Based on a real incident in Bihar, 'Saeeda kay Ghar' is about communal violence and its aftermath – but it is neither sentimental, nor declamatory.

John Keats relentlessly strived to achieve the 'sublime' in life and in poetry since he sensed that only this could help him to reach a stage of refined sensibility and heightened consciousness.

Tagore reveals the possibility of a nation that essentially emerges from the thoughts and actions of individuals who respond to the truth within their inner being.

Drawing on his personal experiences under the reign of Estrada Cabrera, Asturias explored the nature of a totalitarian state and how it annihilated human dignity and spirit.

This is the second and final of a two-part series celebrating the life and work of Ghalib on his 150th death anniversary.

This is the first of a two-part series celebrating the life and work of Ghalib on his 150th death anniversary.

Only when our universities become the centre of consciousness and conscience, will we be equipped to realise the humane and noble aspirations envisioned by our nation's founding fathers.

James Joyce’s first novel traces the intellectual awakening of a fictional alter ego and is symptomatic of the literary transitions taking place from the Victorian to the modern era.