November 27, 2014
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage : Haruki Murakami
Murakami’s books are something that even the most read people find it difficult to understand even though he is quite…
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November 20, 2014
Rebirth : Book Review
When I picked up Rebirth by Jahnavi Barua, frankly speaking I was quite skeptical as not many books on feminist…
November 15, 2014
The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India
Recently, I read Siddhartha Deb’s book The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of the New India. The first thing…
October 4, 2014
Paulami Duttagupta – Fried Interview Series
Born in Shillong, Paulami is the author of 3 books – Pinjar, Unplanned Destiny, and Ri – The Homeland of…
October 4, 2014
Ri – The Homeland of Uncertainty
– Review by Mayuri Bhattacharjee Ri- Homeland of Uncertainty by Paulami DuttaGupta is an average effort to dedicate the written…
September 18, 2014
A Wicked Woman by Jack London
Contrary to all her forebodings, Loretta found that she was not unhappy at Santa Clara. Truly, Billy wrote to her every day, but his letters were less distressing than his presence. Also, the ordeal of being away from Daisy was not so severe as she had expected. For the first time in her life she was not lost in eclipse in the blaze of Daisy’s brilliant and mature personality.
September 16, 2014
10 WAYS TO NOT BECOME A WRITER!
By Sayantan Ghosh 1. You’ll be orphaned or semi-orphaned the moment you decide to declare it to the outside world.…
September 15, 2014
The stories in-between – The Legends of Pensam
The Legends of Pensam by the noted poet Mamang Dai is a delight to read. As with her poems, the…
September 14, 2014
Quests, Identities And Secrets – Book Review of ‘Land Where I Flee’
Chitralekha Nepauney, a shrewd businesswoman, with formidable political clout in Sikkim, is approaching her 84th birthday. For Nepali Hindus the…
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September 1, 2014
Rip Van Winkle [Abridged]
Original work by Washington Irving WHOEVER has made a voyage up the Hudson must remember the Kaatskill mountains. They are…
September 1, 2014
The Roots and the Roving Spirits: Review: The Gurkha’s Daughter
Spread largely over three countries- Nepal, Bhutan and India, the Gurkhas are an enigma of sort. With the stories about…
September 1, 2014
Hard Boiled
I got this book last Christmas. I have always heard of Frank Miller but haven’t actually checked his books and…
September 1, 2014
Where have you stored your dreams Enazori?
By Parasmoni Goswami Where have you stored your dreams Enazori? In your palms or betwixt your sharp sword edged…
August 16, 2014
A Resumed Identity
by Ambrose Bierce ONE summer night a man stood on a low hill overlooking a wide expanse of forest and…
August 8, 2014
A Colourful Canvass – Book Review : Around the Hearth – Khasi Legends
Folklore has been a great area of interest for scholars around the world as it provides a peek into the…