Tag: Literature
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A pillar of Nepali literature crumbles
Towering literary figure known for several of his works and for introducing the ‘tesro aayam’ (third dimension) movement in Nepali literature in the sixties, is no more. Indra Bahadur Rai’s passing away on Tuesday evening at his home at Lochnagar here, shook the literary world, with condolences pouring in from all across the world. Chief …
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March 8, 2018 -
Bid to set up archive for conservation of ancient, contemporary Odia Christian lit
Efforts to set up an archive for conservation of ancient and contemporary Odia Christian literature was stressed at the 120th anniversary of Odia Christian periodical ‘Pravati Tara’ here. The magazine was launched in 1896 by a British missionary Dr. Wilkinson and despite difficulties and hurdles it has been continuing in circulation even on Sunday. A …
February 13, 2018 -
Literature not only expression but existential imperative in the Middle East
It is a tragic truth of human conditions that the best artistic endeavours come from chaotic, violent conditions — wars, revolutions, displacements and others — and the Arab lands of the Middle East, especially its Levantine part are no different in this respect. But there is one major difference — here it is not only …
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January 30, 2018 -
Books, literature hold high place in Indian culture: Vice President
Indian culture giving divine status to “alphabet” in Vedas is an indication of the importance it gives to books and literature, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu said here on Monday. Inaugurating the 29th Vijayawada Book Festival, he said books are our good friends and good books raise our living standards. “When we are in trouble, …
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January 2, 2018 -
350 writers from 35 countries to participate at JLF 2018
Set to take place from January 25 to 29, the JLF 2018 will be a celebration of literature like no other, hosting over 350 writers from 35 nationalities, the organisers said on Tuesday. After the Mumbai last week, the Festival held its Delhi preview here and the third roster of speakers exemplifies the diversity and …
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December 13, 2017 -
Inside the dark mind of Hanif Kureishi
Title: The Nothing Author: Hanif Kureishi Publisher: Faber & Faber Pages: 167 Price: Rs 599 Hanif Kureishi is growing old. So are his heroes. The author, who gave us great stories like Intimacy and My Son the Fanatic, has come up with The Nothing, whose protagonist, Waldo, is a once-celebrated filmmaker bogged down by age and …
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December 7, 2017 -
Words that run deep
Anuk Arudpragasam is this year’s winner of the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature for his novel, The Story of a Brief Marriage. The US $25,000 DSC Prize was awarded to him along with a trophy by Mr Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Minister of Finance of Bangladesh at the Abdul Karim Sahitya Bisharad Auditorium at …
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December 2, 2017 -
Veritable archive of scholarly material
Exclusion from the cultural and literary mainstream is an experience that women writers everywhere have had to contend with for millennia. It has been a common struggle for women writers and feminist scholars globally to claim intellectual space within the predominantly patriarchal literary canon. Kept outside the “male stream”, and relegated to the margins of …
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November 12, 2017 -
A comic salute to Omar Khayyam: The Rubaiyat and its parodies
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, even in literature, then what about parody? We can call it ingenious imitation though deft adaptation or skillful improvisation would be more apt, and it can either mock the original but even exalt it by proving its relevance in a different time and space. As a raft …
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October 26, 2017 -
Artist of disconnected world: Kazuo Ishiguro & his works
A living example that literary art has no national landscapes or limitations, Japanese-born British writer Kazuo Ishiguro, the 2017 Nobel Literature laureate, is possibly its first recipient whose range of evocative works is not in his mother tongue and deals with situations and settings from far beyond his old and new homelands and times. Spanning …
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October 5, 2017 -
Kazuo Ishiguro wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Acclaimed British writer Kazuo Ishiguro was on Thursday named the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 2017. Ishiguro is one of the most celebrated contemporary fiction authors in the English-speaking world, having received four Man Booker Prize nominations, and winning the 1989 award for his novel “The Remains of the Day”. He was chosen from …
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October 5, 2017 -
Gandhi — a never-ending inspiration in the world of literature
Creativity and inspiration are the two defining factors for most writers and their craft. But while creativity is largely the process of generating original ideas, inspiration is random. Sometimes it comes from the simplest of things. Like the life of Mahatma Gandhi. Poetry, prose or drama; fiction or nonfiction — Gandhi is everywhere. There are …
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October 2, 2017 -
Renowned journalist, writer Arun Sadhu passes away
Noted writer Arun Sadhu, who straddled the worlds of literature and journalism with equal elan, passed away here early today at a hospital following a heart condition. He was 76. Sadhu breathed his last at the Sion Hospital, where he was admitted yesterday for a heart ailment. He was in a critical condition and put …
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September 25, 2017 -
The melancholic aspect in literature
The human race displays an infinite capacity for dividing itself into various categories — justified or not. But one rather interesting differentiation is in the (figurative) eyeglasses people use to see their world, with their lenses’ colour ranging from rose to jaded (or being particularly effective sunglasses). It may be a matter of opinion if …
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September 20, 2017 -
Word to screen: Filmmakers, publishers bridging the gap
Translating literature into cinema is not new for the Hindi film industry. Now with the emergence of digital platforms and a shift in audience tastes, publishers and content providers are increasingly looking to chart a more streamlined roadmap to bring compelling narratives to screen. “This idea of adapting a book to a movie is becoming …
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September 3, 2017 -
Lonavala to celebrate literature, films, theatre with new fest
The first edition of the Literature, Information, Film, Frame, TV and Theatre (Lifft) India Filmotsav 2017 – World Cine Fest, which gets underway here from Friday, is aimed at celebrating the works of established names and to push young talent in the mainstream, its organiser has said. “I have always wanted to host a film …
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August 31, 2017 -
And the mountains will echo
Literature festivals are quite the trend these days, but this one comes with an added attraction of the surreal beauty that the Land of the Thunder Dragon is known for. Literary stalwarts have already begun descending on Bhutan’s picturesque capital for the eighth edition of Mountain Echoes Literary Festival, but visitors will have much more …
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August 25, 2017