For Fahmida, personal freedom and Constitutional democracy were inherently intertwined with the idea of justice
On a sultry Karachi afternoon in 2017, at the iconic Beach Luxury Hotel where I was speaking at a Literature Festival, I spotted Fahmida Riaz in a wheelchair. Making my way through the crowds, I rushed to her and offered my
Maid Corbic, a young poet hailing from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, shares his poem on love for planet
Hailing from Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Maid is 23 years old. In his spare time he writes poetry. He is moderator of the World Literature Forum Peace and Humanity, held in Bhutan. He is also the editor of the First Virtual Art
Krisha Hirani reflects on the linguistic and sociopolitical histories of Hindi and Urdu after a chance encounter in Tesco.
I was in Tesco last week, looking at the tomatoes. A man to my right commented on the ripeness of the peppers. I made a good-humored reply – the tomatoes weren’t pakka hua either. He told me my Urdu was
Serbian writer Ana Stjelja has published the bilingual edition of the dystopian poem Sangria in Serbian and English
Belgrade Correspondent
Serbian writer Ana Stjelja has just published her new edition – the dystopian poem Sangria. This publication was published as a bilingual edition, in Serbian and English.
The dystopian poem
Eva Petropoulou Lianou, a renowned poetess and author of children’s literature from Greece, the cradle of Western Civilization, shares her poems
Eva Petropoulou-Lianou was born in Xylokastro, Greece. In 1994 she worked as a journalist for the French newspaper “Le Libre Journal” but her love for Greece won her over and