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Who defines slang now? The slow, ironic decline of Urban Dictionary
December 27, 2025 6:05 pm
From internet slang to institutional seal of approval, the long road from Urban Dictionary to Big Dictionary.
Seeking veto over Sahitya Akademi awards, government targets one of the last bastions of intellectual freedom
December 19, 2025 4:50 pm
The culture ministry’s intervention, stalling the announcement of the awards, represents a direct assault on Akademi’s tradition of autonomy, signalling an end to the era of non-interference
How the timeless 'dohas' of Rahim — the 16th-century Mughal-general-turned-poet — speak to modern India
December 27, 2025 6:06 pm
This anthology resurrects the 16th-century Mughal noble Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan, celebrating his timeless poetry, a syncretic vision that transcends its age to speak directly to the modern soul.
Aftertaste | Radha, rewritten as reckoning
December 27, 2025 6:06 pm
A radical reimagining of Radha—not as myth or muse, but as a woman whose autonomous love defies morality, power, and permission, and in doing so, rewrites what the sacred can mean.
Why Hay Festival Cartagena faces an author boycott over Nobel winner María Corina Machado
December 27, 2025 6:07 pm
Three writers pulled out of the Hay Festival in Colombia after it invited Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, igniting a debate over whether literary platforms can remain neutral.
From Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale: Why America keeps banning acclaimed books
December 27, 2025 6:06 pm
Award winners, bestsellers, and modern classics dominate the lists of banned books in US schools. Data from PEN America shows that censorship today is less about explicit content, and more about discomfort with identity, history, and truth.
Months after The Salt Path scandal, why author Raynor Winn is in the eye of yet another storm
December 27, 2025 6:06 pm
A new documentary and fresh family allegations have reignited the debate over the bestselling memoir’s truthfulness, turning a story of redemption into a case study on the fragile ethics of nonfiction.
Jane Austen and Bollywood: A most agreeable match
December 27, 2025 6:06 pm
Why Jane Austen’s acute understanding of marriage, hierarchy, and moral agency continues to find its most fluent readers in South Asia.
Emily Dickinson’s defiant dash — still matters in the age of AI
December 23, 2025 2:46 pm
Emily Dickinson’s most enduring legacy may be a punctuation mark, one that continues to interrupt sentences, editors, and now artificial intelligence.
Before Jab We Met’s Geet, Sophie Kinsella’s chaotic, flawed heroines taught me how to embrace the mess
December 23, 2025 2:46 pm
Sophie Kinsella taught us to embrace chaos long before Bollywood learned to write imperfect women.
LITERATURE PHOTOS
11th edition of Bangalore Literature Festival concludes with a hearty mix of art, culture, history and literature
December 06, 2022 11:44 am
Bangalore Literature Festival 2022 was conducted on December 3 and 4
Revisiting Saleem Kidwai's rich legacy as an author and translator
August 30, 2021 4:19 pm
Noted historian, author and gay rights activist passed away today at his Lucknow residence. Let's take a look at the books penned by the literary maestro
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Jesus was a Jew, not a Christian': Reza Aslan on Zealot
April 17, 2014 4:05 pm
Iranian-American author and religious scholar Reza Aslan talks about his critically acclaimed book, "Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth"
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