By Alan Johnson

That an academic book on literary representations of Indian forests provides a searching examination of Indian nationhood in the last 150 years makes it already a remarkable work of criticism; that its vantage—the forests of India—also yields a kaleidoscopic view of India’s diverse and ancient past of ecological engagement makes Alan Johnson’s India’s Forests an invaluable work of literary and environmentalist historiography. In an excellent, wide-ranging introduction


Reviewed by: Anupama Mohan
By Divyabhanusinh

The Story of India’s Cheetahs by Divyabhanusinh Chavda has been written with the intent to arouse interest in the animal and to create an awareness about the Cheetah reintroduction programme.


Reviewed by: Diwakar Sharma
By K. Srilata

Disability is born out of interactions of these impairments of mind and body with the external settings comprising the physical features present in the environment and the human components coupled with attitudes and perspectives.


Reviewed by: Sailaja Chennat
Edited by Usha Raman and Sumana Kasturi

The way he was described by the media defined the way all young offenders came to be caricatured in the society at large, which led to a further outrage against juvenile justice law in the country,


Reviewed by: Enakshi Ganguly Thukral
By Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

This is a pioneering effort to present the myriad important facets of the Assamese community in English. The primary objective is to fill the knowledge gaps about the community, especially among the younger members and the fast-increasing diaspora, and equally importantly, to reach out to the non-Assamese in India and the English-speaking world.


Reviewed by: Jayanta Bhuyan
By Indira Parthasarathy. Translated from the Tamil play by T. Sriraman, with Introduction and Commentary by C.T. Indra

Indira Parthasarathy, stalwart Tamil writer, is acknowledged as one of those who have revolutionized modern Tamil drama. Many of his plays have been translated into English and other Indian languages and staged in the Tamil original as well as in translations.  Besides nine full-length and seven one-act plays


Reviewed by: NS Raghavan