Celebrating The Power Of Art In Troubled Times
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honoured Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai with the Nobel Prize in Literature for the year 2025 on October 9 “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre […]
Between State & People
By Yogendra Yadav When was the last time we had a book of such breadth and depth on Indian politics? I asked myself this question as I finished reading Partha […]
Dealing With Storm From A Shelter
Is it possible for a person who protects others to act like a storm? Suzanna Arundhati Roy, the Indian author best known for her novel The God of Small Things […]
His Next Book To Remain Sealed Until 2114
Noted Indian author Amitav Ghosh (b. July 11, 1956) wants no one to touch his next manuscript until the year 2114. Perhaps, he plans to leave a prophecy for his […]
Kashmir’s Iconic Bookstore Shuts Down
Another pride of the Kashmiri people has been silently erased, along with its 45 years of glory. Bestseller, the iconic bookstore situated in a quiet corner of Lal Chowk in […]
The Child Of Sufferings
“The scars on our children’s faces/will look for you./Our children’s amputated legs/will run after you.” It seems that it is not just a verse, but a curse. Mosab Abu Toha […]
When The Anomie Bleeds
Like Egyptian author Naguib Mahfouz Abdelaziz Ibrahim Ahmed Al-Basha (popularly known as Naguib Mahfouz; December 11, 191 – August 30, 2006), Ferit Orhan Pamuk (b. June 7, 1952), the only […]
The Image Of Moral Conflict In The Mirror
Canadian author Naomi Klein‘s 2023 publication Doppelganger: A Trip Into the Mirror World may help readers to understand the implicit meaning of the word doppelganger. The literal meaning of this […]
Shouldering A Responsibility
For a decade, Radhamani, a librarian at the Pratibha Public Library in the southern Indian province of Kerala, has been walking door to door to distribute books for just INR […]
Boundless Ocean Of Politics 