The interview with the translator of 'Firelets' highlights the challenges and motivations behind translating Bharati's poems.

On Valentine’s Day, four classical dancers — Navia Natarajan, N. Srikanth, Divya Devaguptapu and Amrita Lahiri write about ...

The British publisher Tilted Axis specialized in innovative translated literature. It won them major awards. Now they’re ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

Gurajada Appa Rao (1862–1915) was a prominent Indian playwright, poet, and social reformer, best known for his contributions to Telugu literature. Born in Rayavaram village in the Vizianagaram ...

Peter Balakian’s Black Dog of Fate will be published in Tamil by the Thadagam Press in Chennai, India later this year.

Peter Balakian‘s Black Dog of Fate will be published in Tamil by the Thaddagam Press in Chennai later this year, and Balakian ...

Travel to the Jaipur Literature Festival to understand our times, everything from AI and art to ancient wisdom ...

Saraswati’ was launched in Allahabad, by a Bengali gentleman. Beyond setting a new benchmark in Hindi literature, Saraswati ...

A cynic once derided the English ... the greatest poet in the UK or Ireland. Another very good series of interviews by Olivia O’Leary called Michael Longley’s Life of Poetry is on BBC radio.

As A. Thashlima Nashrin, 25, of Munnamalaipatti in Melur taluk walks into the Murugan temple in Vellaripatti, children rush to greet her. Together, they begin reciting a Tamil poem, which they do ...