Written and Illustrated by Bulbul Sharma First published by Aleph Book Company, 2014

Here is a fascinating book on birds, trees and nature, written and illustrated by Bulbul Sharma, a well-known birdwatcher, illustrator and writer. She divides her book into the magic of four very distinct seasons of Delhi—Winter, Spring, Summer and Monsoon.


Reviewed by: Nita Berry
By Deepankar Khiwani

In the realm of contemporary English poetry, a discernible renaissance is unfolding, evident in the diverse voices and thematic textures woven into the fabric of six noteworthy collections published in 2023. As we traverse these poetic landscapes


Reviewed by: Semeen Ali
By K. Kailasapathy

While most bardic poetry, K Kailasapathy’s preferred adage over court poetry, had its origins in traditions of oral storytelling, the corpus of Tamil Heroic Poetry, most of which is garnered from the extant works of the Sangam Age (the modern-day term for this body of literature)


Reviewed by: Simran Chadha
Conceptualized and curated by Chandana Dutta. Translated from the original Tamil by K Srilata & Shobhana Kumar

I, Salma: Selected Poems jolts the readers into alertness about change and tension. Salma is the pen name of a well-known Tamil writer Rajathi Samsudeen.


Reviewed by: Sutanuka Ghosh Roy
By Narayan Surve. Translated from the original Marathi by Jerry Pinto

Sometimes, we come across a voice that points out the obesity of our market-driven urges. That voice may call out across the street, on a public platform or through a book of poems and shake one out of the complacency of armchair righteousness.


Reviewed by: Sonya J Nair
By Sarbpreet Singh

The Sufi’s Nightingale by Sarbpreet Singh is beyond the mere retelling of the blessed bond between Shah Hussain and Madho Lal. It is a journey into the nooks and nuances of a sublime relationship between the murshid-mureed, as the re-defining of loss, longing and love in 16th century Lahore.


Reviewed by: Disha Pokhriyal