Today’s children want to burst into poetry: Ruskin Bond (Interview) (With image)
June 19th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 19 (IANS) Today's youngsters are writing a lot of poetry to put their emotions into words unlike in the past when they liked to read and ... Read more...
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Music, calligraphy, poetry in Vikram Seth’s new work
March 17th, 2012 - 7:03 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) Music, calligraphy, conversations and poetry merge in Vikram Seth's new anthology of poetry, "The Rivered Earth", an eclectic journey into the heart of rhythmic lyricism ... Read more...
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Lucknow, poetry, gripping fiction on bookshelf (IANS Books This Week)
November 3rd, 2011 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 3 (IANS) The bookshelf is diverse this weekend. Browse along.1. "Lucknow Boy"; Written by Vinod Mehta; Published by Penguin-India; Priced at Rs.499.The writer, one of India's leading ... Read more...
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Poetry was way of making sense of the madness: Fatima Bhutto (Interview)
September 9th, 2011 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Blood, sword and suffering are the heartbeat of Fatima Bhutto's literary soul. And it was fear that propelled her poetry, says the heir to ... Read more...
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Tagore’s monumental works to go up on internet
May 9th, 2011 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The works of Rabindranath Tagore will soon be uploaded on the internet in an online electronic variorum by a group of scholars from Kolkata's ... Read more...
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Revisiting the northeast with sonnets (IANS Book Review)
April 3rd, 2010 - 10:20 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Book: "Dancing Earth: An anthology Of Poetry From Northeast India"; Publisher: Penguin Books-India; Price: Rs. 350The northeast has long been on the fringe of mainstream literary consciousness, edged out by ... Read more...
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Jaipur Literature Festival begins with Indian poetry
January 21st, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
Jaipur, Jan 21 (IANS) The Jaipur literature festival, boasting of over 200 authors of national and international repute and with its focus on Dalit writings, took off to packed audiences ... Read more...
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Robert Burns stole thoughts from a lesser-known English poet?
November 1st, 2009 - 1:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): Robert Burns, the renowned and much praised 18th century Scottish poet, may have ripped off ideas from a lesser-known English poet, according to experts.Rab Wilson, the Burns Writing ... Read more...
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‘Scattered Voices’ on Gujarat riots resonate in scribe’s book
October 28th, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, Oct 28 (IANS) Almost two years after the 2002 Gujarat violence, journalist Ayesha Khan was attending a 'mushaira' when she found two participants being shushed for reciting verses on the riots."Why ... Read more...
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