By Farnaz Fatima
Gauhar Jaan, a trailblazer in Indian classical music, faced the double burden of being a woman and a ‘tawaif’, resulting in her story often being marginalised or omitted from our historical narratives.
Month: February 2024
By Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
Thoughtfully titled, Zeyad Masroor Khan’s coming of age memoir ‘City on Fire: A Boyhood in Aligarh’, the word fire in the title of the book captures the riot-prone history of Aligarh and the volatile nature of peace that exists in the town.
By Nishi Pulugurtha
Gopal Lahiri’s ‘Crossing the Shoreline’ reveals a mature poet working on his craft and fashioning new forms in ways that only a prolific poet can.
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