Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. In 1835, after tumultuous four years, Edgar finally got a job as an editor of a newspaper. The poems of Edgar Allan Poe started making waves by then. The Raven…
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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. In 1835, after tumultuous four years, Edgar finally got a job as an editor of a newspaper. The poems of Edgar Allan Poe started making waves by then. The Raven…
Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston on January 19, 1809. In 1835, after tumultuous four years, Edgar finally got a job as an editor of a newspaper. The poems of Edgar Allan Poe started making waves by then. The Raven…
“…I am not an atheist for the reason that I am arrogant or proud or vain; nor am I a demi-god, nor a prophet; no, nor am I God myself. At least one thing is true that I have not…
सुप्रसिद्ध पत्रकार, लेखक, उपन्यासकार और इतिहासकार, खुशवंत सिंह जितने लोकप्रिय हिंदुस्तान में थे, उतने ही पाकिस्तान में रहे। खुशवंत सिंह ने भारतीय स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन से लेकर हर काल खंड की राजनीतिक उठा पटक देखी। एक पत्रकार के रूप में उन्होंने…
As 12th March marks the anniversary of Dandi March, we reproduce a poetic resurrection of the great symbol of civil disobedience from Santosh Bakaya’s Ballad of Bapu. Dandi March, also known as the Salt March is an adagio in the…
One of the greatest lyricists of Hindi Cinema, Sahir Ludhianvi gave words to the unattended emotions of an entire generation of Indians. Akshay Manwani, an NBA commentator, and a freelance writer has documented Sahir’s life in his book Sahir Ludhianvi: The…
A colorful imaginative re-telling supposedly based on factful research, The Secret Diary of Kasturba builds on what it meant to be Kasturba Gandhi, the wife of Mahatma Gandhi. At its best, it’s an interesting book, that tries to present Mahatma…
In this unique book which is a literal ‘poets on poets’ document, Gulzar sets the context for the very existence of the timeless Mirza Ghalib. Aah ko chāhiye ik umr asar hote tak kaun jiitā hai tirī zulf ke sar…
Deepti Naval worked in more than 70 films. Later, directed Thodasa Aasmaan, a TV serial about women, and produced a travel show called The Path Less Travelled. The Mad Tibetan, Stories from Then and Now is her first collection of short stories. A…
