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Father’s Day: How my seven year-old son raises meSubscriber Only
June 21, 2020 17:00 IST
My conversations with my son — filled with the wonders of innocence and the delights of discovery — have been my escape route throughout the lockdown; they have helped me navigate the gloom that envelopes humanity after the pandemic.
Sun, Jun 21, 2020
‘I want a literature that is not made from literature’Subscriber Only
June 14, 2020 06:35 IST
British-Indian poet Bhanu Kapil on her How to Wash a Heart winning the Windham-Campbell Prize and why she travels across genres
Sun, Jun 14, 2020
‘While the world is at pause, the world of the Sufis can never end’Subscriber Only
June 11, 2020 16:40 IST
While the annual Khusrau Urs at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya dargah, in New Delhi, may not be a physical celebration, the Rekhta Foundation brings together Sufi luminaries for a virtual festival today, from 8 pm to 12 midnight
Thu, Jun 18, 2020
It’s like living in a zoo, confined to your cage: Pulitzer-winning poet Jericho Brown on lockdownSubscriber Only
May 17, 2020 09:41 IST
The first Black gay poet to win Pulitzer on being a poet in the time of the pandemic and making room for tenderness, alongside violence, while writing about race, sexuality and faith.
Sun, May 17, 2020
May Day: How Urdu poets romanticised the working classSubscriber Only
May 01, 2020 09:10 IST
Urdu poets rage against the deprivations of labourers and farmers and have written about them in glorious terms, like irtiqa ka peshva (a frontrunner of evolution) and tehzeeb ka parwardigar (the nourisher of culture).
Fri, May 01, 2020
World Book Day: Reading in the time of coronaSubscriber Only
April 23, 2020 19:35 IST
How the Indian publishing industry is coping with the crisis after the pandemic.
Sun, Apr 26, 2020
Cyrus Mistry: ‘Our lives are more deceitful than we admit’Subscriber Only
March 29, 2020 07:00 IST
The writer, whose new book The Prospect of Miracles is his first non-Parsi novel, on exploring the dark side of human relationships
Fri, Mar 27, 2020
Hard to Say GoodbyeSubscriber Only
February 15, 2020 12:59 IST
Hungarian author Judit Hidas and Portuguese writer Clara Macedo Cabral reveal what Brexit means to them.
Sat, Feb 15, 2020
We are moving away from the novel, says ‘Show Them A Good Time’ author Nicole FlatterySubscriber Only
January 19, 2020 06:00 IST
Irish author Nicole Flattery on her debut and the resurgence of essays
Sun, Jan 19, 2020
Urdu and the young poetsSubscriber Only
December 27, 2019 17:30 IST
It is not past that's on the young Urdu poets' minds; it's the future. They reflect on the state of the nation, talk of lighting candles amid darkness.
Fri, Dec 27, 2019
‘A language has to reach people’Subscriber Only
December 13, 2019 01:01 IST
In its sixth edition, Jashn-e-Rekhta will celebrate the richness of Urdu
Fri, Dec 13, 2019
After Rekhta skips ‘Urdu’ on posters of its annual festival, lovers of the language fret, organisers bring it backSubscriber Only
December 03, 2019 06:16 IST
Jashn-e-Rekhta has a distinct Urdu flavour and brings together admirers of the language from the spectrum of academia as well as popular culture.
Tue, Dec 03, 2019
On her first India tour, Polish pianist Anna Lipiak hopes her music will tell her storySubscriber Only
November 26, 2019 06:33 IST
As she plays the notes, it is her simplicity and sincerity that marks her performance. Lipiak began her multi-city India concert tour from New Delhi on Saturday.
Tue, Nov 26, 2019
‘Sahir’s poetry is a beacon of hope’Subscriber Only
October 25, 2019 02:00 IST
On his 39th death anniversary today, a new book explores the enduring legacy of Sahir Ludhianvi
Fri, Oct 25, 2019
Turkish writer Çiler Ilhan on exile, language and writing as a challenge to mainstream valuesSubscriber Only
October 20, 2019 05:45 IST
"Reading in three-four languages makes my world bigger. I keep comparing words, grammar between languages I speak well or little, try to find common features or the roots of words."
Sun, Oct 20, 2019
For a verseSubscriber Only
October 17, 2019 00:06 IST
In its 21st edition, Jashn-e-Bahar will see Urdu poets across generations and regions
Thu, Oct 17, 2019
The life and loves of Mirza Ghalib, the last great poet of the Mughal eraSubscriber Only
July 28, 2019 05:00 IST
The Delhi that shaped Ghalib was a city in flux, but never short of pleasure or wit.
Sun, Jul 28, 2019
The novel is one of our last democratic spaces: Turkish writer Elif ShafakSubscriber Only
July 21, 2019 06:10 IST
The 47-year-old Turkish writer Elif Shafak on her new novel, the questions literature must raise and the muzzling of writers and artists in her country.
Sun, Jul 21, 2019
The many moods of the moon; Urdu poetry’s favourite museSubscriber Only
July 14, 2019 06:10 IST
Love, beauty, yearning and despair -- The moon is a multipurpose muse, at once a symbol of ishq (love), taqwa (piety), tanhaai (loneliness), hairat (wonder), khushi (happiness) and arzoo (longing).
Mon, Jul 22, 2019
Across the Black WatersSubscriber Only
June 29, 2019 00:28 IST
Set in the Andaman Islands in the decade prior to India’s freedom in 1947, it is the story of bleak and blighted lives caught in the vortex of history. It is also the story of wanton and gratuitous wartime cruelties.
Sat, Jun 29, 2019
Man Booker International Prize 2019 winner Omani writer Jokha Alharthi talks about her characters’ complexitySubscriber Only
May 26, 2019 06:00 IST
The Woman from Oman: In her first interview to the Indian media after winning the 2019 Man Booker International Prize, Omani writer Jokha Alharthi on her characters’ complexity.
Sun, May 26, 2019
As times get tougher, Urdu publishers find it increasingly tough to stay afloatSubscriber Only
April 28, 2019 06:00 IST
Facing financial constraints and poor distribution, the future of Urdu publishers is rife with uncertainty.
Sun, Apr 28, 2019
Long overshadowed, Irish women writers are courting global fame nowSubscriber Only
April 21, 2019 06:30 IST
Today, Irish women writers are finding international recognition, and are being assessed on their own terms. They are being published and awarded, and young women writers are succeeding early on in their career.
Sun, Apr 21, 2019
The Great GameSubscriber Only
March 31, 2019 06:30 IST
Hamid Ismailov’s EBRD Literature Prize-winning Uzbek novel puts Central Asian literature in focus.
Sun, Mar 31, 2019
What I know about lines I learned from reading Virgil: Hannah SullivanSubscriber Only
February 10, 2019 06:00 IST
UK-based Hannah Sullivan, 39, the 2018 TS Eliot Prize winner on the landscape and architecture of her poems.
Sun, Feb 10, 2019Journalism of Courage
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