Memory at Crossroads: Remembering the Past, Accommodating Change
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AKS: SAMAY, SAMAJ AUR SAHITYIKON KA ANOOTHA VRITTAANT by By Akhilesh Setu Prakashan, 2022, 312 pp., INR 399
October 2023, volume 47, No 10

Aks by Akhilesh is a welcome addition to the vivid tradition of memoirs in Hindi literature, which boasts of works like Ghalib Chuti Sharab by Ravindra Kalia, Yaad Ho Ki Na Yaad Ho by Kashinath Singh, and Smriti-lekha by Agyeya. It is presented to the readers as an account of time, society, and literati. The memoir spreads over eleven chapters,

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