Let me ask you - not as writers or readers but as plain citizens, as ordinary Indians - Where is this liberty today, asks author Vikram Seth during his speech at the First Kolkata Literary Meet. Read on for the full speech.
Scottish writer John Burnside on Monday won the 2011 T.S. Eliot Prize for Poetry, overshadowed this year by the withdrawal of two nominees over a sponsorship deal with an investment company.
An Afghan calligrapher has worked for five years to create the world's biggest Koran, a bid to show the world that Afghanistan's rich cultural heritage and traditions have been damaged but not destroyed by 30 years of war.
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Eight years after he died of prostate cancer, Johnny Ramone, one of the founding members of the legendary punk band the Ramones, will come alive in the pages of his autobiography.
The art of the provocative literary essay is alive. Manohar Shetty writes.
The master storyteller from Lebanon at the top of her game. Urvashi Butalia writes.
Humanising Bollywood’s, and Bombay’s, extras.
Life is a photo album for young poet Aazar Anis, who creates picturesque avenues through his verses.
Veteran journalist Mrinal Pande’s book could very well be compared to a train journey through the Indian heartland. The book, which brings together a wide-ranging selection of essays by Pande, traverses many little Indias bustling in the country.
Union minister Kapil Sibal, took a break from his political duties to bring out of the closet a poet in himself at the DSC Jaipur Literature af Festival. Sonakshi Babbar reports.
The New Yorker editor on why life can't be fitted in 140 characters.
Antara Das writes.
On leaving things unsaid in books.
Bhavya Dore writes.
A Palestinian author on why his people do not like to be the focus of attention.
Antara Das writes.
No amount of litfest-hopping can make this man lose his wit.
Bhavya Dore writes.