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.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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.