By Sukrita
Word-induced silence makes witnessing both horrifying and lyrical, and it alters the understanding of the universe of emotions more profoundly, bringing in multi-layered, untold, exotic moments of epiphany.
Reviewed by: Shafey Kidwai
By Mitali Chakravarty
Chakravarty’s Introduction comes with another poem in which she writes about angsanas that bloomed on trees and orioles ‘magicked out of the unseen leaves’. To her, they stand for the innocence of childhood.
Reviewed by: Lakshmi Kannan
By Manik Bandyopadhyay. Translated from the original Bengali by Ratan Kumar Chattopadhyay
The appeal of the novel lies in its conception as a microcosm where at the intrinsic level is a noticeable absence of an omnipotent author dictating mandates of life for his characters.
Reviewed by: Tapti Roy
By Imayam. Translated from the original Tamil by GJV Prasad
The plot revolves around Revathi’s marriage to Ravi, an auto driver living in a slum that houses erstwhile refugees from Burma who settled down in Tamil Nadu.
Reviewed by: B Mangalam
By Veda Vyasa. Translated from the original Sanskrit by Pradip Bhattacharya
Bhishma is not perfect, is a flawed character himself. When Chitrangada, son of Shantanu by Satyavati died, his brother Vichitravirya ascends the throne.
Reviewed by: Suganthy Krishnamachari
By Monica Heisey
he novel begins in media res with Maggie’s meditations on the recent separation from Jon, her partner who moved out of their shared one-bedroom apartment in the city along with their pet cat.
Reviewed by: Ann Susan Aleyas