Prabhat Datt explores Satish Jha’s poetry on exile, resistance, memory, and endurance through Hindi and Maithili verse.

The review that follows is structured as a literary symposium — five distinct voices, each approaching “Dhimi Aanch,” meaning ...

I recently studied Omprakash Valmiki’s poem Thakur Ka Kuan (1991) in its original Hindi text as part of my Diploma of Languages course at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. As a student ...

Hindi Diwas 2021: India celebrates Hindi Diwas today, observed every year on September 14. National Hindi Divas or Hindi Day is observed to promote Hindi as the 'Matra Bhasha' or mother tongue of ...

Soni calls Shrikant Verma's Magadh a triumph, and one of the finest collections of poetry he has ever read. In his magnum opus Magadh acclaimed author and Sahitya Akademi awardee Shrikant Verma delves ...

The winter breeze blows with lyrical emotions as spoken word artist Nayab Midha sits comfortably on a green patch at Baansera Park. Soon comes the compelling urge to pen the words: Poetess Nayab Midha ...

The emergence of modern Hindi and its attempt to be accorded the status of India’s national language is deeply enmeshed with the Independence movement in the 1900s. From a variety of dialects, ...

‘If a crime like rape, kidnap or an acid attack happens against a woman, the society only blames her and not the man who committed the heinous act. In this scenario it is necessary that women stand on ...