In 'The Punjab Chiefs: The Lost Glory Of The Punjab Aristocracy In India And Pakistan', Bobby Singh Bansal manages to capture the very quintessence of the aureate period of Sikh …
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Spatialities of Reflection: Review of Kashiana Singh’s ‘Woman by the Door’
Kashiana Singh’s third collection of poems offers contemplation to readers about the past, present and future of women and their identities.
Book Review: In These Telugu Stories, a View From Below the Line of Privilege
In 'Telugu: The Best Stories of Our Times' edited by Volga, the stories are populated by characters who are marginalised.
Nandini Sen’s Book Is a Captivating Collection of 11 Tales, With an Element of Suspense
Sen has planted seeds of 11 novels in 'The Second Wife and Other Stories'. The stories are short and crisp, but it seems as if there is a perennial …
Book Review: In a Sea of Indian Men, Why Everyone Is Seeking Shah Rukh
Shrayana Bhattacharya's book delves into the everyday lives and fantasies of Indian women – and can take male readers down many paths you did not know existed.
Review: A Pandemic-Lockdown Journal About Paying Attention to the Little Moments
A hybrid text that gives a wide and deep glimpse of the lockdown, Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee's 'The Town Slowly Empties' fills you up on many aspects of life beyond …
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.
On Meena Kandasamy’s ‘When I Hit You’, Marriage and Intimate Partner Violence
The process of falling in love, fighting for love, and the final culmination of love into marriage is well-documented. But what we forget is that is not the end …
Book Review | The Elements of ‘Conscious’ Parenting
Manisha Pathak-Shelat and Kiran Vinod Bhatia’s book 'Raising a Humanist' asks an unusual and vital question: How can one unlearn and re-learn parenting roles in an increasingly fragmented world?
Book Review | Chronicling ‘Our Freedoms’ in a Broken World
Edited by Nilanjana S. Roy, 'Our Freedoms' is an anthology of essays which serve as a repository of our collective and individual consciences.