Most creative writing courses will include advice on how to write fiction, non-fiction and poetry.
March 18, 2021The list includes four novels, seven poetry books, two plays, five short stories, an epic poetry and a memoir in twenty Indian languages.
March 13, 2021"The Pahari painters rarely inscribed their works," he explained of his research into the book, adding: "We have only sketchy information about the lives and working process of Pahari painters; hence attempts to describe their careers remain uncertain."
February 26, 2021Gluck's poems centre on relationships, they centre on responses to the non-human world; the empirical and the epistemic are fused seamlessly in her poems, so protagonists from the Greek classics blend in with the contemporary American landscape and soulscape, braided with a sense of universal humanism and deep empathy for sentient life-forms
February 14, 2021He adds that although award-winning lyricists do get due recognition these days, there still exists an ignorance about lyrics writers, which discourages many budding talents to pursue good writing.
September 10, 2020The book is an attempt – albeit unconventional - to help us understand who that woman is, in the voices of 94 Dilliwalis, poets aged between 13 and 70 years
March 6, 2019A poetry session organised recently by Intercultural Poetry and Performance Library at Kolkata, explored the role of poets towards their communities.
July 15, 2018A snippet of poetry, recited in French, precedes the mystical notes that leads into the title track of Ambianse de Danse. The poem illustrates what the track is about — the ambience of the preparation of a dance, which never happens. The underlying context is about life itself, where a lot of things don’t happen …
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March 17, 2018Spoken word poetry centred on issues of the soul, like love and acceptance, accompanied by illustrations that perfectly describe the inner turmoil in one’s mind those form the essence of 25-year-old Rupi Kaur’s art. Born in Punjab, her family moved to Canada when she was just four. She is the best-selling author and illustrator of …
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February 4, 2018Writing essays helps in stimulating the intelligence and therefore leads to intellectual development. Essays are essentially a prose composition with a focused subject. We must accept that such writing is vital for both learning in universities and for the professional world. One’s knowledge is expanded because inputs for essays entail referencing; this enables a writer …
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October 6, 2017At a time when the English publishing industry is booming in the country, writers in Indian languages claim that it is difficult for them to make a living through writing alone. But this has neither subdued their interest nor do they ever plan to quit writing, even if that means writing for a single reader. …
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August 3, 2017ElRetablo de Maese Pedro and La Vidabreve ~ these are the names of two heart-touching operas by Manuel de Falla, one of the most distinguished Spanish composers of the early 20th century, his music being a fusion of poetry, asceticism, and ardour. Cut to the present. Oscar Lobete is the music conductor for the two …
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May 7, 2017Good poetry never dies, with the passage of time it illuminates the lives of more and more people. This is certainly true of the lyrics and poems of Shailendra. Although known as the lyricist who wrote the songs of such all-time great films as Do Bigha Zaminand Boot Polish,Bandiniand Awara, Anuradha and Anari, Guide and …
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May 4, 2017The powerful and evocative poems on nature by William Wordsworth, the well-known and much loved poet of the Romantic age have inspired in my friends and me a deep affinity for all aspects of nature and an undying love for nature poems. This is the power of poems. Our obsession with electronic gadgets lead to …
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April 11, 2017In what is set to be a pioneering event, the Raza Foundation is organising the countrys first poetry biennale in which 45 poets from 15 Indian languages will participate here. Titled "VAK: The Raza Biennale of Indian Poetry," the three-day event that starts on April 7 is one of the most ambitious projects of the Raza Foundation, …
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March 30, 2017The human brain may be hardwired to appreciate poetry even if it struggles to comprehend its meaning, a new study suggests. Researchers at Bangor University in the UK have demonstrated that we do indeed appear to have an unconscious appreciation of poetic construction. "Poetry is a particular type of literary expression that conveys feelings, thoughts …
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February 19, 2017There are feelings so strong but impossible to express at times. Sometimes lack of words and sometimes lack of courage leaves one helpless and end up burying those feelings deep inside. Only a few are born writers, capable enough to express what is felt and rarely expressed. And then there are poets, born once in …
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December 30, 2016