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Kiwi mate, you butter chicken apologiseShane Jones, New Zealand’s oceans and fisheries minister, has sparked controversy after saying a proposed FTA with India could bring migran...- Quote of the Day by Bob Dylan: “Sometimes it's not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don't mean” – A powerful thought that redefines how we see life by the legendary singer-songwriter and Nobel laureateBob Dylan’s quote, “Sometimes it’s not enough to know what things mean, sometimes you have to know what things don’t mean,” is a striking r...
- Word of the Day: CallithumpianThe term ‘callithumpian’ dates back to 19th-century America, where it was associated with so-called callithumpian parades, noisy, mock proc...
- Nepal protests: Kathmandu Kalinga Lit Fest postponed in view of prevailing situationThe 4th Kathmandu Kalinga Literary Festival is postponed due to violent protests in Kathmandu. Youths protested against the government ban ...
- Tamil novelist Vairamuthu will 'return' ONV Kurup literary prize amid #MeToo accusationsSinger Chinmayi Sripada had accused Vairamuthu of sexual harassment.
- Assam Government announces grant to literary bodiesThe Chief Minister announced that the state government would provide Rs 10 crore to the Corpus Fund of Asom Sahitya Sabha, Rs 5 crore to Bo...
- 'Award wapsi' an immature step, says Jnanpith awardeeVeteran Gujarati litterateur Raghuveer Chaudhary, chosen for the prestigious Jnanpith Award for 2015, has termed as an "immature step" the ...
- Authors urge Sahitya Akademi to reinvent itselfWriters wrote to the National Academy of Letters urging it to build on the resolution passed and respond in a 'strong, humane and robust' m...
- Perumal Murugan in trouble again as fringe outfits demand cancellation of awardFringe caste outfits and right-wing organisations are now threatening to snatch away a literary award the writer has won.
- Sahitya Akademi breaks its silence, passes resolution condemning killing of writersAkademi stressed the need to protect India’s plural culture but sidestepped demands from protesters for holding a condolence meet for Kalbu...
- Marathi writers visit Mantralaya to return literary awardsA group of Marathi writers today went to Mantralaya, the state secretariat here, to return their literary awards to protest the 'culture of...
- Sahitya Akademi condemns writer's killing, appeals to take back awardsCondemning the killing of writer MM Kalburgi, Sahitya Akademi passed a unanimous resolution appealing to Union and state governments to pre...
- Writers, Pakistan have common goal of creating Modi-phobia: RSS organRSS organ 'Organiser' has said these forms of protests by writers and Pakistan have a common goal of creating phobia against Prime Minister...
- Why the writers and thinkers of India face a critical Nirbhaya momentFor the literary circle in the country that is returning its awards and resigning from representative bodies, it is the Nirbhaya moment.
- Sahitya Akademi resignations: Fair choice if quitting due to ideology, says Culture Minister Mahesh SharmaSharma felt this was not the right course to take, making the point that there were “other methods” to register a protest.
- Shashi Deshpande resigns from Sahitya Akademi panel in protestShashi Deshpande resigned from the Sahitya Akademi General Council expressing "a sense of strong disappointment" over the literary body's s...
- Writers politicising the literary body: Sahitya Akademi chiefThe Akademi reacted by accusing the writers of politicising the autonomous body.
- Don't politicise Sahitya Akademi: Chairperson TiwariThe literary body's president said authors should "adopt a different way to protest" and not politicise the autonomous body.
- Too many dharnas and literary fests can be exhausting for allThere can be too much of a good thing is a truism that bolsters law of diminishing marginal returns. When there is an excess of choice, aud...
- Salman Rushdie in Delhi, attends functionTwo months after he was forced to skip a literary fest in Jaipur, controversial writer Salman Rushdie tonight attended a function here amid...
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