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April, 2023

A Bite in Time – Cooking with Memories by Tanya Mendonsa

Sucharita Dutta-Asane reviews Tanya Mendonsa's book of recipes, poems and illustrations.
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April, 2023

This Land, This People – Rajbanshi Poems Translated by Pradip Acharya and Jyotirmoy Pradhan

Kamalakar Bhat reviews Rajbanshi's book of poetry, This Land, This People translated by Pradip Acharya and Jyotirmoy Pradhan
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February, 2023

Midnight’s Borders by Suchitra Vijayan

J.G.P. MacAdam reviews Suchitra Vijayan's book Midnight’s Borders: A People’s History of Modern India
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January, 2023

Our Many Longings – Contemporary Short Fiction from Bangladesh: Edited by Sohana Manzoor

Sucharita Dutta-Asane reviews a collection of contemporary short fiction from Bangladesh edited by Sohana Manzoor.
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January, 2023

Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras by Mirza Ghalib

Sekhar Banerjee reviews Mirza Ghalib's poems on Banaras
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October, 2022

Black Metamorphoses by Shanta Lee Gander

Jon Lawrence reviews Shanta Lee Gander's poetry collection, Black Metamorphoses.
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September, 2022

Birds of the Snows by Tarannum Riyaz

Sucharita Dutta-Asane reviews Tarannum Riyaz's novel, Birds of Snows.
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July, 2022

From Threnody to Laughter: A Review of Shikhandin’s After Grief

Sucharita Dutta-Asane reviews Shikhandi's poetry collection, After Grief.
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April, 2022

I will Come with a Lighthouse by Sayan Aich Bhowmik

Susmita Paul reviews Sayan Aich Bhowmik’s debut poetry collection, I will come with a Lighthouse.
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March, 2022

Witnesses of Remembrance by Kunwar Narain

Sucharita Dutta-Asane reviews Kunwar Narain's selected poetry collection, Witnesses of Remembrances.
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March, 2022

Light of the Sabbath by Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca

Neera Kashyap reviews Light of the Sabbath by Kavita Ezekiel Mendonca.
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December, 2021

A Raga for George Harrison by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

Carole Mertz reviews A Raga for George Harrison, a collection of poems by Sharmagne Leland-St. John.
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November, 2021

A Movable East By Siddharth Dasgupta

Maitreyee B. Chowdhury reviews Siddarth Dasgupta's poetry collection, A Movable East.
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November, 2021

Blood Brothers by Chandini Santhosh

Dipali Taneja reviews Chandini Santosh's new novel, Blood Brothers.
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October, 2021

Sing of Life: Revisioning Tagore’s Gitanjali by Priya Sarukkai Chabria

A review of Priya Sarukkai Chabria's "Sing of Life: Revisioning Tagore’s Gitanjali" by Maitreyee Chowdhury.
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October, 2021

Jayanta Mahapatra: A Reader edited by Durga Prasad Panda

A review of "Jayanta Mahapatra: A Reader" by Maitreyee Chowdhury.
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June, 2021

Victory Colony, 1950 by Bhaswati Ghosh

Bhaswati Ghosh’s Victory Colony, 1950, is a portrait of resilience and a testament to humanity. The novel set in eastern India in the aftermath of the partition..
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May, 2021

The Anger of Saintly Men by Anubha Yadav

Jagged Edges of Masculinity Anubha Yadav’s debut novel is a play of stereotypes and tags that constitute male upbringing, entitlement and survival in India. It’s..
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April, 2021

The girl and the ghost by Hanna Alkaf

Hanna Alkaf is a writer from Malaysia where the legend of the pelesit originated—in Malay myth, a pelesit is a shape shifting spirit usually under..
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January, 2021

Earthlings by Sayaka Murata

Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings (2020), translated into English by Ginny Tapley Takemori, is a slim yet eerie novel about a young woman who feels peripheral to..
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