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Who is Leila Aboulela, the Sudanese-Scottish writer who just won the 2025 PEN Pinter Prize?

September 09, 2025 12:57 pm

Aboulela will formally receive the prize at a ceremony on October 10 at the British Library, where she will also announce the Writer of Courage, an individual persecuted for their work defending free expression, with whom she will share the honour

Several writers decline recognition from PEN America in protest over its Israel-Hamas war stance

April 12, 2024 8:36 pm

Inside a 77-year-old pen hospital in Kolkata, where old pens are treated and given a new life

June 05, 2022 12:47 am

As unbelievable as it may sound, pen hospitals were indeed central to the city's landscape. While most such hospitals have been erased with time, there is one remaining in the heart of Kolkata

Pen makers face GST problem amid fall in demand due to COVID- 19 pandemic

December 02, 2020 3:09 pm

Pen manufacturers have approached the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, alleging that a 12 per cent GST is imposed on the product but some officials have been "misinterpreting" the notifications and imposing tax at 18 per cent on writing instrument components such as cap, clip and refill.

Neurologist launches brain pen, any takers?

May 24, 2017 3:06 pm

No, the pen doesn't make you more brainy. It's an ode to that brilliant thing called brain which drives the writer to pen down his/her thoughts on a piece of paper.

562 authors from around the world sign petition to end mass surveillance

December 10, 2013 4:07 pm

'Writers against Mass Surveillance' invite every person to oppose the digital menace.

People buy a pen to restore shaken self-confidence: Study

January 27, 2009 3:20 pm

People who have momentarily lost confidence in their intelligence are likely to buy a pen because it will help restore their self confidence.