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Nobody's Girl: A victim strikes back in a story of trauma and defiance | Book Reviews - Business Standard
Nobody's Girl: A victim strikes back in a story of trauma and defiance | Book Reviews - Business Standard
Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice is a memoir in four parts - Daughter, Prisoner, Survivor, Warrior - by Giuffre, written in collaboration with Amy Wallace
Dalit Survival and Memory in Burnt: Beyond Return - Frontline
Dalit Survival and Memory in Burnt: Beyond Return - Frontline
Sunani traces Dalit survival after caste violence and exile.
Review: Dark Hours of the Night by Salma | Hindustan Times
Review: Dark Hours of the Night by Salma | Hindustan Times
Translated from the Tamizh by GJV Prasad, the novel presents how women in a self-isolating religious community endure oppression
Report: Travel Writing Festival | Hindustan Times
Report: Travel Writing Festival | Hindustan Times
The third edition of the event, organised by Walking Bookfairs, created a moving oasis, where readers and authors interacted freely within the small space of a bus from Bhubaneshwar to Puri
Book review | Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya - Telegraph India
Book review | Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya - Telegraph India
Rahul Bhattacharya’s latest novel captures the bureaucracy of the Indian railways between the 1960s and the 1990s
A Short History of the Gaza Strip: Anne Irfan's book traces roots of crisis | Book Reviews - Business Standard
A Short History of the Gaza Strip: Anne Irfan's book traces roots of crisis | Book Reviews - Business Standard
Gaza, the city, is as old as the Old Testament in which it finds a mention. Gaza, the modern-day strip, was born in 1948, its fate entwined with the establishment and expansion of Israel
Review: The Little Book of Goodbyes by Ravi Shankar Etteth | The Hindu
Review: The Little Book of Goodbyes by Ravi Shankar Etteth | The Hindu
Explore Ravi Shankar Etteth's The Little Book of Goodbyes, a poignant reflection on love, loss, and cultural heritage.
Review: Burns Boy by Krupa Ge | Hindustan Times
Review: Burns Boy by Krupa Ge | Hindustan Times
A novel that’s a sharp picture of family discord, secrets and shame, and the resentment that fractures relationships
Review: The Comeback by Annie Zaidi | Hindustan Times
Review: The Comeback by Annie Zaidi | Hindustan Times
This book asks important questions about popularity, selfishness, leadership, social media, and about working in cinema, TV and OTT in contemporary India
Review of Avtar Singh’s new pandemic novel, The Pretenders - The Hindu
Review of Avtar Singh’s new pandemic novel, The Pretenders - The Hindu
Explore Avtar Singh's poignant pandemic novel, The Pretenders, weaving tales of isolation, love, and resilience during COVID-19.
Between being and nothingness: Yiyun Li picks acceptance as a way of living | Book Reviews - Business Standard
Between being and nothingness: Yiyun Li picks acceptance as a way of living | Book Reviews - Business Standard
Sannapureddy Venkatarami Reddy: “Shepherds know how to take care of the forest” | Hindustan Times
Sannapureddy Venkatarami Reddy: “Shepherds know how to take care of the forest” | Hindustan Times
Searches: Book explains how we turned to internet to understand ourselves | Book Reviews - Business Standard
Searches: Book explains how we turned to internet to understand ourselves | Book Reviews - Business Standard
The strength of Searches, despite its banal moments, lies in the breathing space allowed to each digital experiment without judgments or definitive conclusions
Review: Ittehad: A Life Together by Guli Sadarangani | Hindustan Times
Review: Ittehad: A Life Together by Guli Sadarangani | Hindustan Times
Review: Giants by Huthuka Sumi | Hindustan Times
Review: Giants by Huthuka Sumi | Hindustan Times
A coming-of-age story imbued with magical realism that captures the essence of the Naga people through their storytelling traditions
Book review | Flashlight by Susan Choi (Booker 2025 Nominee) | Telegraph India
Book review | Flashlight by Susan Choi (Booker 2025 Nominee) | Telegraph India
Set between 1939 and the early 2000s, Flashlight — a Booker nominee — is a sprawling tale of a nuclear family fraught with secret pasts and blurred edges of memory
Untouchable Goa by Dadu Mandrekar; trans. Nikhil Basaine | The Hindu
Untouchable Goa by Dadu Mandrekar; trans. Nikhil Basaine | The Hindu
Explore how Dalit autobiographies reveal shocking truths about oppression, identity, and resilience in contemporary literature.
