Raja Rajendralal Mitra’s seminal work Sanskrit Buddhist Literature of Nepal, published in 1882. That book was instrumental in inaugurating a whole new age in the history of Bangla language and ...

Shortly after the evening fell, the event began, and the courtyard of Batighar became quite crowded. People of various ages had gathered there to listen to a discussion on a poetry book. It was not an ...

Eminent Bengali poet Joy Goswami said he looks forward to the literary creations of poets of later generations including those not prominent. Inaugurating the Apeejay Bangla Sahitya Utsob (ABSU) here ...

Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi’s bimonthly journal, is India’s oldest and the only journal of its kind featuring translations in English of poetry, fiction, drama and criticism from twenty-three ...

Nilanjan Bandyopadhyay's Six Seasons: Poetry and Calligraphy, part of the Bengal Biennale, explores the natural rhythm of life through Bengali calligraphy and poetry. Inspired by Japanese aesthetics ...

There’s feather-drop silence in Gulzar’s room at his Pali Hill residence in Mumbai, and books of various sizes adorn his table and shelves. As usual, the veteran writer looks graceful in white, as he ...