A young poet spoke up about being sexually harassed by a senior writer at Nayi Dhara's residency programme in Patna. Now Hindi literary world is confronting a long-ignored rot.
Greats such as Premchand, Nirala, and Nirmal Verma loom large in Hindi literature. Dalit-Bahujan voices like Omprakash Valmiki and Tulsiram shook status quo, but a new canon is still missing.
After a successful show in Mumbai, Dubey brought ‘Storybaazi’ to Delhi. A 90-minute storytelling session, the show is an attempt to promote books more creatively.
Divya Prakash Dubey to Nilotpal Mrinal, Hindi writers are connecting with a new generation via themes like aspiration, love, and travel, and turning social media users into readers.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
It actually feels good to know that the infamous cow-belt has a “literary world”. Keep it up!
Seems like Hindi has a literary world and publishers. That’s great news indeed.
Kudos to all Hindi speaking people.