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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A BRIEF SURVEY OF MARATHI LITERATURE IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
October 22, 2018 Read More...The current write-up, sketchy and introductory in nature, provides a concise survey of the developments in Marathi literature in the twenty-first century. It looks at a range of essential literary…
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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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My parents did not encourage me to become a writer: Paulo Coelho
Source : The New Indian Express As a young boy, when he told his mother about his aim in life, she referred to his father saying as an engineer, he…
Have book covers changed in the age of e-books and Bookstagram?
Source : The Hindu – Sunday Magazine These days covers trend on social media long before the book arrives. Has the art of cover designing changed in the age of…
Meeran belonged to everyone
Source : The Hindu Never mind not meeting him, his world was so familiar Should I have started translating the short stories of Thoppil Mohammed Meeran at least a…
Poet of pain and death
Source : The Tribune Dichotomy ruled his life. He was dubbed birha da sultan by Amrita Pritam, yet his poetry is broadly placed under the literary movement of…
Offer to Be UK’s Top Poet Gets One No and a Yes
Source : The Indian Express The British laureateship is one of the most famous honours in literature, with a history of more than 350 years. It might also be among…
The Cover Story
Source : The New Indian Express A book has just three seconds to catch a buyer’s attention. To capitalise on that tiny timeframe, the visual appeal is maximised. …
Sally Rooney’s ‘Normal People’ wins book of the year title at British Book Awards
Source : Times of India Irish author Sally Rooney’s second novel Normal People won the book of the year title at the British Book Awards, also known as the…
Vani Prakashan ventures into English publishing
Source : Times of India Aiming to create an alternative, liminal space for debate and dialogue in prose as well as in verse, Vani Book Company, an English imprint…
Romi Konkani: The story of a Goan script, born out of Portuguese influence, which faces possible decline
Source : Firstpost – Karthik Malli ‘Hi mhoji kudd‘. This is the Konkani phrase that greets visitors to Old Goa’s majestic Basilica of Bom Jesus. It is a…
Pakistan-born British poet to replace Carol Ann Duffy as the new poet laureate
Source : The Indian Express Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Imtiaz Dharker, 65, grew up in Glasgow. She has written extensively on religion, culture, and feminism. Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz…
Thus Spake…
When the postcolonial Indian society for decades have crudely practiced what sociolinguists term as ‘ subtractive bilingualism’- where the acquisition of a second language is at the cost of the first language, (more…)
