Reviews

  1. Mobile bookshelves on wheels: how Madhya Pradesh reaches readerless townsFor readers living in a country as vast as India, the nearest bookshop can sometimes lie three hundred kilometres away, hidden behind a stretch of single-lane…
  2. Dr Vikas Sharma and the Academy’s Literary VisionThe Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy occupies an important place in India’s Hindi literary landscape. Operating under the Madhya Pradesh Sanskriti Parishad and…
  3. Madhya Pradesh and Sahitya Akademi joint Hindi translation projectsFor more than a decade, the Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy in Bhopal and the national Sahitya Akademi in New Delhi have built one of India's most sustained…
  4. Study Hindi Literary Criticism Through Its HistoryThe Academy’s online course on the History of Hindi Literary Criticism offers a structured way to understand how Hindi readers, scholars, and writers have…
  5. Inside Madhya Pradesh’s District Reading CirclesThe Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy’s reading circles bring literary discussion closer to readers beyond the major cultural centres. Operating across 20…
  6. Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy Award for Experimental Prose FormsFor decades, the Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy has stood as the premier institution nurturing Hindi literature from its base in the central Indian state. Its…
  7. Giving Malwa, Nimar And Baghelkhand A Wider Literary VoiceLiterature in Madhya Pradesh is shaped by landscapes as varied as the black-soil fields of Malwa, the Narmada valley of Nimar and the forested, historically…
  8. Inside the Academy office: a day with staff handling prize entriesThe Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy in Bhopal is best known from the outside for its awards ceremonies and book launches, but the quieter engine of the…
  9. Opening Hindi Literature Through a Braille LibraryThe Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy’s initiative to create a Braille library for visually impaired readers extends its literary mission into accessible…
  10. How Haiku Connects Poets Across Indian LanguagesThe Madhya Pradesh Sahitya Academy’s annual haiku contest offers a compact form with an expansive purpose. In three short lines, poets can bring together…