Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane- A Grief-Soaked Sepia of Survival, Sisterhood and Squash
Rahul Vishnoi reviews Chetna Maroo’s Western Lane (Published by Picador, 2023) Western Lane, Chetna Maroo’s Booker-shortlisted debut, is a short novel, almost a novella, sketching a grief-soaked picture of a Gujarati immigrant family residing in the UK. Narrated by the youngest of three girls Gopi, ‘Western Lane’ spans only a few months in the lives […]
Bikram Sharma’s The Colony of Shadows- Memories vs Moving On: An Exploration of Childhood Grief
Rahul Vishnoi reviews Bikram Sharma’s The Colony of Shadows (Hachette India, 2022) Waddled in the garb of restrained, urban fantasy-fiction, the debut work of Bikram Sharma, The Colony of Shadows, longlisted for the prestigious JCB award, asks a question not many of us would like to know the answer- How grief affects a child. Are […]
Resistance Literature in India: Through the Years
Amritesh Mukherjee traces the journey of resistance literature in India through the years. Jawaharlal Nehru once said, “Freedom is not given, it’s taken.” India has a long tradition of resisting the establishment, against injustice, against the existing hierarchies of society. Literature has always been a primary source of resistance through different avenues, whether fictional or […]
Tales of a Voyager – Travel, Adventure, and Learning
Divya Shankar reviews Tales of a Voyager, written by Syed Mujtaba Ali in Bengali and translated into English by Nazes Afroz (Published by Speaking Tiger, 2023) Sometime between the two World Wars, Syed Mujtaba Ali, Bengal’s most popular travel writer, set out on a ship from India to Europe via Sri Lanka, Suez, and Africa. […]
5 Fascinating Legends That Remain a Great Indian Mystery
Team P3 curates a list of fascinating legends that remain a great Indian mystery to date. India is a land bursting with folklore and legends passed down through generations. From haunted forts to mystical lakes, the country has many mysterious tales that fascinate even today. These legends are often rooted in local beliefs and historical […]
Janice Pariat’s journey across an ocean of time- A review
Rahul Vishnoi reviews Janice Pariat’s Everything The Light Touches (Published by Harper Collins, 2022) Content Warning: This review has mild spoilers Split across oceans ─ of time and the ones that swallow the land, Everything The Light Touches (ETLT) by Janice Pariat is a story that binds the stories of four people, four travellers, who […]
Manoranjan Byapari’s The Nemesis- A Mosaic of Caste, Hunger, Humiliation and Violence
Rahul Vishnoi reviews Manoranjan Byapari’s The Nemesis, translated into English by V. Ramaswamy (Published by Eka Westland, 2023) At more than roughly 77%, India has the lion’s share of the world’s rural population. And yet, we have few books in the same vein; even fewer writers the likes of Manoranjan Byapari. (He was a rickshaw […]
Satyajit Ray – Selected Fiction & Non-fiction
Rounak Raj reviews The Best of Satyajit Ray (Vol 1 & 2) by Satyajit Ray (Published by Penguin Ray Library) The Best of Satyajit Ray (Vol. 1 & 2) Bo: (The Penguin Ray Library) is a literary treasure trove that offers readers a comprehensive glimpse into the multifaceted genius of Satyajit Ray. While Ray is […]
Ashok Banker’s Ashoka : Prince of Mauryas
Rahul Vishnoi reviews Ashoka: Prince of Mauryas by Ashok Banker (Published by Speaking Tiger, 2023) Before writing anything about Ashoka: Prince of the Mauryas, it is inevitable to write about its eponymous author. On his Wikipedia page, Ashok Banker is credited as the mind behind India’s first indigenous English series A Mouthful of Sky. He […]
10 Best Mysteries of India that Deserve a Sequel
Team P3 curates a list of hand-picked best mysteries of India that deserve a sequel for your TBR! There are few emotions better than adrenaline pumping through your veins. To enter a world that made you feel those emotions again? The best feeling ever! We will look at some great Indian thrillers and mysteries in […]
