By K.R. Meera. Translated from the original Malayalam by J. Devika
ASSASSIN
2023
2023
The English translation of renowned Malayalam author KR Meera’s Assassin narrates the ‘story’ of a middle-aged protagonist,
Reviewed by: Asma Rasheed
Selected and translated by A. J. Thomas
‘After the action-dominated early stories, the short story was centred around, first, the specific outward expressions of life in the social-reformist stories, then the inner life of the individual and, finally, the abstract plane of indirect experiences full of paradoxes involving a philosophical outlook.
Reviewed by: Tulsi Badrinath
By Subhadra Anand
The title of the book is metaphorical and symbolic of the lost cultural harmony and its revival in a post-Partition milieu. Sheila,
Reviewed by: Jennifer Monteiro
By Jonaki Ray
FIREFLY MEMORIES
2023
2023
Firefly Memories contains poems written since 2010. It would be remiss of us to look at current Indian Poetry in English without paying attention to the publishing facilities that put out a book in print.
Reviewed by: Smita Agarwal
By Radha Chakravarty
A distinct symbolism underlines Radha Chakravarty’s debut collection of poems Subliminal.
The title hints at a presence which though unseen is palpable.
Reviewed by: Basudhara Roy
Translated and Annotated by Shama Mitra Chenoy
While Sair-ul Manazil was the first attempt to chronicle the city, its structures, its people and their culture and weaving its past with the present, Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi was a compilation of the pictures, paintings and brief texts on certain people and structures of Delhi as it was in 1844
Reviewed by: Meena Bhargava