One may naturally question why Independence continues to be celebrated when hardly any of us alive today have firsthand experience of ...

Michael Ondaatje is a Canadian literary icon. His novels and poetry have earned international acclaim, and he was the first ...

English PEN has announced the PEN Translates awards winners for 2025, including the first-ever PEN Translates award for a ...

A moment from the 2024 edition of Mumbai Pride Parade  On the back of more than 14 lead-up events, Mumbai Queer Pride is all ...

Last Sunday’s Island newspaper had my article titled Reading and the Classics. I continue that trend of thought and mention women authors who we of my generation read with such delight. Maybe I need ...

Curating the 12th edition of the Galle Literary Festival seems a daunting task. Though a blueprint is there, there are high ...

You have edited Yaraana, India’s first anthology of gay writing. What was the experience like? Hoshang Merchant: I will take ...

Born on January 25, 1824, in Sagardari, Jessore, Michael Madhusudan Dutt's life was marked with bold decisions and an ...

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High Steaks has gone vegetarian – sitting at a restaurant opposite Brisbane Council’s one time “hippy-in-residence,’’ ...

The recent Booker Prize Winner Shehan Karunatilaka’s novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida explains the Sri Lankan civil war ... The novel, drama and poetry step in to explain the world when ...

The players were tasked with fabricating cover stories, such as travelling to Pakistan to visit a sick family member in ...