The literature of India
Famous Indian writers and poets, journals of Indian literature, Bengali literature, Urdu literature; a list of websites
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Bangladesh
Bangla art and literature.
Anirban
Boiwala
The Boiwala Online Library
An initiative to digitize the entire Bangla literature and introduce it to the world through this web portal and online library.
Bengali literature
Parabaas,
an online journal of Bengali literature.
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Calcutta (Kolkata)
UEA International Creative Writing Course in Calcutta
Kalen Kolkata Literary Meet
Kolkata Literary Meet (Kalam) is the city’s annual date with books and ideas. Browse through the schedule, diarize the dates and look forward to a refreshing festival of literary luminaries.
Chaudhuri, Nirad C. The Nirad C. Chaudhuri Page.
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Dictionaries.
Sanskrit, Tamil and Pahlavi Dictionaries.
Festivals
Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival
Chandigarh Literature Festival
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Hindi authors and poets
Hindi authors and poets.
The early period, the middle period, the modern period.
Hindi poets, Hindi authors from the early, middle and modern periods.
Hindi Poetry Books
Vibhom Enterprises – promoting Hindi language, art, literature and culture.
I
Indian authors, writers, poets.
Urdu letters of Mirza Ghalib. Hues, a literary magazine.
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Journals, magazines and newspapers
Contemporary Literary Review
Poetry, stories, criticism, reviews, non-fiction, and other genres of the best quality from around the world.
The Criterion
A online journal in English. The Criterion encourages interpretative criticism and fresh insights into new and established authors and texts and seeks to generate a serious debate on different academic issues.They also encourage literary contributions in the form of original as well as translated poetry and fiction.
Dialogue
Dialogue is a Bi-annual journal published in June and December at Lucknow. It aims at providing a better understanding of the polyphonic literary text.
Contemporary Literary Review India
Contemporary Literary Review India (CLRI) is a literary journal in English and publishes a wide variety of creative pieces including poems, stories, film reviews, book reviews, essays, criticism, arts, and photography of the best quality of the time from around the world. CLRI is one of the leading journals in India and attracts a wide audience each month.
Muse India
Started and run by a group of writers, Muse India is a literary e-journal with the primary objective of showcasing Indian writings in English and in English translation to a broad-based global readership. The journal publishes both creative and critical writing and offers a wide range of literary forms.
Literary India.com
An Indian literary magazine
The Times of India (literary pages)
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Mahabharata
The Mahabharata in Sanskrit.
Parallel Devanagari and Romanization
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Poets
Poets, philosophers, mystics and teachers from India’s
history.
Namadev, Ekanath Maharaj – Eknath, Guru Gobind Singh
– Sikh, 10th Guru (17th c).
Guru Nanak – Great teacher and poet, Founder of Sikhism
(1469-1538).
Janabai – A maid who achieved the Highest State while
grinding wheat, a student of Namadev.
Jnaneshwar Maharaj Jnanadeva – Great teacher and poet at the age of 16 (1275-1296).
Kabir – (Book), Great Teacher and poet, a weaver from
Benares.
Milarepa – (Book) Great teacher of Tibet’s Mahayana Buddhism.
Mirabai – Mira Bai Rajput, Princess.
Hindi Poetry Books
Vibhom Enterprises – promoting Hindi language, art, literature and culture.
Poets of India
An introduction.
Poet seers of India.
A selection of India’s greatest poets from a wide range and diversity of spiritual traditions.
A list of Indian poets, from Wikipedia.
Urdu Poetry Portal
A collection of Urdu poetry by famous Indian and Pakistani Poets.
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Sanskrit literature
GRETIL: Göttingen Register of Electronic Texts in Indian Languages
Sanskrit Literature
An introduction to classical Sanskrit literature in India: poetry, drama, prose.
Vedabase.net:
Vaishnava literatures with word for word translations from Sanskrit to English.
Clay Sanskrit Library official page
Clay Sanskrit Library, publisher of classical Indian literature with facing-page texts and translations.
Sanskrit literature, Wikipedia entry.
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Upanishads
English translations at The Sacred Text Archive.
Upanishads
Wikipedia entry.
Urdu poetry
Rekhta
The site offers an exhaustive collection of Urdu poetry in three scripts Roman, Devnagri and Urdu. The site has many unique features including a powerful search engine and meaning for each word to help users understand the essence of poetry beyond language barrier. Most of the Ghazals are recited by poets and professionals to help users understand the style of reading in correct diction. The site has also been made very interactive so users can comment, give inputs, correct texts and upload their own contents. The website is free and is dedicated to the service of Urdu poetry and bringing its richness to the wider audience beyond language barriers.
Urdu Poetry Archive
An Urdu poetry archive with ghazals, nazms, articles, mailing lists and links to related websites.
UrduPoint.com
Famous Urdu Poets from Pakistan.
Shayari, Urdu Shayari, Urdu SMS, Urdu Poetry
Urdu Poetry
Rekhta has a large collection of famous Urdu poems, with Ghazal, Nazm and books.
Baseerat Online
The Urdu newspaper, in Urdu & English
Vedas
Wikipedia entry.
Wikipedia entries on Indian, Hindu, Sanskrit, Tamil literature.
Indian Writers, Poets
A list of Indian writers, from Wikipedia.
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Desai, Anita
Anita Desai
An introduction.
Anita Desai
Wikipedia entry.
Anita Desai
Anita Desai at Contemporary Writers.com.
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Kalidasa
Kalidasa
Translations of Shakuntalaand and Other Works, by Arthur W. Ryder.
Works by Kalidasa.
Project Gutenberg
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Narayan, R K
R. K. Narayan
Wikipedia
Nasrin, Taslima
Nazrul, Kazi
Nivedita, Charu
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Roy, Arundhati
Arundhati Roy, Booker Prize Winner
Rushdie, Salmon
Salman Rushdie, Wikipedia entry.
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Seshendra, Sarma
Seshendra Sarma
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma
Seth, Vikram
Vikram Seth
Wikipedia entry.
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Tagore, Rabindranath
Rabindranath Tagore
Collection of Tagore poems.
The Works of Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore
Wikipedia entry.