Six years ago, the nationwide lockdown gave us the rare gift of time in abundance. We employed this time towards building ...

Indian diplomats have a long and storied history of contribution to literature, ranging from acclaimed novels to short stories and poetry. India’s ambassador to Madagascar and Comoros, Abhay Kumar — ...

BHOPAL, INDIA -Widely admired for his ghazals, Bashir Badr built a literary legacy that spanned decades and earned him ...

With the passing of Dr Bashir Badr at 91, Indian literature loses one of the last towering figures of the modern Urdu ghazal ...

PLAYS in India often seem to Westerners like pretty long-winded affairs. Well, as a matter of fact, they are. What many Westerners really can’t quite grasp, though, is that Indians like them that way ...

Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali. Kabir Das (1440-1518) was a key figure in the Bhakti Movement, known for his Dohas. Harivansh Rai Bachchan ...

Celebrate World Poetry Day by exploring eight inspiring Indian women poets who shaped literature with powerful voices. From Sarojini Naidu to Meena Kandasamy, their works reflect identity, emotion, ...

In the poem “Not One Fish,” Indian Jewish author Zilka Joseph shares the story of how her community, the Bene Israel, connected with the wider Jewish world. Legend has it that in the second millennium ...

India, May 28 -- The world of Urdu literature has fallen silent as legendary poet Bashir Badr lost his life at the age of 91.

This Hampstead Victorian villa is a former residence of India’s most celebrated poet and writer, Rabindranath Tagore. The literary icon stayed at the home for a few months in 1912 during a significant ...