We, the undersigned human rights organizations, note with alarm the number of arrests and incidents of harassment and violence against individuals and human rights defenders exercising their right to ...

A full house, a silent film that spoke volumes, and an audience left contemplating long after the credits rolled—Sujoy Prasad ...

Amid reports of complete polarisation of Bengal politics ahead of next year's Assembly Elections, the BJP has once again appealed for repatriating Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin to Kolkata from ...

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya on Monday urged the government to ensure safe return of Bangladeshi novelist Taslima Nasreen to Kolkata from where she was forced to leave. Raising the matter ...

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya urged the Indian government to ensure the safe return of Bangladeshi novelist Taslima Nasreen to Kolkata. Nasreen, who was forced to leave Bangladesh, seeks to ...

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Samik Bhattacharya’s zero-hour pitch on Taslima Nasreen isn't just about her return; it's a direct ...

A Manx poet, actor, and playwright has received the Isle of Man's top cultural award. Annie Kissack has been awarded the Reih Bleeaney Vanannan, or Manannan's Choice of the Year, by Culture Vannin.

At a loss for words? Poetry expresses the feelings we struggle to convey. Open any poetry book for proof: You’ll find love poems for romantic moments, silly rhymes for kids and limericks for ...

US Awami League Vice President Dr Rabbi Alam has raised concerns over the current situation in Bangladesh, stating that the country is under attack and urging the international community to intervene.

Take the case of the recently concluded Ekushey Boi Mela. There, police were forced to shut down a stall following an altercation over the sale of books by exiled feminist writer Taslima Nasrin. The ...

The death of the poet, writer and broadcaster Pat Ingoldsby at the age of 82 has been confirmed by his family. He died in a nursing home in Clontarf, Co Dublin. The popular author was a familiar ...

Forty years ago, Northern English poet Harrison published a powerful work inspired by vandalised gravestones in his hometown Leeds. Then, when it was screened on TV in 1987, a national furore erupted.