![]() | RIP Jayanta Mahapatra: Poets can never be lonely. They inherit the worldGlobally acclaimed and the first Indo-Anglian poet to receive the Sahitya Akademi Award, Jayanta Mahapatra took his last breath on Sunday evening at Cuttack, bringing an end to a legendary poetic era. |
![]() | Ink trails, heritage tracksOriginally named Nunnavath Karthik, he is a member of an ethnic nomadic tribe known by different names such as Lambada in Telangana and Banjara across India. |
![]() | Poetry & the Big GloomWriter and poet Jerry Pinto has a conversation with CE about the dying state of English poetry, his memories as part of the Poetry Circle and the ways to carefully use humour |
![]() | Brave actMita Vashisht, who was in Bengaluru over the weekend, speaks about her move to commercial TV serials, mainstream actors dominating OTT platforms and more. |
![]() | ‘You can’t write poetry with dishonesty’: Javed AkhtarAcclaimed writer and poet Javed Akhtar, who was in the city for the Bengaluru Poetry Festival, speaks about going back to scriptwriting after 17 years. |
![]() | Bengaluru Poetry Festival 2023: Conversing artAhead of the upcoming Bengaluru Poetry Festival in the first week of August, poets and organisers share their anticipation for the much-awaited literary event |
![]() | Ballads of fusion: Playback singer Maalavika Sundar speaks about need for carnatic fusion musicThe 35-year-old, known for her melodic carnatic and fusion numbers, will be headlining the upcoming Bengaluru Poetry Festival. |
![]() | Varavara Rao: A Life In PoetryThe book, ‘Varavara Rao: A Life In Poetry’ is a collection of English translations of poems of the eminent Telugu poet edited by N Venugopal and Meena Kandasamy. |
