Veteran writer and literature professor Nisha da Cunha died at her residence on Tuesday evening, aged 92. She taught English at Miranda House for five years before joining Mumbai’s St Xavier’s College,…
French-Algerian writer Albert Camus wrote in his 1953 essay Return to Tipasa: 'In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.' The quote, from his…
Eminent scholar Hampa Nagarajaiah said old Kannada is the root of modern Kannada's richness during a workshop at the University of Mysore on Tuesday. He urged teachers to explain classical poetry using…
The New Indian Express profiles poet Anita Thampi's Malayalam poem 'Muttamadikkumbol' ('Sweeping the Front Yard') as an example of finding the extraordinary in the everyday. The poem describes a sweeper girl cleaning…
Chinua Achebe’s line, “Until the lions have their own historians, the history of the hunt will always glorify the hunter,” argues that power shapes the historical record. The Nigerian novelist’s metaphor contrasts…
The Hindu has published two daily quiz editions: one on Nobel laureate Toni Morrison and another on strange stars. The Toni Morrison quiz covers her novels, Nobel Prize win, and legacy. The…
Ruskin Bond’s quote, “Happiness is a mysterious thing, to be found somewhere between too little and too much,” presents happiness as a balance between extremes. The explanation says too little love, money,…