Strange Horizons - The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken By Akankshya Abismruta
Strange Horizons - The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken By Akankshya Abismruta
We fear that which we don’t understand.
The Last Bench: A story that moves readers to question caste norms | Book Reviews - Business Standard
The Last Bench: A story that moves readers to question caste norms | Book Reviews - Business Standard
This book doesn't call for action to abolish the caste system - yet it leaves the reader wanting to do away with it
Review: A New World Romance by Susham Bedi | Hindustan Times
Review: A New World Romance by Susham Bedi | Hindustan Times
Set on the premise that love ends when commitment or marriage begins, the novel recounts the story of two middle-aged Indian scholars in a US city
Review of Sannapureddy Venkatarami Reddy’s Tiger Lessons, translated from the Telugu - The Hindu
Review of Sannapureddy Venkatarami Reddy’s Tiger Lessons, translated from the Telugu - The Hindu
Book Review: Nautch Boy by Manish Gaekwad
Book Review: Nautch Boy by Manish Gaekwad
What Ed Sheeran’s “Sapphire” gets right about representing India — The Chakkar
What Ed Sheeran’s “Sapphire” gets right about representing India — The Chakkar
Book review | The Call of Music by Priya Puroshothaman
Book review | The Call of Music by Priya Puroshothaman
The Evin Prison Bakers Club: Prison memoir details hard-baked resistance | Book News - Business Standard
The Evin Prison Bakers Club: Prison memoir details hard-baked resistance | Book News - Business Standard
Cannabis in India: Legal Paradox, Cultural Legacy, and the Fight for Reform - Frontline
Cannabis in India: Legal Paradox, Cultural Legacy, and the Fight for Reform - Frontline
Review: The Day the Earth Bloomed by Manoj Kuroor
Review: The Day the Earth Bloomed by Manoj Kuroor
Review: Wanderers, Adventurers, Missionaries : Early Americans in India
Review: Wanderers, Adventurers, Missionaries : Early Americans in India
Review: Woman! Life! Freedom! by Chowra Makaremic, translated from the French by Maya Judd
Review: Woman! Life! Freedom! by Chowra Makaremic, translated from the French by Maya Judd
Review: Daisy & Woolf by Michelle Cahill
Review: Daisy & Woolf by Michelle Cahill
Interview: Sunitha Krishnan, author of I Am What I Am
Interview: Sunitha Krishnan, author of I Am What I Am
Review: The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao
Review: The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao
Review: Of Men, Women and Witches by Jeyamohan
Review: Of Men, Women and Witches by Jeyamohan
On Failing: Where the quiet complexities of failure take centre stage
On Failing: Where the quiet complexities of failure take centre stage
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Science Fiction edited by Somia Suleiman
Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Science Fiction edited by Somia Suleiman
The Feminisms of Our Mothers: How one woman's step sparked progress
The Feminisms of Our Mothers: How one woman's step sparked progress
Report: Hyderabad Literary Festival
Report: Hyderabad Literary Festival
Review: Vaadivaasal by CS Chellappa, adapted by Appupen and Perumal Murugan
Review: Vaadivaasal by CS Chellappa, adapted by Appupen and Perumal Murugan
Under the Eye of The Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda
Under the Eye of The Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda
Review: ‘Swallowing The Sun’ by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri
Review: ‘Swallowing The Sun’ by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri
Book Review: Hell Hath No Fury Ed. Shinie Antony
Book Review: Hell Hath No Fury Ed. Shinie Antony
A crusader on the high road: Sunitha Krishnan's book exposes trafficking
