Tarapath by Sumitra Nandan Pant – Review
Hindi Literature in India, of course by Indians, has been closely associated with the idea of Indianness, something that we have been debating for a while now. The language, as…
How Hindi-Urdu Literature Caught Spark… Again
There is no surprise here. India has a unique diversity and Indians are rather wise enough to assess the tempo of age and enjoy the literature that best fits it.…
Bisre Alfaz by Sidharth Mukim – Review
Bisre Alfaz is a book containing poems in Hindi as well as English, written by Sidharth Mukim, a New Delhi based poet. Though the collection has Hindi poems in the…
Moon Child by Rushali Mukherjee – Book Review
Literature is open to all. The way we can read literature freely is wonderful! At the same time, that everyone can express his or her views in prose or verse…
Paal Le Ik Rog Naadan by Gautam Rajrishi – Review
Gautam Rajrishi is not new to contemporary Hindi literature in India. Even at the time when his first collection of poems came out, Paal Le Ik Rog Naadan, many of…
Collected Poems by Nissim Ezekiel: Oxford – Book Review
Book: Collected Poems by Nissim Ezekiel Author: Nissim Ezekiel Genre: Poetry Publication: Oxford University Press, 7 February 2005 ISBN: 978-0195672497 Pages: 296 Review by Anand Shiv Jha for Indian Book…
What editions are the best for poetry, novels and non-fiction books for academic purposes?
This is a subject that seldom a book reviewer will write about. While most of the contemporary book reviewers generally busy themselves checking the cover, blurb and grammar in a…
The Country Without a Post Office – Agha Shahid Ali – Book Review
The Country Without a Post Office, a so-called acclaimed poetry collection by an American poet, who touts himself as a Kashmiri, has too many things to express and too many…
Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets – R. Parthasarthy: Book Review
Indian English poetry is not full enough, rich enough and just not enough to be able to comprehend with all its might, qualities and bulk. Unlike Indian English novel, poetry…
Neela Neela by Gautam Rajrishi – Book Review
Hindi literature has come to a diverse stage today. We have many authors, poets and experts who share their art with the readers on a frequent basis and it has…
Moving for Moksha by Alok Mishra: Book Review
This is the second poetry collection by Alok Mishra, an Indian English poet, after his first one which was published back in 2018, October, 13 untitled and weird poems. Moving…
Palgrave’s Golden Treasury: Book Review
The title of the book suggests too many things about the content. Palgrave’s Golden Treasury – most of the readers should already know that it is a poetry collection with…