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On Reading Novels

As someone who reads a lot and makes it obvious to the world that she reads a lot, I often get asked by friends for

Priyadarshini October 9, 2022

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Book Lists

Marxism and literature: A brief roundup

What is Marxism? What is marxist literature? What is the shape Marxism has taken in India? We searched the length and breadth of India to

Prakruti Maniar May 5, 2022

Essays

Where do words go when people stop speaking them?

A few months ago, barely weeks into lockdown, I was having chai with my grandparents in the morning while they regaled me with anecdotes of

Chaitanya Sethi February 11, 2022

Essays

How to organize your book shelf, and Apps you can use to do so

Are you confused about how to organize your book shelf? Even though library science has been refined over hundreds of years, personal libraries continue to

Prakruti Maniar February 8, 2022

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Essays

Chaotic women and male gaze in Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence

The Enchantress of Florence, published in 2008, is Salman Rushdie’s most researched novel. It includes Indian, Persian, and Florentine history at large. In the late

Akankshya Abismruta January 10, 2022

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Essays

Translations: The Talk of Publishing Town

Translation is a key political tool anywhere we go; but have the last few years of being in the spotlight changed things for the industry

Payal Morankar January 3, 2022

Essays

Friends, conversations and a bookstore in Banaras

Why does he not stock books in Hindi and those for children? A friend I had gone with to the Harmony Bookstore in Banaras asked

Nimesh Ved September 6, 2020

Essays

Women and Comics in India

“Comic books are one of the most accurate portrayals of the socioeconomic and cultural norms and values of their time,” says comic historian Aarthi Parthasarathy.

Kirtana Menon May 6, 2020

Essays

Re-reading classics: Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh

I read Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh once every year. I don’t remember when I started this tradition but I seem to have done it

Shreemayee Das February 29, 2020

Essays

Indian Literature Post Independence: A throwback

A shift from Indian to Western, more magazines, and the inclusion of a semi-modern reality – Indian literature post independence bloomed from a black and

Jessica Joshi July 29, 2019

Category: Essays

On Reading Novels

Marxism and literature: A brief roundup

Where do words go when people stop speaking them?

How to organize your book shelf, and Apps you can use to do so

Chaotic women and male gaze in Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence

Translations: The Talk of Publishing Town

Friends, conversations and a bookstore in Banaras

Women and Comics in India

Re-reading classics: Shadow Lines by Amitav Ghosh

Indian Literature Post Independence: A throwback

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