A crusader on the high road: Sunitha Krishnan's book exposes trafficking
Review: Into The Forest by Avtar Singh
Review: Into The Forest by Avtar Singh
Everyday Reading: Tracing the evolution of Hindi magazine culture
Everyday Reading: Tracing the evolution of Hindi magazine culture
Report: Walking Bookfairs Travel Writing Festival
Report: Walking Bookfairs Travel Writing Festival
Hameed's memoir calls for reclaiming India's spirit of communal harmony
Hameed's memoir calls for reclaiming India's spirit of communal harmony
Review: Asides, Tirades, Meditations by Kiran Nagarkar
Review: Asides, Tirades, Meditations by Kiran Nagarkar
Dinesh Sharma's 'Beyond Biryani' explores Hyderabad's future in its past
Dinesh Sharma's 'Beyond Biryani' explores Hyderabad's future in its past
Review: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia
Review: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia
A ‘Spicy’ Feast of Fantasy — The Chakkar
A ‘Spicy’ Feast of Fantasy — The Chakkar
Reminiscences and longing
Reminiscences and longing
Exploring Irawati Karve's life in Iru: An anthropologist ahead of her time
Exploring Irawati Karve's life in Iru: An anthropologist ahead of her time
Review: Of Mothers and Other Perishables by Radhika Oberoi
Review: Of Mothers and Other Perishables by Radhika Oberoi
Boy, Unloved by Damodar Mauzo, trans. By Jerry Pinto: An Inclusive Goa in this Coming-Of-Age Tale
Boy, Unloved by Damodar Mauzo, trans. By Jerry Pinto: An Inclusive Goa in this Coming-Of-Age Tale
Review: Carnival by Sayam Bandyopadhyay
Review: Carnival by Sayam Bandyopadhyay
“I surrendered to the chaos”: An Interview with Tashan Mehta, author of MAD SISTERS OF ESI — The Chakkar
“I surrendered to the chaos”: An Interview with Tashan Mehta, author of MAD SISTERS OF ESI — The Chakkar
Thriving as A Single Woman in your 30s and Beyond | Decoding Draupadi
Thriving as A Single Woman in your 30s and Beyond | Decoding Draupadi
The Telegraph: Freedom at a price
The Telegraph: Freedom at a price
Two Views: Biopeculiar by Gigi Ganguly
Two Views: Biopeculiar by Gigi Ganguly
Book Review: Interrogation Records by Jeddie Sophronius - KITAAB
Book Review: Interrogation Records by Jeddie Sophronius - KITAAB
What Makes And Un-Makes A Marriage – Akankshya Abismruta Reviews Notes On A Marriage - Usawa Literary Review
What Makes And Un-Makes A Marriage – Akankshya Abismruta Reviews Notes On A Marriage - Usawa Literary Review
Ananke WLF 2024|| Panel Discussion: Telling Your Stories: Demonising Mental Health|| #TeamKC
Ananke WLF 2024|| Panel Discussion: Telling Your Stories: Demonising Mental Health|| #TeamKC
Ananke WLF 2024 || Panel Discussion on Making a Debut at 40 #TeamKC
Ananke WLF 2024 || Panel Discussion on Making a Debut at 40 #TeamKC
Book Review: Chronicle of an Hour and a Half by Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari
Book Review: Chronicle of an Hour and a Half by Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari
Book Review: An Inky Parade by Pradeep Sebastian
Book Review: An Inky Parade by Pradeep Sebastian
“I Embrace My Bitterness” - An Interview with Abhishek Anicca — The Chakkar
“I Embrace My Bitterness” - An Interview with Abhishek Anicca — The Chakkar
Origami Aai sees Manjiri Indurkar as a Chronicler of Everydayness
Origami Aai sees Manjiri Indurkar as a Chronicler of Everydayness
‘The Song of the Sky Tree’: An enchanting graphic novel about discovering and accepting oneself
‘The Song of the Sky Tree’: An enchanting graphic novel about discovering and accepting oneself
The Grammar of My Body review: Living with disability, desire and dignity
The Grammar of My Body review: Living with disability, desire and dignity
Book Review: A Woman Burnt by Imayam
