As is well-known, due to unavoidable circumstances Rabindranath Tagore could not attend the Nobel Award Ceremony held in Sweden in 1913. Instead, the telegram from Rabindranath Tagore, read by Mr. Clive, British Chargé affairs’, at the Nobel Banquet at Grand Hôtel, Stockholm, on 10 December 1913 stated, “I beg to convey to the Swedish Academy my grateful appreciation of the breadth of understanding which has brought the distant near, and has made a stranger a brother”.
He narrated how the poet had inspired him to write for the children and younger people. Indranil Sen, state minister for information and cultural affairs
Join the celebration as Javed Akhtar, the lyrical maestro of Bollywood, turns 71! Explore his timeless hits and the enduring impact of his poetic genius on the Indian film industry.
Sahitya Academy awarded prominent Urdu poet Munawwar Rana died of a heart attack here on Sunday night.
Renowned writer and founder of Prataya Educational and Cultural Trust Nisith Singha Roy recently organised a felicitation programme at the Jyotindranath Auditorium in Chandannagar to honour eminent writers and poets from both India and abroad for their immense contribution towards enriching and propagating Bengali language and literature.
In a sense, in an arid desert where we went astray, Neruda's poetry embraces us like a fountain of love and sprinkles its pious water all over our afflicted hearts.
From an early age, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan was fond of reading and writing poetries. A few years senior to her best friend Mahadevi Verma at Crosthwaite Girls’ School, Allahabad, they both cherished their love for poetry and wrote in a very similar way.
"Multiple people are working for more than eight hours wearing headphones and in front of laptops. This is putting a lot of stress on their ears and unsterilised earbuds or ear-plugs could spread infection."
Born on February 5, 1936, at Devanahalli on the city's northern outskirts, Ahmed was a prolific writer in Kannada and penned poems, plays, short stories and novels.
Aziz is a writer, actor, and musician with a degree in civil engineering.
