Orson Welles once said, “A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head of a poet,”. While the famous multihyphenate may have been talking about filmmaking in a general sense and not the written language inspiring it, it still applies if you really think about it. If filmmakers who […]
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The history of literature in India is as old and rich as the country itself. Indian literature is as diverse as its people and geography. It has been influenced by many cultures, including those of Greece and Rome, Persia, and China. Some of India’s oldest texts are its Vedic scriptures, written more than 2,000 years
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Agha Shahid Ali (4 February 1949 – 8 December 2001) was a Kashmiri-American poet. Ali was born in New Delhi and educated at the University of Kashmir and the University of Delhi. In the United States, he earned a Ph.D. in English from Pennsylvania State University in 1984, and an M.F.A. from the University
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Literature festivals are important destinations where conversations are stirred and prominent works of literature discussed – a gathering of writers, poets, readers, and book lovers. Here are six literary festivals in India where you can hear famous Authors/Artists/Poets/Actors/ speak to get your dose of intellectual stimulation. Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival, India’s
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“One should always be drunk. That’s all that matters…But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”” says the celebrated french poet Charles Baudelaire. Focused on expression through words and performance, we “The Poetry Cosmos” aim to bring poetry to its deserving limelight. We are a group of
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