Topic: Literature

The theme, 'Between War and Peace: One World, Many Words', continues the festival’s focus on public discussion of contemporary issues, with organisers saying it seeks to reflect a world shaped by conflicts in Europe and Middle East.

With entry free for all, the festival makes the finest conversations and ideas from across India & the world accessible to all, say the organisers. 

The Ramayana entering politics is not the collapse of reason alone; sometimes it is also the search for continuity in a decade that has moved faster than people can catch up with

In Independent India, state policy has increasingly aggressively, if unintentionally, harmed talents and discouraged independent thought.

On May Day, a bookstore in Delhi's Shadipur celebrated its 13th anniversary by hosting a wide array of performers and speakers and by offering special discounts on select volumes.

Roy was speaking at the debut session of a lecture series, ‘Literature Matters’, by Hindi writer and cultural czar Ashok Vajpeyi’s Raza Foundation.

The week-long celebration, Pardon My French!, kicked off on 20 September with a book launch that included a quick tour of the featured titles and engaging conversations.

These categories encompass fiction in English and Hindi, translations from various Indian languages, as well as books for young adults and children in bilingual formats.

Valley of Words will observe the reading month starting today in honour of 'father of Kerala's library movement'. Its shortlist will offer 'connection to India's diverse, rich heritage'.

Indian authors have imagined Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi in fiction. This archive maps it.