The book is about the impact of the Vietnam War through Vietnamese eyes as a young man displaced from communist North Vietnam resorts to drug dealing to survive in capitalist Paris in the early 1980s.
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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.
How ‘Bhimayana’ Challenges the Conventions of Mainstream Graphic Novels
The illustrators of the novel, Durgabai and Subhash Vyam, refuse to suffocate their characters inside caged structures.
The Doomscrolling of J. Alfred Prufrock
Last night, I had decided that today would be different.
Prabda Yoon: The Experimental Writer Defining a New Generation of Literature in Thailand
Yoon, a Thai cultural powerhouse, captures the surrealism of cosmopolitan existence in Bangkok.
Plagues and Classical History: What the Humanities Will Tell Us About Covid in Years To Come
We all need to know about the science of COVID-19 as we battle through pandemic, but the ultimate story will lie in how it changed our societies.