A Glimpse into the World of Contemporary Bengali Poetry – Himalaya Jana
Chaudhuri, Rajat, trans.The Great Bengali Poetry UndergroundSingapore: Kitaab. 2021,Pages: 140 The perennial question that plagues anyone putting together an anthology of contemporary poetry, and even stirs up controversies at times, is whom…...
Corona Diary that Demands a Reading – Aritra Sanyal
Corona Diary : Before and BeyondHarshita SrivastavaWriters Workshop Entries of a diary don’t expect a reader, a poem does. ‘A lump of time/ Stuck in the throat/ Of this universe,/ An old dusty book/ With…...
Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean, a Book Review – Purba Chakraborty
Harper Collins 272 pages “Cosmic tales are like fish tanks in their need for continuous aeration.” - Amruta Patil, Adi Parva: Churning of the Ocean Written and painted by Amruta Patil, Adi…...
A tapestry of brilliance, imagination and more… The Gollancz Book of Science Fiction (volume 2) – Mahua Sen Mukhopadhyay
Science fiction stories nowadays have broken the boundaries or what we call stereotypes. The Gollancz Book of Science Fiction (Volume 2) reconfirms that...
A Hell of Your Choosing: Homage, Pastiche, or Parody? – James B. Nicola
The English Cantos, Vol. 1: HellWardby James Sale2019148 pages, paperISBN: 979-8-654151919printed and bound by Amazon KDPcreated with VellumJames Sale’s HellWard should prove of interest to anyone studying poetry—that of Dante in particular (d. 1321).…...
No Country for Lost Men : Personal Accounts from the Refugee Crisis – Somjeet Dey
Two excellent book on refugee literature, first hand accounts both, are reviewed by Somejeet Dey together to bring home the point of helplessness and the long urduous journey of a refugee in search of hope...
All the Sights, Sounds and Smells – Sarah Marie Graye
Understanding Schizophrenic hallucinations through the first-person fiction of Nathan Filer’s The Shock of the Fall and Patrick McGrath’s Spider...
Hamnet: The Forgotten Life of a Famous Name – Malini Dutta
The intersection of diligent research and consummate artistry to recreate a bygone era with authenticity, while creating a compelling story, is the measure of success for the historical novelist...
The Truth Behind Love – Hiba Ahmed
‘Klara and the Sun’ is over all rather endearing as it shows how love is sacrifice...