When fiction takes the form of letters, what we get to read is very unfiltered, personal, and profoundly human.

Indian-origin writers and media personalities have significantly impacted global storytelling, reshaping fiction and ...

When the JCB Prize for Literature was launched in 2018, its Rs 25 lakh cash prize positioned it as India’s answer to the ...

Do you know how many languages are officially recognised by the constitution of India? India officially recognises 22 ...

Eminent critic and writer Nasir Abbas Nayyar delivered a lecture at the Arts Council of Pakistan in Karachi on May 30, 2025, ...

I edited Indian Literature, the bimonthly English journal of Sahitya Akademi, the National Academy of Letters, India, as Assistant Editor, and then Editor, over a period of nearly 20 years between ...

Ten years ago Rohan Narayana Murty hoped to do for Indian literature what the Loeb Classical Library—those lovely little hardbound books, green for Greek and red for Latin—has done for the ...

The Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) distributed its prestigious annual KLF Book Awards to several authors for their exceptional contributions to literature across genres earlier this week.

In the context of the history of literature, Bhakti is used as a generic tag for a long era spanning several centuries, many languages, numerous literary forms and hundreds of major and minor poets.

These works represent nine languages from South Asia (Hindi, Kannada, Pali, Panjabi, Persian, Sanskrit, Telugu, and Urdu), ...

The Politics of Modern Indian Language Literature comes with elaborate notes, a bibliography and an index. Perhaps the high seriousness of its tone is a result of its brevity.

M.T. Vasudevan Nair, celebrated Indian screenwriter, director and novelist, died on Dec. 25 at a hospital in Kozhikode after being admitted for breathing difficulties. He was 91. His contributions ...