Negotiating The Idea of Women’s Relationship With ‘Home’— Roshni Subba
Two Nepali short-stories, Sampurna Rai's 'Rama' and Lakhhi Devi Sundas' 'Tesro Ghar', reviewed by Roshni Subba Just like water and food, finding a home or shelter is one of the primal longings of the human race.…...
Reading The Wait And Other Stories by Damodar Mauzo— Subhadrakalyan
When I first received this book titled The Wait And Other Stories, I never expected it to open up an entirely new world to me; a world that I never knew existed anywhere on this earth.…...
Book Review of Kalicalypse— Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi
In some strange way, the apocalypse has always been the quintessential object of desire. All the major religions seem to be founded on an apocalyptic imagination, and even in our secular contemporary culture, the apocalypse…...
On ‘Flights’— A Book Review by Arya Chatterjee
It would be futile to list out the many rewards this book has for its name. A book published back in 2007 has already seen the thick and thin of appreciation and criticism. It is…...
Radiating the Incandescence: Reading Ahmed & Remembering Tagore
A book review by Modhura Banerjee IncandescenceAuthor: Mehreen AhmedNo. of pages: 406Published on June 7th, 2022 Incandescence written by Mehreen Ahmed is a parallel exploration into the conflicts and stasis of…...
In Solidarity with Ambai’s Short Stories— Ankita Bose
For a Bengali woman, stumbling upon a collection of contemporary Tamil short stories is uncommon, even when you are a student of literature. Ambai’s collection of short stories, bunched together under the title of A Night with a…...
Sauptik: Blood and Flowers, a Book Review – Purba Chakraborty
Published in 2016 by Harper Collins, Sauptik: Blood and Flowers is the concluding installment in the Parva Duology written and painted by Amruta Patil. While Adi Parva, the first part had set the…...
Translation of the Orgasmic Pleasure – Aritra Sanyal
Father’s on the Phone with the Flies: Herta MüllerTranslated by Thomas Cooper193 pagesSeagull Books Even if we know why people read poetry—nobody can ever possibly tell us where exactly poetry exists—in…...
Voice of Resistance and of Love – Aritra Sanyal
Shankha Ghosh (5 February 1932 – 21 April 2021) was an Indian poet and critic. Ghosh taught at many educational institutions. He won many awards including Jnanpith Award in 2016, highest Literary Award in…...