I recently studied Omprakash Valmiki’s poem Thakur Ka Kuan (1991) in its original Hindi text as part of my Diploma of Languages course at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. As a student ...

The emergence of modern Hindi and its attempt to be accorded the status of India’s national language is deeply enmeshed with the Independence movement in the 1900s. From a variety of dialects, ...

Soni calls Shrikant Verma's Magadh a triumph, and one of the finest collections of poetry he has ever read. In his magnum opus Magadh acclaimed author and Sahitya Akademi awardee Shrikant Verma delves ...