River Of Flesh, edited by Ruchira Gupta
River of Flesh is an anthology on the prostituted woman in Indian Short Fiction, and each of the twenty one stories in this collection is riveting and horrifying. In ‘Woman … Continue reading
You’ve Got The Wrong Girl, Sreemoyee Piu Kundu
Some love stories begin like this….two strangers meet in the backdrop of the romantic Taj Mahal at Agra, feel connected, fall in love, and live happily after. But what if … Continue reading
Books to Read this Women’s Day
Check this list for 5 awesome books that you must read – on Women’s Day this year, or anytime before the next Women’s Day!! http://www.mid-day.com/articles/books-to-read-this-international-womens-day/17021181
The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick
“He was once Arthur Pepper, beloved husband of Miriam and devoted dad to Dan and Lucy. It was so simple. But now he said that to himself, it sounded like … Continue reading
The Portable Veblen by Elizabeth McKenzie
“…….By thirty, she had managed to put away the simmering loneliness of childhood, finding relief in things outside herself, such as in skillfully tending family members who were scattered and … Continue reading
Calendar Girl by Audrey Carlan
In a TV feature on her, when Audrey Carlan mentioned that E.L. James was her inspiration for the Calendar Girl series I was intrigued. I did a search and liked … Continue reading
Akshaya Mukul on his book ‘Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India’
This article appeared in DailyO on February 25th, 2016 http://www.dailyo.in/arts/gita-press-hinduism-hindutva-akshaya-mukul-rss-ms-golwalkar-nationalism-bhagavad-gita/story/1/9218.html
Bullets and Bylines by Shyam Bhatia
Shyam Bhatia is a foreign correspondent currently living in London. He has operated and reported out of Cairo, Beirut, Jerusalem and Washington DC. He has been the Middle East correspondent … Continue reading
The Noise of Time by Julian Barnes
“In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to … Continue reading
What Lies Between Us by Nayomi Munaweera
“Framed in an airplane window, it lies below us, its palm trees waving goodbye, its long white beaches like lit crystal, its bustle and boom forgotten. It turns smaller and … Continue reading
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