By Shuma Talukdar
Aparna Singh’s collection of short stories, ‘Periodic Tales’, adeptly covers how menstruation is experienced by women from different walks of life, from different sections of society, in different parts of India.
Tag: Books
By Somudranil Sarkar
‘Dreich Planet India’, edited by Sanjeev Sethi (a handmade chapbook made in Scotland, published by Hybriddreich Limited Dunfermline), emerges as germane to the poetry celebrating Indian Independence.
By Aamir Raza
Maulana Azad’s ‘Qaul-e- Faisal; Insaaf Ki Baat’ is a must read in today’s socio-political time, where sedition as an undemocratic tool is used by elected governments to suppress the voices of people.
By Gopal Lahiri
Raindrop on the Periwinkle opens up a new vista in form poems and stands out for its sheer promise and startling originality and quietness.
By Chaitali Sengupta
This volume of poetry has turned out to be a valuable discourse on cultural dualities, hybrid identities, emphasizing on paradox, conflict, feminism, and marginalization. It deserves a wide readership.
By Prithvijeet Sinha
Each poem is akin to a personal conversation, a one-on-one exchange that displays her talent given its distinctive personable nature.
By Namrata Pathak
Like Barthes, in Malhotra’s poems, too, we come across the lover’s inner monologue, in which the readers will find themselves anchored or at least recognize a speck of their personality or a part of their being.
By Mohammad Asim Siddiqui
All through the book, Satpathy argues how the very idea of nationalism, which contains many contradictions, is not only a result of some controversies but it also leads to many fresh controversies.
By Dustin Pickering
Srividya Sivakumar and Paresh Tiwari’s anthology, The Shape of a Poem: The Red River Book of Contemporary Erotic Poetry, heartily admits through many of its poets, the erotic stimulates the imagination but is something that remains unfulfilled.
By Chaitali Sengupta
Santosh Bakaya’s ‘Runcible Spoons and Peagreen Boats’ is a fascinating memoir in the poetic form where the poet recounts the pivotal moments in a way that either catches your heart or makes you stop and look back at your own life and reflect.
By Sabreen Ahmed
The everyday wonderland concocted through a maze of measured words is the crux of Goswami’s poetic vision of peaceful contentment in concordance with the acceptance of the vital signs of living.
By Anshif Ali
David Diop’s enthralling novel ‘At Night All Blood Is Black’ undermines the stereotypes of African savagery and exposes the barbarity of European colonial officers in particular and of war in general.
By Suranjana Choudhury
In making for himself a claim to write, the poet constantly negotiates with all the conflicting emotions that writing offers. It is the same with loving. Readers profoundly experience this truth, and that is enough.
By Chaitali Sengupta
Burn the Library and Other Fictions is an intense exploration of human condition that tug at your heartstrings. The well-structured stories are rich, unusual, and varied in their range. Such range gives this slim volume considerable merit and deserve greater attention.
By Annapurna Palit
The Rainbow is a recurrent metaphor in this collection and colour overrides Chakraborty’s poetic vision. Death, violence, loneliness, love and hope are represented by images of colour that glide slickly through the verses.
By B. Gopal Rao
Reading Jhilam’s poetry is an aesthetically satisfying experience since it is the product of a highly imaginative mind and sensitive soul.
By Malashri Lal
Shailja Chandra internationalizes Gulzar through this exchange from Australia and also by linking the poet’s philosophy and quest with a range of other writers.
By Nishi Pulugurtha
The poems in The Fern-Gatherer’s Association bring together ideas, images, associations, endowing the known and familiar with a dreaminess that fills the senses.
By Gopal Lahiri
Kavita Ezikiel’s latest poetry collection Light of the Sabbath stands out for its sheer promise, clarity and startling originality that lingers with you for a longer period. We feel a powerful sense of connection in the end.
By Sanjukta Dasgupta
This is a remarkable achievement and one hopes many more of Alokeranjan Dasgupta’s volumes of poetry will be translated by Sreemati Mukherjee.
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