Focusing on the similarities between writing verse and drafting resolutions, Abhay pointed out how both activities require a careful calibration of words, an appreciation for ambiguity, precision and ...

In his bestselling autobiography, The Unexpected Professor: An Oxford Life in Books (2014), Carey invariably chose to illustrate what he found most appealing (or repulsive) about a book thro...

The Persians believed that wine was discovered by a woman; she drank fermented grape juice from a jar, fell asleep and, instead of suffering the first-known hangover, woke up with her headache gone. C...

Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri, who heralded modernism in Malayalam poetry, died at a private hospital here on Thursday. He was 94. A widower, the Mahakavi (great poet) leaves behind two sons and four...

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A recent online morning-to-night mixed art festival titled @artalonetogether, curated jointly by Artsforward and Smoke Inc, featured a bunch of performances for the audience to experience from th...

Sure, you’ve heard Santhanam Srinivasan Iyer aka EPR’s voice on audio streaming platforms with his band Underground Authority or ADIACOT. But on June 12 a new milestone was achieved. The 3...

The poet’s fortnight, or kabi paksha, marking Rabindranath Tagore’s birthday on May 7 in 1861, is still celebrated with an outpouring of song, dance, recitation and plays. Perhaps not all the sing...

What is an epic is an important theme for debate. Can poetry help us understand the world? More specifically, can epic poetry provide a framework on which to base our view of historical events? The In...

Anuj Lugun, a young tribal poet from Jharkhand, has won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar for his long poem in Hindi, Bagh aur Sugna Munda ki Beti. As part of the award, announced on Friday, 31-year-o...