Writing a novel has become a middle-class aspiration like travelling to exotic places and drinking single malts. Poor, poor novel.

Universities such as Jamia Millia Islamia, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University are also in...

A writer is better off using the power of words to harness and alter consciousness, rather than erecting a barbed wire fence around her wor...

TikTok users posting these protest videos were not so long ago shooting videos of themselves dancing, cracking jokes and playing pranks. It...

Matrubharti will deploy the fund to add content in three South Indian languages, besides building stronger Technology and Data Intelligence...

The Mumbai-born businessman was the force behind Indian Institute of World Culture.

Bhoomananda’s public interventions began with a protracted struggle to put an end to the popular ritual of singing obscene songs during the...

Sanskrit has always been identified as central to the idea of Indianness and culture. And, the world over, the language has been appreciate...

A special programme was organised in Kathmandu to pay tribute to noted Indian poet Ghalib on his 218th birth anniversary.

The Times Lit Fest’s Mumbai edition, that concluded over the weekend, featured speakers from varied backgrounds, leading to deep conversati...

“Both in ancient and modern times, countries that are doing well economically also have very strong fundamental research going on in mathem...

As he readies a global showing of his library, Murty says that he wants a wider audience for India's literary heritage.

Pranab Mukherjee today conferred Jnanpith award on eminent Hindi poet Kedarnath Singh for his outstanding contribution towards Indian liter...

“I would love for future generations to read and appreciate Kalidasa’s Shakuntalam as much as they may appreciate Hamlet,” said Rohan Murty.

It is time we build a library of the finest of our bhasha poets; a library that will challenge the monochromes of a stale and statist visio...

When you set out to make the entire global knowledge base freely accessible , can you leave out subjects that find very little mention in p...

Imagine an alien browsing through a galactic library for 1950s Bollywood classics. How should he react to a title such as Chaudhvin Ka Chan...