Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cited Telugu poet Gurajada Appa Rao in the Union Budget 2025, emphasising people-centric development. Appa Rao, a literary pioneer and social reformer, is best ...
Here’s a toast to Marianne Faithfull, a true rock & roll legend. Nobody was ever better at being an old rock star, except maybe Leonard Cohen. Yet the difference is that Cohen didn’t release his debut ...
Myra Sklarew, a poet and teacher who found inspiration for her graceful, meditative verses in the natural world, her Jewish heritage and her early years working with rhesus monkeys at a research lab, ...
Geeta Tripathee is known for her contributions as a poet, lyricist, essayist, literary critic, and scholar in Nepali literature. I met her at Ratna Rajya College, where she teaches, and we enjoyed an ...