“My life as a writer has been full of coincidences, and I’ve been very fortunate.”: Jigs Ashar
Prakruti Maniar from Team P3 was in conversation with Jigs Ashar, a bestselling author with works like Insomnia, Brutal Hand, and The Cabinet Conspiracy. Jigs Ashar is a banker-turned-author who deftly balances several roles. In this conversation, he shares his journey of becoming an author, from his inspirations and writing processes to his creative processes. […]
Dust Under The Carpet: Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924–1977 by Abhishek Choudhary Review
Rahul Vishnoi reviews Vajpayee: The Ascent of the Hindu Right, 1924–1977 by Abhishek Choudhary (published by Picador India, 2023). In the last Indian general elections in 2019, Vajpayee’s last remains (allegedly to the objections of his family members) were taken to a number of key polling constituencies as part of a yatra. A politician as […]
Excavating Modern Patriarchy: Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag Review
Samruddhi Ghodgaonkar reviews Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbhag and translated from Kannada to English by Srinath Perur (published by Penguin, 2023). Vivek Shanbhag’s second novel uses a simple yet compelling premise to engage its readers: two young men connected to local goons, a knock on Venkat’s door asking for his daughter and the following events […]
इतिहास को इतिहास की दृष्टि से देखना: विनायक दामोदर सावरकर: नायक बनाम प्रतिनायक समीक्षा
कमलाकान्त त्रिपाठी द्वारा लिखित विनायक दामोदर सावरकर: नायक बनाम प्रतिनायक (किताबघर प्रकाशन, 2024) की अमृतेश मुखर्जी समीक्षा प्रस्तुत करते हैं। ऐसा क्यों हुआ कि इस देश के एक ही इतिहास पुरुष को कुछ लोग नायक तो कुछ प्रतिनायक समझते हैं? क्या हमारा इतिहास-बोध इतना खंडित और निस्थाहीन है कि अकादमिक तटस्थता और विश्वसनीयता हमारी अंतिम […]
Holding Hands Across Generations: The Lady on the Horse and Other Secrets by Ramona Sen Review
Elsa S. Mathews reviews The Lady on the Horse and Other Secrets by Ramona Sen (Speaking Tiger Books, 2024). Moving through 100 years, Ramona Sen’s ambitious novel is the story of the Lahiri family, whose members struggle to find salvation from its inherent moral turpitude. It starts with a foreboding letter dated 1967 by Pradeep […]
Crimes, Mysteries, and Portraits of a Nation: The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction by Tarun K. Saint Review
Amritesh Mukherjee reviews Tarun K. Saint’s The Hachette Book of Indian Detective Fiction (published by Hachette India, 2024). Some of my favourite childhood memories involve reading mystery stories through afternoons and evenings, reading cover-to-cover in one go, from stories of Vikram Betaal and Akbar Birbal to Hardy Boys and the Secret Seven. The Hachette Book […]
A Dance of Democracy: Chambers Book of Indian Election Facts by Kingshuk Chatterjee and Surbek Biswas Book Review
Rahul Vishnoi reviews Chambers Book of Indian Election Facts by Kingshuk Chatterjee and Surbek Biswas (published by Hachette India, 2024). India is the world’s largest democracy. It feels good to say it, but a lot… a lot goes into making a country democratic. And a thousand folds more goes into keeping it in a sane […]
Searching For the Dickens of the Hindi Cinema Screen
Speaking to an audience in the year 1937, the legendary British author Graham Greene remarked, as astutely as ever, “We look in vain for pictures with a real appeal to the huge audiences of the cinema, for a Dickens of the screen.” Coming from a writer renowned not only for many a great novel but […]
Enjoyed Heeramandi? Read These 12 Books to Learn More About Courtesans!
Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Heeramandi is only one of the many depictions of courtesans in Indian cinema and art. And why wouldn’t they be a source of fascination and curiosity? Courtesans have played an important role in creating and prompting Indian art forms through decades and centuries. Often educated, they had a distinct social status and […]
“There is a need to simplify legal language, legal awareness, awareness about our rights, and how our institutions function because judgments are not the only thing.”: Aparna Chandra
‘Prakruti Maniar from Team P3 was in conversation with Aparna Chandra and Sital Kalantry, the author duo behind the must-read title Court on Trial: A Data-Driven Account of the Supreme Court of India (Penguin Random House, 2023) at the Jaipur Literature Festival, 2023. Aparna Chandra, an expert in Indian constitutional law, and Sita Kalantry, an […]
