By V.J. James. Translated from the original Malayalam by Ministhy S.
Dattapaharam is a coming of age novel, a search for the self of five young college students who confront themselves and their inner demons.
Reviewed by: Mahalakshmi Jayaram
All three by Andaleeb Wajid
Andaleeb Wajid, a young Bangalore-based, hijab-wearing young woman, who has written over 40 novels in genres ranging from young adult and romance to horror, often raises eyebrows because her overtly Muslim identity is seen to be in contradiction with her choice of the genre derisively termed as ‘chick lit’. Is a hijab-clad Muslim woman reading and writing romances an anomaly? Actually, not!
Reviewed by: Nishat Zaidi
By Yendluri Sudhakar. Translated from the original Telugu by K. Purushotham
The initiative of the Hyderabad Book Trust in publishing alternative literature in translation is commendable. By publishing K Purushotham’s translation of Yendluri Sudhakar’s Speaking Sandals: Narratives from the Madigawadas of Ongole, it has ensured the text pan-Indian visibility.
Reviewed by: Catherine Thankamma
Selected & edited by Manohar Shetty
It is only now that the State has earned the description of a land of sand, sea and fun, an outcome of Goa being promoted as a tourist destination.
Reviewed by: Prava Rai
By Rudrangshu Mukherjee, Shobita Punja, Toby Sinclair
This is a textbook with a difference. It covers a well-known story of the development of India as a civilization, of its march to modern nationhood and does it with elegance, precision and sensitivity. It is this quality of tying together discrete elements of updated research, well-known debates and understanding with a brilliant array of visual material that makes this textbook genuinely a novel exercise in synthesis and analysis.
Reviewed by: Lakshmi Subramanian
Edited by Urvi Mukhopadhyay and Suchandra Ghosh Routledge
Exploring South Asian Urbanity edited by Urvi Mukhopadhyay and Suchandra Ghosh comprising fifteen essays explores the idea of urbanity in history. Divided into five themes, viz., the concept, urban spaces, textual representations, evolution of cities and urban violence
Reviewed by: Ranjeeta Dutta