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Epistolary novels: 8 books told through letters
July 14, 2025 4:59 pm
When fiction takes the form of letters, what we get to read is very unfiltered, personal, and profoundly human.
'Festival of Letters' begins with honouring 24 writers with Sahitya Akademi Award
March 12, 2023 9:58 am
The awards included seven poetry collections, seven novels, two story collections, two literary criticisms, three plays and one autobiography
Sylvia Plath’s love letters to Ted Hughes up for sale
July 03, 2021 3:30 pm
The sale comprises 55 lots and comes directly from the collection of Sylvia's daughter, Frieda Hughes
How public letters became companies' favorite form of activism
June 21, 2021 10:37 am
Anti-LGBTQ legislation, police brutality against Black Americans, violence against Asian Americans and the recent efforts to restrict voting access have all prompted strongly worded statements from some of the nation’s most prominent business figures. In one case, hundreds of them signed a letter together.
Tonight I Write the Saddest Lines
June 19, 2021 5:25 pm
Saying goodbye to loved ones lost to the second wave of the pandemic with letters
Author Ashish Bagrecha's journey of self-healing through letters addressed to strangers
February 04, 2021 7:42 pm
The Surat-based author was dealing with depression, anxiety and panic attacks in 2018. He started writing 'dear stranger' notes on Instagram as part of his therapy, which later gave him the idea of the book
TS Eliot's letters to muse to be unveiled after 60 years
January 02, 2020 12:29 pm
The 12 boxes consist of clippings and photographs. They were opened by the library staff of Princeton University and will be scanned for digital viewing from January 2.
India, Pakistan and the lost letters
December 30, 2019 12:29 am
In September 2019, for the first time in history, Pakistan unilaterally stopped postal exchange with India. And thus, the one surviving link that connected people and spread love on both sides, was snapped too. There were no questions or protests, just a quiet burial. The Indian Express charts the journey of the loss of this precious handwritten connect between people from both sides of the border.
Sahir Ludhianvi's priceless handwritten notes, poems found at scrap shop
September 09, 2019 1:30 pm
Mumbai-based Film Heritage Foundation, a not-for-profit NGO, found these items recently amid a dump of newspapers and magazines at the scrap shop in Juhu and now plans to preserve and exhibit "the archives".
Letters to the editor: Strange laws
May 26, 2014 12:04 am
Why can’t these dignitaries cooperate in probing the controversy around the chopper deal? Of what use is the RTI if such immunity is available to chosen dignitaries?
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