Tanzanian-Born Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah Gets Nobel Prize In Literature
Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, whose work touches on colonialism and refugee life, on Thursday won the Nobel Literature Prize, the Swedish Academy said.
LITERATURE
Mahoor Zahid’s ‘Traumatic Zombies’ Notes Kashmir’s Disregarded Distress
With trauma rearing an ugly of suicides in Valley, a young Kashmiri woman’s treatise is detailing distress in a literal manner. Mahoor Zahid’s debut book is an attempt to make people aware of how bullying and the idea of fitting in can be toxic.
The Rise Of The Deep State
An eye-opening book, currently the best study on Putinism and the politics of the Russian industrial oligarchy, offers a warning from history.
Khalid Bashir’s Latest ‘Kashmir Discovery’ Setting Records Straight
Extolled for his pioneering work like ‘Kashmir: Exposing the Myth Behind the Narrative’, ‘Kashmir: A Walk Through History’ and ‘Jhelum: The River Through My Backyard’, Khalid Bashir Ahmad is now back with another history text reconstructing the 20th century’s turbulent years of Kashmir.
Camus Over A Cup of Tea
In Agha Shahid Ali’s hometown, Albert Camus has been brewing the literal storm in a teacup since long now.
Mirza Waheed Among 48 Writers Awarded SoA Grant
Kashmiri novelist Mirza Waheed is among 48 writers who have bagged a grant worth more than £ 185,000, (Aprox Rs 1,82,03,820) from The Society of Authors.
‘India in Turmoil’: Former Top Cop’s Kashmir Take
Late cop-governor Ved Marwah’s 12-year-old book, “India in Turmoil”, makes more sense than generic garbled opinions on Kashmir; however, a lot is left to be read in between the lines.
‘Unknown’ Hall of Fame: A Collective of Creative Writers of Kashmir
Kashmir’s fiction guild is a parallel universe frequented by a bunch of wordsmiths lacking good publishers and wide readership. But that doesn’t stop them for meeting and fuelling the literary mood in the valley
Faiz on the doorsill of Anis, Dabeer
The marsiya stands as a monument of cultural and historical significance. One can certainly not become an Iqbal or Faiz by skirting this intellectual continuity.
Poetry of Grief
“If our youngsters cannot understand the words of these memorable poets because they don’t know Urdu, why not bring the words to them in the language that they do understand?
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