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Robin Morgan, poet and feminist whose allies included Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem, dies at 85Robin Morgan, the former child star who became a pioneering poet, writer and second-wave feminist activist, has died in New York at 85, her...- Quote of the Day by Mexican artist Frida Kahlo: ‘Pain, pleasure and death are no more than a process for existence…’ - Why the hardest chapters of life can make us see more clearlyFrida Kahlo embraced pain, pleasure, and mortality as integral components of the human experience. Her battle with chronic pain granted her...
- Quote of the day by Simone de Beauvoir: 'An authentic marriage is that which is made by two free beings who are equal' - A lesson on what makes love and marriage truly meaningful by French philosopherSimone de Beauvoir’s quote about marriage highlights the importance of freedom and equality between two partners. Taken from her landmark b...
- Teaching beyond the book: The next challenge for humanitiesHumanities classrooms must embrace digital and visual forms alongside print texts. Students need to interpret campaign graphics and interac...
- Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasrin set to return to Kolkata after nearly 20 yearsTaslima Nasrin will attend an anti-fundamentalism event in Kolkata next month. She was forced to leave the city in 2007 after protests over...
- Quote of the day by Simone De Beauvoir: 'One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others...' ; life lessons from French philosopherSimone De Beauvoir, a renowned philosopher, stated that a life gains value when one values the lives of others. This recognition fosters st...
- Quote of the day by Virginia Woolf: 'No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself' ; life lessons from British literary iconEmbrace your true nature without pressure or comparison, as fulfillment comes from accepting yourself, not performing for others. Virginia ...
- Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra get UNESCO recognition for leaving 'indelible mark on readers' across the worldIllustrated manuscripts of the ancient Ramacharitamanas and a 15th-century manuscript of the Panchatantra fables have been inscribed in UNE...
- This university in UK will let you major in magic; admissions have begun for September 2024 intakeThe University of Exeter is launching the UK's first postgraduate degree in magic and the occult to cater to the growing interest in these ...
- Noble Prize is too male-dominated, feels French author Annie ErnauxErnaux is the 17th woman who bagged the prestigious Nobel prize.
- French author Annie Ernaux, feminist figure & Nobel literature price winner, receives standing ovation in New YorkPersonal experiences of class and gender are the source for all Ernaux's work and she is the pioneer of France's "autofiction" genre, which...
- Meredith Tax, writer of 2nd-wave feminism and prominent activist, dies at 80The life of Tax, born into an upwardly mobile Jewish family in Milwaukee, was often a story of self-discovery.
- Say bye-bye to Mr Darcy! Stirling University replaces Jane Austen with Toni Morrison to ‘decolonise’ the syllabusStirling University recently decided to 'decolonise' the syllabus.
- View: The lie of ‘lying’ women, and why there is a long way to goWhile celebrating this verdict, one must be mindful that this was an acquittal in the case of criminal defamation where a victim of sexual ...
- Good news for bibliophiles in Bengaluru! Fourth edition of Times LitFest to take place this weekendThe theme of the two-day, open-for-all festival is ‘Aseem: Beyond Boundaries’.
- Google Doodle celebrates Virginia Woolf's 136th birthdayWoolf was a pioneer in the use of stream-of-conscious narrative approach.
- Hugh Hefner: Poster boy of the grown-up worldHugh Hefner's death, at a very adult age of 91, provides us the opportunity to pay homage to a man who demystified sexuality by putting it ...
- Celebrating sisterhood: Women writers to debate gender constructs in digital eraA Women Writers' Festival debuts in city tomorrow after Mumbai and Delhi editions
- Classical dancers in Bengaluru explore feminism through lesser-known mythological charactersExponents find muses in unlikely, lesser-known personalities such as Kaikeyi & Surpanakha.
- Life isn’t a pretty pictureIn translation, his influence is visible from Salman Rushdie of India and Ben Okri of Nigeria to Toni Morrison of the US and Mo Yan of Chin...
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