Green Chilli Smile
A short story from Piazza Bangladesh by Neeman Sobhan. Barely twenty-one years old, Cheeni was far…
Books
The Price of Freedom and War
Dr. A Qayyum Khan talks to Devjani Bodepudi to dissect the history and realities of Bangladesh,…
The Narrow Road to the Deep North: Book review
“But what reality was ever made by realists?” True. And thus begins my admiration for Richard…
The 5 Man-Booker Prize winners, in the last decade, that perhaps should not have won
The winner of this year’s Man-Booker Prize is Australian author Richard Flanagan, for his novel, The…
The absence of colours and the multi-coloured past: Murakami’s new novel
Haruki Murakami’s latest novel relates the past in its multi-coloured and multi-vocal brilliance. But is it…
The Invention of Wings
Author: Sue Monk Kidd Tinder Press In a small cellar room, Handful’s mother is recovering…
The Hungry Ghosts
The Hungry Ghosts by Shyam Selvadurai Penguin Ltd Reviewed by Subhalakshmi Gooptu ‘In front…
Gender and Caste Hierarchy in Colonial Bengal. Inter-caste Interventions of Ideal Womanhood
Deboshruti Roychowdhury; Stree, 2014. Rs 600 Review by Sarmistha Dutta Gupta The privilege of upper-caste…
Residue: A Review
Nitisha Kaul’s first novel, Residue offers stunning sensitivity, delightful intrigues, interesting technical innovations as well as…
Me and My Plays
Mahesh Dattani’s new book Me and My Plays, brings to its readers two previously unpublished…