The Friday List: From a talk on Rajasthan's storytelling tradition to a discussion on lesser known Indian queens, your weekly calendar of virtual events
Every Friday, we'll bring you a curated list of online experiences — performances, talks, tours, screenings — to mark on your weekly calendar.
Literature and climate change: Vinita Agrawal, Ranjit Hoskote and Sumana Roy on politics, intimacy of writing about nature
As the issue of climate change becomes more urgent, the work of writers becomes vital, to remind us of what is at stake, and what is already lost.
Watch #SpokenVerse with Arundhathi Subramaniam, Aditi Angiras, Santa Khurai, Dhiren Borisa & Anukrti Upadhyay
#SpokenVerse is presented by Firstpost and HarperCollins India and featured five poets over five days — with verses that speak to us all.
Bhutan's Mountain Echoes Festival 2019: Your guide to the authors and must-attend events at this 10th edition
The tenth edition of Mountain Echoes, held from 22 to 25 August this year at Thimphu, and will feature several discussions on literature, music, the environment and history, among other subjects.
Arundhathi Subramaniam on Bhakti poetry and celebrating voices that are 'invigorating, joyful, explosively free'
Arundhathi Subramaniam talks about her journey as a poet, her process and shares insights into the Bhakti saints and their poetry
World Poetry Day 2019: Read Arundhathi Subramaniam's Song For Catabolic Women
We’re not trying to make our peace, not itching for a fight, we don’t need your shade and we don’t need your light. We know charisma isn’t contagious and most rules are egregious. We’re catabolic women.
Eunice de Souza, poet and professor of literature, passes away in Mumbai
Eunice de Souza donned several hats — poet, novelist, editor, critic, and college professor.