Life through the lens of language

Comment · print · T T T+· T- TOPICS Contemporary poet K. Satchidanandan said here on Saturday that the panel of judges for selecting a work for The Hindu Prize given away during the Lit for Life 2015 festival here had to read through ...

It was more than just a conversation about books. For three days, The Hindu Lit For Life in Chennai cast a literary spell over 2000 people at every session, divided across two venues. Packed audiences listened, engaged and conversed with writers, ...

2014 will be remembered as a very promising year for English poetry for lovers of poetry in India; excellent books of poems by Ranjit Hoskote (Central Time), Arundhathi Subramaniam ( Travelling with God; Eating God (Ed.) and translations of verse by ...

CHENNAI: Beleaguered writer Perumal Murugan, facing protests in his home town of Tiruchendur in Tamil Nadu over his novel 'Madhorubhagan', received support from various sections across the country. While writers, filmmakers, musicians and ...

Bhagavad Gita: Ragav Simha, Andhra Mahila Sabha, Luz, 7.15 a.m.; Satyaprabhananda, Vivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, 3, MS Salai, T Nagar, 5.30 p.m. Bhaja Govindam: T.G. Narayanaswamy, 273 B Natesan Nagar, II Main Rd, Virugambakkam, 6 ...

Comment · print · T T T+· T- The Hindu Author Ashok Srinivasan The Hindu Ashok Srinivasan at The Hindu Lit for Life 2015. TOPICS Ashok Srinivasan won the The Hindu Prize 2014 for his Book of Common Signs, his debut novel. The ...

Author Perumal Murugan; his book (left) Onhis Facebook wall, Perumal Murugan, 48, has a post which reads like a suicide note. It is by P Murugan on behalf of Perumal Murugan. Author Perumal Murugan is dead. He is no God. Hence, he will not ...

Comment · print · T T T+· T- Rajdeep Sardesai Eleanor Catton Amish Tripathi Sadanand Menon TOPICS That's what books are for, goes a line in Jhumpa Lahiri's The Namesake, To travel without moving an inch. Travel across the ...

If December in Chennai is known as the season of music and dance, January is the month to celebrate literature and books with The Hindu Lit for Life. Over the last five years, the festival has become an event that both participants and audiences ...