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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…
The Portuguese who conquered Goa in 1510, in connivance with the missionaries, destroyed whatever literature existed prior to the 16th century. During the early years of conversions, the missionaries overzealously…
Tagore did not like the kind of Nationalism which was in theory and praxis in Europe during the years between two great world wars. He made a small rural place…
People love to tell you that you’re wasting your days and quite often your nights. While struggling with lumpy translations and anxious authortranslator duos I also have to listen to:…
Culture is the sum total of a peoples’ way of life, their language, expressions, dress, dance and songs but above all it’s the history and memory of a community, without…
1. INDIAN FICTION: THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE It has become a cliché of literary criticism to say that the novelists in the so-called Third World “narrate the nation”; however on closer scrutiny…
Lush-green meadows. The most scary sentence I ever read to date continues to be a Kantian (Immanuel) observation. “The starry night without, and the moral law within.” More dense and…
Kashmiri is the only one language of the South-East Asia that is radically different from all the Indo-Aryan language in retaining the structural and phonological features of some proto-Indo- European…
K R Meera has expressed her anguish against the brutal killing of journalist-writer Gauri Lankesh outside her home in Bangalore by unidentified assailants on Tuesday night in an emotion packed…
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Five novels, including three translations in JCB shortlist
October 24, 2024The shortlist for the 2024 JCB Prize for Literature was announced in Gurugram on 23 October. Five novels, including one debut and three translations, are on the shortlist for the…
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Hortus art and literature festival to begin on November 1
October 14, 2024Hortus, the art, culture, and literature festival organised by Malayala Manorama, is all set to spark a fresh wave of creativity in Kozhikode, India’s first UNESCO ‘City of Literature’. The…
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Wayanad Literature Festival on December 27-29
October 7, 2024The second edition of the Wayanad Literature Festival, which is regarded as the largest rural literary event in the country, would be held at Dwaraka in Mananthavady on December 27,…
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Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit and Assamese get classical status
October 4, 2024In a major decision, the Union Cabinet on Thursday approved giving the status of ‘classical language’ to five more languages – Marathi, Bengali, Pali, Prakrit and Assamese. With this cabinet…
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Laapataa Ladies is India’s official Oscar entry
September 25, 2024The Kiran Rao directorial Laapataa Ladies (“Missing Women”) became India’s official entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 97th Academy Awards or the Oscars, to be held early next…
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Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi translations in JCB long list
September 6, 2024The JCB Prize for Literature has announced its ten-novel longlist for 2024. It features five books originally written in English, and five works translated into English from Bengali (two), Marathi…
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Mysuru Literature Fest on July 6-7
July 5, 2024The eighth edition of Mysuru Literature Fest is will be held this weekend on July 6 and 7 between 9.30am and 6.30pm at Hotel Southern Star in Mysuru. The fest…
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Arundhati Roy gets Pen Pinter Prize
July 3, 2024Writer and Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy has been honoured with the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize 2024 for her “unflinching and unswerving” writings. The prize, established in 2009 by the charity English…
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Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light won the Cannes Grand Prix
May 28, 2024Indian filmmaker Payal Kapadia scripted history as her spellbinding drama “All We Imagine as Light” won the Grand Prix award at the 77th Cannes Film Festival. The Grand Prix Award…
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Madhav Kaushik is president of Sahitya Akademi
March 12, 2024At today’s elections held in the country’s top literary body Sahitya Akademi Madhav Kaushik of the official panel was elected as the president, noted writer from Kerala C Radhakrishnan lost…
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Sahitya Akademi translation prize 2023
The executive board of the Sahitya Akademi which met at New Delhi on Monday approved the selection of 24 books for the said prize which relates to translations first published…
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International Booker Prize Long list
March 11, 2024the Booker Prize Foundation has released its longlist for the 2023 edition of the International Booker Prize. The key point being stressed as this longlist is that a quarter of the list comes…
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Jaipur Literature Festival on Feb 1-5
January 27, 2024The 17th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival in 2024 will take place in Jaipur’s Hotel Clarks Amer from 1st-5th February, 2024. The event is set to host over 250…
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ILFK begins on January 28
.The Kerala Sahitya Akademi’s Internationala Literature Festival of Kerala (ILFK) will be held from January 28 to February 3. The Sahitya Festival will be staged at four venues in Sahitya…
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The Hindu Lit Fest begins on Jan 26
January 26, 2024The Hindu Lit Fest 2024 in Chennai offers a two-day literary journey with renowned participants and engaging sessions. The two-day event promises a journey into the rich tapestry of literature,…
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Talent Turf
Ranjit is an acclaimed poet and a seminal art critic from Maharashtra but writes mostly in English. His most recent collection of poetry is Jonahwhale (2018). His other volumes of…
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പുനത്തിലുമൊത്തൊരു പാതിരാക്കാലം
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इन आदिवासियों का शीर्षक विमुक्त घुमंतू आदिवासी होना चाहिए
December 5, 2017Read More...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…
साहित्य-संस्कृति पर समकालीन विचार
November 7, 2017Read More...सामाजिक व आर्थिक व्यवस्था की जटिल स्थिति को साहित्य- भाषा की संरचना से जानना और उभरते हुए अनेक संस्कृति – केन्द्रों की बहुलता को समझना आवश्यक है । इसे मात्र…
Marathi literature in the 21st Century
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