From file notings to fine literature
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but why professional civil servants take to writing, especially after their retirement, perhaps like no other group of professionals, requires some introspection.
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but why professional civil servants take to writing, especially after their retirement, perhaps like no other group of professionals, requires some introspection.
Empowerment is a cornerstone for enabling women to realise their full potential, make informed decisions and actively participate in all aspects of society.
Nineteenth century India witnessed tremendous contributions of several Indian luminaries in the fields of science, arts, literature, business, philosophy, and many others. There was a wealth of knowledge.
Join Penprints Publication's literary meet in Kolkata on August 17, 2024, featuring book launches, poetry sessions, and author talks celebrating peace and humanity.
Although the sweet dream was cherished for a long time, the master storyteller, popularly known as “the Canadian Chekov,” was never fully convinced that one day she would become the first from her country to bag the prestigious Nobel Prize for Literature.
What makes pandemics similar across geographic locations and time is not the presence of germs and viruses but that the human response follows the same pattern. All three literary works inform us that the initial human response to the outbreak is typically one of denial. Furthermore, our response to a pandemic tends to be slow and the authorities often provide false numbers about the infected cases and deaths
Some of the names attracting the buzz are, poet Anne Carson and novelist Margaret Atwood, as well as Kenyan writer Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, Polish writer and activist Olga Tokarczuk, French Guadeloupean Maryse Conde, South Korean writer Han Kang.
Among his most known works are Saat Sakkam Trechalis, Ravan and Eddie and the epic English novel Cuckold, for which he was honoured with the 2001 Sahitya Akademi Award.
This is a meticulously well-researched book by a historian and ethnomusicologist that will be appreciated by researchers and faculty members of colonial studies and cultural studies as it showcases the contributions of Dwijendralal Roy as a colonial subject as well as a man of letters, a songwriter, a poet and a music composer par excellence... A review
Among other highlights will be the story-telling session "Dastan-E-Mantoiyat" by Syed Shadab Hussain and Meera Rizvi and the screening of Oscar-nominated director Ashvin Kumar's "No Fathers In Kashmir".
