Mir Taqi Mir (1723-1810) was not only Urdu's first great poet but also the most prolific one with around 13,500 couplets to his name. He is credited with giving shape and structure to the Urdu language itself, is counted among the five major poets of the language along with Mirza Ghalib, Mir Anees Allama Iqbal and Josh Malihabadi and is often men...
When they were first published, Gracys stories shocked readers with their sexual candour and frank celebration of female desire. She is now widely recognized as one of the most important contemporary writers in Malayalam....
Manmohan Singh was preoccupied with saving his coalition during his second stint while Narendra Modi was "autocratic" in his first term as Prime Minister, former President Pranab Mukherjee wrote in the fourth and concluding volume of his memoirs to be posthumously published next month....
Those who recede.. They are silent.. Silent like a kitten Thrown out by grasping on neck.....
My lord Who ensures Auspiciousness of beginnings Dispels...
Now, with the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature under his belt in Meesha~s English avatar as "Moustache", author S. Hareesh is confident it would be viewed in its proper context and that too by a wider audience that translations reach out to with such works....
Rahat worked hard educating himself right up to PhD on a subject which was to stand him in good stead in subsequent years -- Urdu mushaira. And what a performer he became in mushairas charging up to Rs 10 lakh for an appearance -- quite unprecedented....
I’ve been walking for soo long That I never knew what to run for...
Indian-origin author Avni Doshi's "Burnt Sugar" and two titles from Bloomsbury - "Apeirogon" by Colum McCann and "Such a Fun Age" - by Kiley Reid are among the 13 books in the 50,000 pounds Booker Prize 2020 longlist announced, with jury chair Margaret Busby saying that each of them "carries an impact... deserving of wid...
Stillness took over sadness Loneliness the keyword...
