Profile: Masti Venkatesha Iyengar
M. V. Iyengar took voluntary retirement in 1943 and began writing under the pen name 'Srinivasa'.
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Profile: P. Sundaram Pillai
Sundaram Pillai's learning was vast - he was familiar with philosophy and literature in Tamil, English, and Sanskrit.
Profile: Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Sarat Chandra himself did not consider Devdas as his best work but it brought him the limelight he deserved.
Profile: Rabindranath Tagore
The words of the legendary writer have stood the test of time and are relevant now more than ever.
Who was Lalleshwari?
The verses by this Sufi mystic are one of the earliest compositions in the Kashmiri language.
Who was Bhai Vir Singh?
This revolutionary writer chose his fate at an early age and left an indelible mark in Indian literature.
Who Was Ilango Adigal?
His 'Silapppadikaram' is considered to be one of India's greatest literary texts.
Comic of The Month
Gandhari
A hundred sons, the sages say, are a hundred blessings. Gandhari's hundred Kaurava sons, however, were more of a curse. Did they become evil by some divine plan or was it because she was proudly blind to their faults? Helpless as they heaped dishonour on the family, she was furious with Lord Krishna for abetting in her son's eventual slaughter. Unfortunately, her grief was overpowering, and threatened to wreak further havoc.
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