Two weeks before my first International Folk Art Market as executive director, I got an unexpected email. I was invited by the U.S. Embassy in India to speak about female ...

THE awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Han Kang on Thursday stands as yet another validation of the outsize soft ...

Contrary to the experience of the Baudelaire children in Lemony Snicket’s series of popular books, the unnamed protagonist of ...

Much of Han Kang’s fiction traces the impact of the violence inflicted on ordinary lives by authoritarians and the burden of ...

She earned several recognitions for womens empowerment, including the National Law Award and the Savitribai Phule Award from ...

In later life, Gallant often told the story of her interview with French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre. She was the ...

In India, discriminatory attitude towards men and women has existed for generation and affects the lives of both genders. Although the constitution of India has granted men and women equal rights, ...

After the completion of one year in prison, she quoted from Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace: "Don't grieve dearie/trouble lasts ...

Yet novels that explore women's stories, characters and emotions have often been attacked as frivolous – and sometimes by ...

Ireland's first public space named after a female Irish writer will be opened in Dublin later. Mary Lavin Place will link Lad Lane, where the writer lived for many years, with Wilton Park in Dublin 2.

Today’s fans have something new to sink their teeth into: a new book by a University of Virginia assistant professor who teaches a popular course on the history of vampires. His work adds both ...

Although the word Daayan is derived from Dakini, contrary to common belief, she is neither a witch nor a demon.