Tamil Nadu and Kerala have successfully kept fascist and communal forces at bay due to their strong literary and cultural pride. Leaders like Periyar and C N Annadurai used literature as a tool to connect with the masses and their literary work echoed the Dravidian Movement's core values of equality, rationalism, and anti-religious belief. The cultural, political, and linguistic ties …
The article explores the tumultuous road to statehood for Andhra Pradesh, highlighting the role of Potti Sriramulu's sacrifice in the movement for linguistic Statehood. The author mentions that Sriramulu's death sparked widespread protests and influenced the formation of Andhra Pradesh State in 1953. The article also explores the conditions and circumstances that led to the formation of linguistic States in …
I wanted to know more about his writing journey, and as expected, he did start young. He was only eight when he first published in Milaap, a newspaper but in his later years, Jawed speaks of two of his mentors— Shamsur Rahman Faruqi saab and Shamim Hanafi saab. It is Milan Kundera and then Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years …
