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Acts of Sanctification Amitava Chaudhuri book review

Acts of Sanctification by Amitava Chaudhuri – Book Review

3 years ago

The novel ‘Acts of Sanctification’ by Amitava Chaudhuri is a wonderful political fiction loaded with aspiration, conspiracies, duel with the past of oneself and hopes and despair about the future…

Nakaam Dushman by Ravi Ranjan Goswami book review

Naakam Dushman by Ravi Ranjan Goswami (Hindi) – Book Review

Novels

3 years ago

Book: Nakaam Dushman Language: Hindi Author: Ravi Ranjan Goswami The world of Indian English literature has been lit up with a variety of works published by a variety of authors…

The Powerful, The Powerless book review Shiva Dhuli

The Powerful, The Powerless by Shiva Dhuli – Book Review

Novels

3 years ago

The title contains the central idea of the novel – one set of characters is powerful and another set is powerless. However, in this world that we inhabit, nothing is…

See Glass by Ido Graf – Book Review

Novels

3 years ago

Political crime thrillers are not new. Espionage and spy fiction as well as novels based on grim realities are seldom welcomed in our country with open arms by readers as…

A Dumb’s Story by Sudipta Roy – book review

Novels

3 years ago

“For me, there was no option left. I was almost dead when I chose this path, but you were not. You had a good job, good career prospects. Still, you…

The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga – Book Review

Novels

3 years ago

Title: The White Tiger Author: Aravind Adiga Publication: Harper Collins, 2008, UK ISBN: 1-4165-6259-1 Genre: Picaresque novel Number of Pages: 318 Price: 400 Name of the Reviewer: Chandan Kumar Aravind…

The white tiger Aravind Adiga imagery poor writing

The White Tiger – looking back at the ‘masterpiece’ that is a heap of broken images

Opinions

4 years ago

Though the book brought fame and wealth, feet in the elite clubs where ‘liberals’ engage and discuss poverty having thousand-dollar wine, Man Booker Award and what not, have you read…

True Literary criticism is different and absent today

Do we lack contemporary critics who can construe literature objectively? Opinion

Opinions

4 years ago

Criticism has proven itself to be the tool that can discern works of literature. Standards, measures, ranks and hierarchy can be various and depending upon the person who indulges in…

Don't Believe A Word by David ShariatMadari book review

Don’t Believe a Word: The Surprising Truth About Language by David Shariatmadari – Review

Non-fiction

4 years ago

“Take the words “adder,” “apron” and “umpire.” They were originally “nadder,” “napron” and “numpire.” I did not know because I am not into the studies of linguistics in-depth. However, knowing…

war of narratives left vs right Indian book critics authors wing

The Battle of Narratives – Right vs the Left in Literature & other Writings

Opinions

4 years ago

There is no harm in displaying your political affiliations in a democracy! Democracy is very much about political affiliations, people voting their favourite party and leaders, electing a government and…

A Promised Land by Obama: Review

Non-fiction

4 years ago

“He was most interested in talking about Iran, which he rightly viewed as Israel’s largest security threat, and we agreed to coordinate efforts to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear…

5 BOOKS ABOUT INDIAN FREEDOM STRUGGLE YOU MUST READ!

Books about Indian Independence that you must read! 15th August 2020 Suggestions

Recommendations

4 years ago

Independence day comes every year and we are elated with the unmatchable feelings of patriotism within us, so much in the dimension that we cannot let anything bad happen to…