Source : The Hindu – FRIDAY REVIEW – VIVEK SHANBHAG Though his plays were translated into several languages of India and the world, Girish Karnad’s thoughts and emotions had their moorings…
In Pablo Picasso’s Studio During the Nazi Occupation of Paris
Source : Literary Hub Françoise Gilot Recalls Her Life with the Artist I went to a little village called Fontès, near Montpellier, which was then in the Free Zone—not occupied…
Bringing together Indian mythology and fiction
Source : The New Indian Express Bengaluru-based Rishi Shrivastava is an author and senior principal consultant at Oracle, who can often be found reading about mythology in his free time….
Renowned Indian-origin writer Ahmed Essop dies
Source : The Indian Express Ahmed Essop, renowned author and educationist of Indian-origin has died in South Africa, a close family friend said. He was 88. Ahmed Essop, renowned…
A powerful line of thought
Source : The Hindu – FRIDAY REVIEW ‘Naghma O Sher’ explores the life and works of legendary poet-activists ‘Zara si aahat hoti hai toh dil sochata hai,…
Joanne Ramos: ‘Motherhood is not even seen until it’s outsourced
Source : The Guardian The author explains how The Farm, her novel about an upmarket surrogacy service, shows ‘where we are today, pushed forward a few inches’ After being…
Narnia creator CS Lewis’s letters to children go on sale
Source : B B C A collection of letters sent to children by CS Lewis have gone on sale. The 29 letters were sent by the Chronicles of Narnia author…
Thus Spake…
The biggest challenges faced by poetry today is the challenge of freedom. No way of writing is sacrosanct. The challenge lies in remaining true to yourself and create something original, rather than to contrive, a practice that is usually seen in contemporary poems,
