In her latest book, Chickpeas to Cook and Other Stories, critically acclaimed Singapore-based Indian writer Nilanjana Sengupta takes us beyond the traditional images of Singapore as a vibrant metropolis and wealthy financial hub to a more sensitive, compassionate and humane domain
Adaptations of Shakespeare, particularly of the transcultural kind, are currently in vogue in academia; the global spread of Shakespeare through diverse media is gradually being recognized and given critical attention: for example, the latest British Shakespeare Association’s conference at Liverpool
Maya John and Christa Wichterich’s book, Who Cares? Care Extraction and the Struggles of Indian Health Workers, goes deep into the many problems encountered by Indian healthcare workers in India and overseas. The book, a compilation of articles, personal accounts, and research data
A translation reflects the skills of both the author and the translator, not literally as a combined effort, but in terms of its effect on the reader.
Like the Draupadi and Sita that she created in her memorable novels, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni emerges in this book as a strong and questioning woman who turns received knowledge on its head. A compendium of academic essays on her works captures the genres of novel
He uses examples to illustrate how the ‘limitations’ of Urdu poetry described in those histories did not give any sense of the literary or cultural histories of these forms.