An extract from Debashish Sengupta's book 'The Life of Z: Understanding the Digital Pre-teen and Adolescent Generation'.
Books
Exploring ‘The Bluest Eye’, Beauty and Colourism
Pecola’s obsession with ‘blue eyes’ in Toni Morrison's book resonates with Anglophile tendencies that I grapple with.
Growing up With Books: A Tale of Three Generations
A bookworm on her journey from youthful days spent devouring books to passing on the love of reading to her daughter.
The Aunt’s Tale in Margaret Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’
Aunt Lydia is an extremely powerful cog in Gilead’s machinery, privy to the dirty secrets of members in every tier of the regime’s food chain.
An Ode to a Translator
How my mother's Marathi translation of Harper Lee's 'To Kill a Mockingbird' sparked a lifetime of curiosity.
Book Extract: A Teen Girl’s Superpowers and Mental Well-Being
An excerpt from Rajoshri Chakraborti's book 'Shakti'.
Our Prime Minister, the Potterhead
Stashed carefully beneath copies of 'Hindu Rashtra Darshan' and 'Deceiving Voters 101' would be a yellowed and well-thumbed copy of 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' – highlighted pages and all.