Literature

To the Fair…

03 Mar 2023 01:13 AM IST

After undergoing the scalpel for hernia, I was homebound for two weeks. “Everyone is going to the village fair,” Niva my six years old daughter said. “We will go too,” I said. ‘But your hernia?’ ‘I will drive slowly.’ I said. ‘No. We can’t run the risk.’ ‘Don’t worry sweetie.

THE FATHER OF THE FATHER OF THE NATION

03 Mar 2023 01:09 AM IST

The child, it is said, is the father of the man. Mahatma Gandhi’s childhood experiences with his family were substantially responsible for making him the man he became which included a certain seminal incident involving his father, Karamchand Gandhi. As Gandhi recounts in his autobiography The Story of My Experiments

Nobody more important to a 21st century rising India than Sri Aurobindo: Gautam Chikermane

03 Mar 2023 01:08 AM IST

This year when Bharat celebrates Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav we also celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Sri Aurobindo, one of the greatest Indian philosophers the country has seen. Sri Aurobindo was a yoga guru, maharishi, poet and an Indian nationalist, who played a vital role in India’s freedom struggle.

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A TWITTERER

27 Feb 2023 01:41 AM IST

PAPA: You look very happy today, Piya? PIYA: I always look happy, Papa. PAPA: Except when you don’t. PIYA: Very funny! PAPA: So, what’s the good news? PIYA: I have a job! And I haven’t even finished my Mass Comm degree at DU. You should be proud of me, Papa.

Can Writing Be Taught?

27 Feb 2023 01:38 AM IST

The perennial question – Can writing be taught? – is asked by aspiring writers, by people without MFAs, by people with MFAs and by a whole category of people that believes that anyone can write if they put their mind to it. Clearly, most people think it can be, hence

Times lit fest creates benchmark

27 Feb 2023 01:37 AM IST

The Times of India literary festival took Delhi by storm on 11 and 12 February, drawing various authors, book enthusiasts, and more. The theme of the 7th edition of the festival was «One World, Many Words.» One of the highlights was the session featuring writers Rakhshanda Jalil, Mridula Garg, and Swapna

A book written from a personal core of agony and anxiety

27 Feb 2023 01:33 AM IST

Thirty Summer Poems and Conversations about a Murder’, Dr Sabarna Roy’s latest offering, is a slim book that can be read within a time span of two hours, however, will leave the reader with very disturbing and agonizing thoughts for a very long time. This book is written from a

WHO WANTS TO MARRY KAI JUICEWALLA

26 Feb 2023 12:43 PM IST

One life, Many Loves, Endless Misadventures! The new book in town that is about to create waves. the latest book of Kainaz Jussawalla, her memoir, “Who wants to marry Kai Juicewalla” is set to release in this month of Valentine. A racy, candid and juicy read published by Om Books

Khayyam to Taliban

24 Feb 2023 14:06 PM IST

Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly — and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing. — Omar Khayyam (1048CE-1141CE) Long ago, Omar Khayyam wrote poetry that was

Giving versus Enabling

20 Feb 2023 01:11 AM IST

It was as if a malevolent spirit made up its mind to devote all its time to rolling up construction dust, traffic fumes, and spittle bombs into tight little wads to assault my husband with, the moment he walked out the door. Succumb! Succumb! It shouted at his back. Well.

A compilation aimed at IMPROVING international cooperation in Indo-Pacific

20 Feb 2023 01:09 AM IST

The book ‘India and Australia Strengthening International Cooperations through Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative’, prepared by the Center for Public Policy Research and Monash University with the support of the Australian Department of Foreign Trade, was released in Thiruvananthapuram on February 17, 2023. Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell received the

Tahir Gora’s novel ‘Al-Bakistan’ launched in Delhi

20 Feb 2023 01:08 AM IST

The novel written by Tahir Gora “Al-Bakistan” in Urdu and Hindi has been launched at the Press Club of India, Delhi recently. The book is published by Kautilya Books, New Delhi.During the book launch, many prominent Writers and Journalists were present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion Tahir Gora,