History On Hermann Gundert’s life in India from 1836 to 1859 and his contributions to education and to Malayalam Jojan Job In the over two decades that Hermann Gundert spent in India, mostly in the Malabar region ...
TRIBUTE Dilip Kumar: Nehru’s Hero Ziya Us Salam Dilip Kumar (1922-2021) was to some a tragedy king and to others a romantic hero who with ...
Short Story ‘Mother Earth’ by Appadurai Muttulingam: A Tamil short story in translation MY father was a strict man. As a boy, I walked and talked quietly whenever he was around ...
Heritage The medieval splendour of Bijapur VIKHAR AHMED SAYEED The myriad monuments of Bijapur, such as the Gol Gumbaz, the Jami Masjid, the ...
Documentary Story of the Qutub Prannv Dhawan Gandhar S. Ashwinikumar A new documentary film presents a view of the Qutub Minar that goes beyond the Muslim ...
Literature ‘What Mother ought to know’, ‘Body and blood’ & ‘The parable of the sower’: Three Malayalam stories by Gracy in translation Gracy Three Malayalam stories in translation...
Movie Review: Nayee Neralu Intriguing shadows MAITHILI RAO At the centre of Girish Kasaravalli's Nayee Neralu is the character of Venkatalaxmi, who ...
Freedom of Expression A battle won ANUPAMA KATAKAM in Mumbai The Mumbai High Court's directive to the Central Board of Film Certification to clear ...
Short Story in Translation “Do you suppose it’s the east wind?”: An Urdu short story in translation The bond between Hindus and Muslims is a special zone of literature, and unique to the ...
ARCHITECTURE Classic examples of Hoysala excellence in sculpture SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by SUDHA MAHALINGAM The filigreed carvings of the magnificent monuments of Belur and Halebidu in Karnataka ...
Heritage A new book, by V.K. Thiruvady, traces the history of the Lalbagh garden in Bengaluru Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed Photographs by K. Murali Kumar V.K. Thiruvady’s book on Lalbagh, arguably one of India’s best public gardens, provides an ...
Tagore’s Bengali short story in translation: ‘Forbidden entry’ “Making a stranger a neighbour” was William Radice’s goal as he moved Rabindranath Tagore ...
‘They fell silent’ & ‘They turned into water’: Two Tamil short stories by S. Ramakrishnan in translation They fell silentAmrithavarshini was the first to notice it. When she was cooking, a large ...
Review of Malayalam movie Drishyam 2: The other side of truth C.S. Venkiteswaran The sequel to Drishyam in many ways encapsulates the post-truth world we live in, where ...
LEPAKSHI TEMPLE The grandeur of the Vijayanagar era temple at Lepakshi, Andhra Pradesh SUDHA MAHALINGAM Photographs by Sudha Mahalingam Built in the 16th century, the golden age of the Vijayanagar empire, the Lepakshi temple ...
‘The lies my mother told me’ by Ashita: A Malayalam short story in translation MY mother told me more lies than anyone else in this world. The realisation burns through ...
Film Review Film review: 'The Great Indian Kitchen' discusses gender issues and patriarchal values in relationships C.S. Venkiteswaran The Malayalam movie 'The Great Indian Kitchen' addresses the gender issue by bringing into ...
Architecture Rediscovering Jharkhand’s legacy of colonial buildings Text by Hem Borker Sketches by Gopal Chandra Naskar The thanas, dak bungalows, jails, railway lines and many other such structures dating back ...
Co-publishing venture opens up new vistas for Tamil literature in translation Abhirami Girija Sriram The literature-in-translation programme supported by the Tamil Nadu Textbook and ...
‘Ma reads’ by S.R. Harnot: A Hindi short story in translation Creative explorations helped to put ageing on the literary map. By being in touch with ...
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi obituary Shamsur Rahman Faruqi: An illuminating life Ziya Us Salam Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (1935-2020) married Western perception to Urdu sensibilities, ...
"Seemantha" by H. Nagaveni: A Kannada short story in translation The piercing quality of a child’s perspective is juxtaposed with the power of money in ...
Short Story "Water play" by Perumal Murugan: A Tamil short story in translation This short story was first published in Tamil as “Neer Vilayattu” in Kalachavudu, January ...
Translation Flavourful translation of Chandrashekhar Kambar's plays "Rishyasringa" and "Mahmoud Gawan" A.J. Thomas The two translations of Chandrashekhar Kambar’s plays retain the lyrical imagination and ...
