Literature

The Odisha Literature Festival, which has been hosted by The New Indian Express in Bhubaneswar since 2012, has from this year on been incorporated into a larger entity — Dakshin...

Abhijita Gupta may only be 7 years old, but her ample talent has already been acknowledged globally. She has not only been recognized as the world’s youngest author by the...

New York: Former US President Barack Obama found Congress MP Rahul Gandhi “eager to impress”, but lacking “aptitude or the passion” to master the subject. According to a New York...

Some literary characters gain much more prominence than their creator. One such creation is Count Dracula (popularly referred to as ‘Dracula’) who was more influential than Irish author Bram Stoker....

Recently, I watched Ben Wheatley’s ‘Rebecca’ (2020) and my senses hovered to the famous line: “Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again”…this sentence often disturbs my equilibrium and...

As the world celebrates International Artists Day today (Oct 25), I am reminiscing about the connection between art and literature. There are so many literary books and characters that have...

With the birthday of Samuel Taylor Coleridge round the corner on October 21, I obviously got reminded of his most beautiful creation - the vulnerable ancient Mariner who sins and...

The time of complete and completely satisfying old age and death has come. The time has come for old women with their spare mattresses under the armpits to roam around...

Indian authors as well as those of Indian origin enjoy global acclaim for having produced exemplary literary works. Though Indian English literature has a comparatively shorter history than the country's...

Ruskin Bond continues to be one of the most enduring and popular authors across a career of five decades. His writing style, well known for its wit and humour, delights...