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Journalist-translator Sukant Deepak receives Karan Singh Foundation Fellowship for Translation

Journalist-translator Sukant Deepak receives Karan Singh Foundation Fellowship for Translation

Published 94 days ago

When two wrongs make a wry: Poonam Saxena on the satirist Harishankar Parsai

Parsai wrote about the daily hardships of ordinary people, in tales such as Sadachar Ka Taweez, Matadeen on the Moon, Bholaram Ka Jeev and Desh Ke Is Daur Mein.

Updated 107 days ago

Review: Memoirs by Mannu Bhandari and Rajendra Yadav

From the family album: Mannu Bhandari and Rajendra Yadav with their daughter Rachna (Courtesy Rachna Yadav)

Published 115 days ago

Review: The Dead Fish by Rajkamal Choudhary

Manhattan in the 1960s. “Born in a village in the Saharsa district of Bihar, Rajkamal Choudhary, who never went to the United States, astonishingly created characters who walked the streets of Manhattan.” (Shutterstock)

Published 131 days ago

Writer’s retreat: Poonam Saxena takes a trip to Premchand’s village

A toe pokes out of one of the author’s shoes, in the famous photograph with his wife Shivrani Devi that came to be known as Premchand ke Phate Joote, and came to be seen as a sign of the neglect of our great artists.

Updated 163 days ago

Review: The Master of Unfinished Things by Geet Chaturvedi

Hindi literature rarely features writing on cats. However, one of the pieces in this collection, Cat Years, is riveting. (Shutterstock)

Published 180 days ago

Harshdeep Kaur’s melody and Delhi's art spirit shine at Shabdotsav 2026

The three-day Delhi Shabdotsav 2026 was held at Dhyan Chand Stadium from January 2 to January 4.

Published 189 days ago

100 years of Shrilal Shukla: Remembering the bard of 'Raag Darbari'

100 years of Shrilal Shukla: Remembering the bard of 'Raag Darbari'

Published 194 days ago

100 year of Shrilal Shukla: Remembering the bard of 'Raag Darbari'

100 year of Shrilal Shukla: Remembering the bard of 'Raag Darbari'

Updated 195 days ago

Magic realist who fused poetry, prose, elevated the dull to the extraordinary

Vinod Kumar Shukla (PTI)

Published 201 days ago

Eminent Hindi writer and Jnanpith Award winner Vinod Kumar Shukla passes away

Eminent Hindi writer and Jnanpith laureate Vinod Kumar Shukla passed away in Raipur on Tuesday. (PTI FILE PHOTO)

Updated 202 days ago

University of London professor denied entry into India over ‘visa violations’

People familiar with the matter said Francesca Orsini was on a tourist visa but was placed on a blacklist for violating visa conditions. (Ashoka University Centre for Translation)

Updated 264 days ago

National Book Fair: From Dostoevsky to Homer, translations steal the show in Lucknow

Book lovers at the 22nd edition of the National Book Fair at Balrampur Garden in Lucknow on September 5. (Deepak Gupta/HT)

Updated 311 days ago

National Book Fair to be dedicated to ‘Vision 2047’ theme

The director of the book fair, Aakarsh said that the theme will focus on the vision of Viksit Bharat and Viksit Pradesh (For representation only)

Published 317 days ago

Indian tribal literature: working against the oblivion of ruthless time

Tribal women of Birbhum preparing for a performance as part of the Hul Utsav to commemorate the Santhal battle against the British in 1885. While writers like Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, author, The Adivasi Will Not Dance among other works, are prominent in the Indian English sphere, in general, Indian language literature has not been very inclusive. (Subhendu Ghosh/Hindustan Times)

Published 325 days ago

Back to glory: Literary Park to celebrate Prayagraj’s rich legacy

The design of the proposed literary park in Prayagraj (Sourced)

Published 408 days ago

Book review|Money-minded madness makes Rumaan Alam's Entitlement quite thrilling

Cover of the book, Entitlement by Rumaan Alam

Updated 419 days ago

On the emerging generation of Hindi women writers

Geetanjali Shree’s international Booker win has given Hindi literature a shot in the arm and has also put the spotlight on women writing in the language. (Sanjeev Verma/HT PHOTO)

Updated 140 days ago

Step into Raag Darbari, a nostalgic recreation of Shrilal Shukla’s satirical classic

Actor Pankaj Tripathi reciting an excerpt from writer Shrilal Shukla’s novel Raag Darbari at an event in Lucknow. (HT photo)

Published 479 days ago

Sahitya Sankalp: Two-day event begins in Lko with discussion on aspects of Hindi Literature

Deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak inaugurates the two-day Sahitya Sankalp in Lucknow on Wednesday. (HT Photo)

Updated 509 days ago

Suryabala to be awarded Vyas Samman on Jan 28

Born in Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh in 1943, Suryabala has an MA in Hindi literature from Kashi Vishwavidyalaya, and later did her PhD. (HT PHOTO)

Updated 535 days ago

Writer Suryabala’s novel selected for Vyas Samman

Born in Varanasi of Uttar Pradesh in 1943, Suryabala has an MA in Hindi literature from Kashi Vishwavidyalaya, and later did her PhD. (HT PHOTO)

Updated 579 days ago

Asghar Wajahat: “We are losing Hindi readership because of a script”

Hindi writer Asghar Wajahat has been calling for an acceptance of Hindi writing in the Roman script. If Roman Hindi helps popularise Hindi literature among the Hindi speaking but non-Devnagari reading public, what is the harm, he wonders.

Updated 601 days ago

Review: A Bouquet of Dead Flowers by Swadesh Deepak

Swadesh Deepak’s play Court Martial as directed by Arvind Gaur in 2007. (Theatreactor/Wikimedia Commons)

Published 660 days ago

Can I have a katha or kahani, please, says Poonam Saxena

A still from the outstanding new Malayalam series Manorathangal, based on the writings of MT Vasudevan Nair.

Updated 660 days ago

Mango Day: The mango's cultural influence on Indian artists and poets

The influence of mango on art and culture

Published 721 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on March 14

Catch It Live on March 14

Published 851 days ago

The mastery and mystery of Hindi’s first woman novelist, Mallika

The world’s first Hindi novelists: Bhartendu Harishchandra and Mallika. (Image courtesy Mallika ka Rachna Sansar by Vasudha Dalmia; published by Rajkamal Prakashan)

Updated 856 days ago

Akshaya Mukul – “Your job as a biographer is to dig and document, not to judge”

Author Akshaya Mukul (Courtesy the publisher)

Published 899 days ago

HT City Delhi Junction: Catch It Live on November 26

Catch It Live on November 26

Updated 961 days ago

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