Mehr Afshan Farooqi
Ahmed Ali (1908–1994) is better known in the English-reading world as one of the founder members of the Progressive Writers’ Association in 1936, as one among the four of the (in)famous Angaray group.
Reviewed by: Asma Rasheed
Nikhil Govind
The figure of the youthful revolutionary is the space, both fictional and historical, real and metaphorical, from which the concerns of this book arise.
Reviewed by: Rosinka Chaudhuri
Dennis B. McGilvray
Dennis B. McGilvray in his book Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka, ex-plores the ethnography of the Eastern region of Sri Lanka, originally inhabited by Tamil Hindus, Moors, small number of Sinhala chena cultivators and Vedda hunters.
Reviewed by: Gulbin Sultana
Minna Thaheer
Reconciliation in post-war scenario is a complex process which involves genuine efforts by multiple stakeholders, not just the state to build a peaceful society.
Reviewed by: Samatha Mallempati
Isabella Tree
In Kathmandu we discover, all the stories of the past are suffused with myth, and legends run circles around historical facts.
Reviewed by: Semeen Ali
Sebastian Einsiedel
Nepal in Transition: From Peoples War to Fragile Peace straddles two choices—pulling in the writings of influential scholars who have politically explained the Maoist insurgency—Mahendra Lawoti (academic), Deepak Thapa (social scientist) and Devendra Raj Panday, (policy maker and civil society leader),
Reviewed by: Rita Manchanda