The decision to pause the UK’s Polari Prize in 2025 marked one of the most consequential ruptures in the recent history of literary awards. Established to...
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On December 22, 2025, reports emerged of attacks on Indigo bookstores in Toronto that have once again brought questions of antisemitism, protest tactics and...
J.K. Rowling’s Stand Against Dictatorial Pronoun Laws: A Detailed Look at the Author’s Recent X Wars
J.K. Rowling, the internationally acclaimed author best known for creating the Harry Potter series, has recently become embroiled in controversy due to her...
When bestseller book lists are curated based on editorial whims rather than objective sales figures, the transparency and reliability of such rankings are...
The question of whether writers should be vocal about political issues is a complex and nuanced one. There are valid arguments on both sides of the debate, and...
Who doesn’t love a good movie? This definition of good, however, may vary from person to person. Strange enough but true today, people often weigh...
Just like anything on this earth and any person on this planet, Booker Prize for literature is not beyond criticism. Moreover, these instances of criticism and...
The news, though, is stale already. Free speech champions from India like Rana Ayub have already deleted their tweets because they fear the same fate...
Recently, the Supreme Court of India has given a very strange verdict – words might lead to tragedies. Is it so? It might be. However, it is against the ethos...
In a recently manufactured controversy, many regional political parties (led by the broken-rib national party Congress) opposed a statement made by the home...