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 ...

TRIVANDRUM: A group of concerned citizens, including writers, professors and rights activists, have sought immediate action against perpetrators of communally targeted violence and arson in the southern Indian state of Kerala. A joint statement ...

KANNUR: Eminent Malayalam writer Sethu quit as chairman of National Book Trust amidst rumours that BJP-led NDA government at the Centre would axe him. Baldev Sharma, former editor of RSS mouthpiece Panchajanya, is tipped to be the new chairman. ...

The Perumal Murugan saga is yet another example of the State's cowardice, says Sabin Iqbal Silenced Murugan was allegedly threatened with dire consequences if he did not pull out objectionable parts from the book. Photo Courtesy: Open ...

mments by Jnanpith winner Bhalchandra Nemade earlier this month directed at Indian- origin authors in English like Salman Rushdie and VS Naipaul, writers in regional languages have now thrown their weight behind the noted Marathi writer. "Nemade is ...

MUMBAI: Back in the 1500s, a boy from Stratford village worked his way up to become a global writer of classics. Today, those rooted in their local milieu who write in their mother tongues like Shakespeare did, rarely set bestseller charts on fire ...

Eminent Bengali poet and writer Subodh Sarkar will be one of the participants . After a recent poetry reading session at Victoria Memorial Hall in Kolkata, eminent Bengali poet and writer Subodh Sarkar was approached by a young member from the ...

Comment · print · T T T+· T- Accused of having links with Maoists Writers, cultural leaders, and social activists have demanded the immediate release of social activists Jaison Cooper and Thushar Nirmal Sarathy, who were arrested by ...

Comment · print · T T T+· T- TOPICS There's a tiny revolution brewing in the Indian literary world, and you wouldn't know it if you didn't pause in your tracks, press your ear to the ground and listen for that soft thump of a new ...