The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2019 will announce its winner at the Nepal Lit Fest in Pokhara
Winning author to be felicitated at a special award ceremony on December 16.
Books
In the Abode of the Thunderbolt Sow
Book excerpt from Bells of Shangri-La: Scholars, Spies, Invaders in Tibet, by Parimal Bhattacharya.
The most disturbing trend in the rise of fake news is the patronage it receives from political parties
Book excerpt: India Misinformed
Being in a constant state of flux and the wish to fit in is a strong influence in author Ashwini Devare’s works
Ayushi Astha was in conversation with journalist and author Ashwini Devare, in Kolkata when she visited the city for the Apeejay Kolkata…
Art, literature, science are our efforts to make sense of things around us: writer Jayant Kaikini
Jayant Kaikini is a renowned Kannada poet, author, essayist, lyricist whose book No Presents Please translated into English by Tejaswini Niranjana, recently…
Paro Anand’s session at AKLF: an author who knows how to cast magic spell on her audience
Paro Anand has been honoured with the Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puraskar Award, 2017 for her book Wild Child, now published as…
I hope my Sita goes beyond labels to become a dynamic, strong-minded woman who doesn’t give up: author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s new book, The Forest of Enchantments (published by HarperCollins India), is a retelling of The Ramayana, one of the…
Queer Literary Festival in Kolkata focused on the long history of queer narratives and its bright future
On September 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India had decriminalised Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code, which prompted millions to…
Young people have a lot of empathy and willingness to consider other perspectives than most grown-ups do: author Siddhartha Sarma
Siddhartha Sarma’s Year of the Weeds is one of the best books of 2018. Set in a village called Deogan in Balangir…
Kolkata’s Indie Comix Fest: uninterrupted interface between comics-makers and comics crazy readers
The Indie Comix Fest came to Kolkata last week after a long wait – it was an initiative to promote independent comics…