In 1947, the new entity known as “India” officially became a sovereign state, gladly relinquishing it’s former ‘british colony’ status. And that..
“And then came a second scream, a howl of terrible anguish, rending the sky apart, tearing the cosmos, piercing my ears and..
There is something so heartbreaking about the frailty of human lives and Neil D’Silva’s Yakshini weaves together a tragic tale of what..
Year of the Weeds by Siddhartha Sarma is a stunning read guaranteed to keep you on the edge with its smooth pace..
Malay Chatterjee has been a professor at Delhi’s School of Planning and Architecture. Chatterjee’s many academic/non-fiction publications have covered complex issues concerning..
It’s 11th Century CE, India is fragmented and tormented by invasions of Mahmud Ghazni. This is the point where the curtains open..
Rahi Masoom Raza weaves Topi Shukla the way a dastango weaves their dastaan. It gently takes the reader by the hand into the..
Noor Jahan, Lakshmibai, Jodh Bai, Rajia Sultana and Jahanara. What’s common between these historical figures besides the fact that they were all..
Vikram Seth’s A Suitable Boy, is a charming if somewhat rambling tale of love and marriage. At over 1300 pages and 591,552..
Ranjita Biswas is a journalist, writer and translator of fiction from Assamese into English. She is currently based in Kolkata. She is..