Reading Phule Today

The Poems of Savitribai Phule: Rage, Resistance, and Rebirth  – By Shree Sauparnika V More than a century before India declared itself a democracy, Savitribai Phule was laying its moral foundation—with chalk, slate and poetry. Known to most as India’s first woman teacher, she was also a radical poet who wielded words like weapons in […]

Women Dalit Writers of Modern India

By Jayshree Misra Tripathi Bama Bama Faustina Soosairaj was born on 14 March 1958, in the village of W. Puthupathy in Tamil Nadu. Her father was in the Indian Army and her mother worked as a coolie. It was her mother, Bama says, who brought her up as a sensitive human being. Bama’s childhood had […]

Must-Read Books about the Partition of India

By Meghana. L The 1947 partition of British India created two new countries: Pakistan and independent India. This event had severe consequences, culturally, socially, politically, as well as economically. It displaced about two crore people, of which around two to ten lakh people lost their lives. Several books have since been written that attempt to […]

Popular Mystery Writers of India

Authors like Sharadindu Bandopadhyay and Satyajit Ray created immortal detective characters like Byomkesh Bakshi and Feluda, who captured the attention of their readers for years. Here is the list of mystery writers who created some more memorable Indian fictional detectives and secured a unique place for themselves in the world of literature.    –By Srinidhi Murthy […]

Kannada Writers of the 20th Century

Regional literature is an important part of the Indian literary tradition. Read about five such influential contemporary Kannada writers who have showcased their talent on a global level.

Ghazal Writers of India

Ghazal is an age-old form of poetry popular in the South Asian subcontinent. Read about five iconic Ghazal writers who have left their mark on this art form.

Ratnavali

Read about Ratnavali, a Sanskrit drama about Princess Ratnavali of Simhala,the work of a master playwright, the 7th-century poet-king Harshavardhana of Kanauj.

Kapala Kundala

Read about Kapala Kundala, Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's second novel, that explores the themes of marriage, trust and sacrificial practices.