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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicLiterature

Topic: Literature

Poirot turns 100 — the refugee detective who stole Britain’s heart

Christopher Pittard -
Poirot was so loved by readers that Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels, two plays, and more than 50 short stories about him between 1921 and 1975.

American poet Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize in Literature

PTI -
Louise joins only a few American poets who have received the prize, which has been dominated by novelists through its 112-year history.

Are you anti-national, seditious, or simply inconvenient? Your bookshelf holds the answer

Rachel John -
Indians today should ditch the books that Sharjeel Imam, Akhil Gogoi, Umar Khalid and Kanhaiya Kumar read and stick to Chetan Bhagat.

The story of the storytellers: How writers are coping with Covid-19 and the lockdown

Shubhangi Misra -
From their favourite coffee shop being shut to the lack of research material, the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown has changed how writers work.

Faiz Ahmad Faiz: The years that preceded Hum Dekhenge

Taran Deol -
A look at the life of Faiz Ahmed Faiz, on his 109th birth anniversary, as editor-in-chief of Pakistan Times and the poetry he wrote in prison.  

Why hasn’t an Indian got a Nobel Prize for literature in 106 years since Tagore?

ThePrint Team -
Austria’s Peter Handke was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature while the postponed 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk.

The Indian connection of Nobel winning Polish author Olga Tokarczuk

Nandita Singh -
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel prize for literature. Her celebration? With wine and good Indian food.

Swedish academy announces Nobel Prize for Literature for 2018 and 2019

ThePrint Team -
Poland's Olga Tokarczuk won the 2018 Nobel Prize while Austria’s Peter Handke won this year's Nobel for literature.

Rabindranath Tagore — the poet who knew nationalism could not rise above humanity

Simrin Sirur -
Even 78 years after his death, Rabindranath Tagore remains much like a God for Bengalis. Several of the poet-playwright's works still need to be adequately explored.

Author Toni Morrison was the black voice that refused to be whitewashed in America

Samira Sood -
Toni Morrison, first black woman to win a literature Nobel, wrote fiercely and unapologetically about black women. She died Tuesday at the age of 88.
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Opinion

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

Bloomberg Opinion -
The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

Nuapada byelection may change Odisha’s political landscape. It should not be ignored

BJP’s uniformity push is harmful. Ladakh shows federalism is the core of our democracy

Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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