B.M. Zuhara's 'The Dreams of a Mappila Girl: A Memoir' goes beyond giving us a glimpse into one young girl’s life, and offers us an intimate view of the …
Author: Shibani Phukan
Book Review | Recovering, Rewriting History: The Gorkhaland Movement
Gorkhaland Diaries by Satyadeep S. Chhetri brings to attention a history not very well known to the rest of India.
Book Review: Ruskin Bond’s Ode to India
What Ruskin Bond magically presents in 'A Little Book of India' is the emotions of a man who holds dear what was earned with sweat and blood because he …
Book Review: An Assembly of Assamese Greats
Edited by Mitra Phukan, 'The Greatest Assamese Stories Ever Told' is a collection of 25 translated stories that are richly diverse and beautifully translated.
Review: The Backstories of the Women Scriptwriters of Hindi Cinema
Anubha Yadav’s book 'Scripting Bollywood' tells her story and the story of the women writers who have scripted many amazing Hindi films from the 1970s till now.
Review | Walking Along the Banks of the Brahmaputra
Samrat Choudhary's 'The Braided River' is a travelogue of sorts which connects contemporary politics of Northeast India with the history of the region through personal anecdotes.
Review: A Memoir From Kashmir Bracketed by Death
'Rumours of Spring: A Girlhood in Kashmir' evocatively takes readers into the heart of Kashmir during the violence-torn '90s.
Review | ‘A Red-Necked Green Bird’: Ambai’s Intersectional Feminism
In Ambai's writing, gender intersects with issues of class, caste, religion and even disability
Review | The Innards of Toxic Masculinity
In her book 'The Anger of Saintly Men', Anubha Yadav painstakingly etches the ways in which masculinity is moulded, reinforced, and applauded in our society.