Forget Hamlet, Lear or Macbeth – the Bard saved his sharpest psychological insights and finest poetry for Richard II ...

Despite more women becoming involved in Burns clubs in recent years, the top table at Burns suppers still tends to be predominantly occupied by men. Ms Burley says: "I've spoken at a lot of Burns ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting Budget 2025 on Saturday, February 1, referenced renowned Telugu poet ...

Near the end of poet Maria Zoccola's "Helen of Troy, 1993," the book's titular protagonist addresses the "gods of difficult ...

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Saturday during her eighth budget speech, cited a famous quote from Telugu poet Gurajada Apparao. But do you know who he was? Here's a detailed profile of the ...

Gurajada Appa Rao (1862–1915) was a prominent Indian playwright, poet, and social reformer, best known for his contributions ...

Michael Longley will be recognised as one of the greatest poets that Ireland has ever produced, and it has long been my belief that his work is of the level that would be befitting of a Nobel Prize ...

Iranian author, honors Farsi poet Mirza Ghalib in Delhi, reflecting on the language's journey and Ghalib's legacy.

Ira Mukhoty, Anita Anand and Shrabani Basu met at Jaipur Literature Fest to talk about how the heroines of their books changed their lives ...

Parthenope' director Paolo Sorrentino and star Celeste Dalla Porta walk us through how they created one of the great modern ...

Held in RK Narayan’s sleepy small town of Malgudi, the festival will feature some of the greatest writers ever – from William ...