Book Review: A Woman Burnt by Imayam
Three Countries, Three Lives review: How a Tamil doctor made a life for herself in UK
Three Countries, Three Lives review: How a Tamil doctor made a life for herself in UK
A Bombay That Demands More — The Chakkar
A Bombay That Demands More — The Chakkar
Book Review: A Lost People's Archive: 1 Extraordinary Tale of Survival
Book Review: A Lost People's Archive: 1 Extraordinary Tale of Survival
‘The Song of Distant Bulbuls’ is a tender ode to love and a woman’s right to decide for herself
‘The Song of Distant Bulbuls’ is a tender ode to love and a woman’s right to decide for herself
Book Review: Madhur Gupta's Courting Hindustan
Book Review: Madhur Gupta's Courting Hindustan
Book Review: Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water
Book Review: Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water
Book Review | Kalindi: Shridhar Vyankatesh Ketkar's Take On Caste and Patriarchy
Book Review | Kalindi: Shridhar Vyankatesh Ketkar's Take On Caste and Patriarchy
Book Review: 'Pankaja' By Vasanth Kannabiran
Book Review: 'Pankaja' By Vasanth Kannabiran
Rereading Volga's The Liberation of Sita Through my 20s
Rereading Volga's The Liberation of Sita Through my 20s
Book Review: Chandrabati's Ramayan
Book Review: Chandrabati's Ramayan
Book Review: Patna Blues by Abdullah Khan
Book Review: Patna Blues by Abdullah Khan
Book Review: Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Book Review: Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
Short Story: Grey Room (scroll down for the PDF)
Short Story: Grey Room (scroll down for the PDF)
Book Review: The Blue Women by Anukrti Upadhyay
Book Review: The Blue Women by Anukrti Upadhyay
Book Review: The Only Way Out is Death by Varun Gwalani
Book Review: The Only Way Out is Death by Varun Gwalani
Thanks To Women’s Web & Timely Medical Help, I'm Able To Make The Most Of My Opportunities Today
Thanks To Women’s Web & Timely Medical Help, I'm Able To Make The Most Of My Opportunities Today
7 Ways Of Coping With Endometriosis
7 Ways Of Coping With Endometriosis
4 Frequently Asked Questions About Endometriosis
4 Frequently Asked Questions About Endometriosis
Endometriosis Awareness Month: You Are Not Unfit For Desire!
Endometriosis Awareness Month: You Are Not Unfit For Desire!
The Naani Diaries- Reading beyond my prejudices
The Naani Diaries- Reading beyond my prejudices
Book Review: Indian Cafe in London by Veena Nagpal
Book Review: Indian Cafe in London by Veena Nagpal
As A Cancer Survivor In My Teens, Shormistha Mukherjee's Cancer Memoir Validated My Feelings
As A Cancer Survivor In My Teens, Shormistha Mukherjee's Cancer Memoir Validated My Feelings
A Toxic Workplace That Gave Me Panic Attacks Wasn't Worth The Salary I Earned!
A Toxic Workplace That Gave Me Panic Attacks Wasn't Worth The Salary I Earned!
As I Realise That The Women In My Family Are My Allies In A Patriarchal World; But Not The Men...
As I Realise That The Women In My Family Are My Allies In A Patriarchal World; But Not The Men...
Chaotic women and male gaze in Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence - Purple Pencil Project
Chaotic women and male gaze in Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence - Purple Pencil Project
Fragile Bride, Meek Wife, Fiery Rebel: How 3 Songs In Great Indian Kitchen Mirror This Change
Fragile Bride, Meek Wife, Fiery Rebel: How 3 Songs In Great Indian Kitchen Mirror This Change
"A Woman Ahead Of Her Time" - What Does That Even Mean In Real Life Terms?
"A Woman Ahead Of Her Time" - What Does That Even Mean In Real Life Terms?
Personal Blog: The Unforgettable Desire (2011- present)
Personal Blog: The Unforgettable Desire (2011- present)
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