For too long, a handful of names have dominated the history of the years leading up to 1947 with Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, Patel being the most-often cited.

The bigotry, both open and with dogwhistles, is leading us towards a downward spiral that will derail the Indian nation.

In 'Life and Political Reality: Two Novellas', Shahidul Zahir employs magic realism to camouflage his quiet rage and enormous hurt.

The 23 pieces in 'A Thousand Cranes for India' edited by Pallavi Aiyar leave one wishing that like in Japan, we in India too could devise an over-arching symbol of hope and redemption.

Bigotry and communal attitudes are visible even among the privileged and the apparently cosmopolitan.

One meeting with Neeraj was enough to drive home the point that poets inhabit a world of the imagination that is richer than and far removed from their immediate surroundings.

The Urdu author encouraged writers, by his own example, to bring in subjects that had been considered beyond the pale of literature.

Shakeel Badayuni wrote some memorable romantic poetry but remained aloof from the big ideas of his time.

The great Hindi writer remains as relevant today as he was more than a century ago.

With her erudite and cosmopolitan Aligarh background, Salma became the perfect foil to her urbane but quiet husband Krishan Chandar

On his fourth death anniversary, his translator analyses Shahryar's work and shows that he was one of a kind

An improbable artist slowly comes alive in a new translation of Girti Deevarein, Upendranath Ashk's classic novel.