July 19, 2025
Book Review: The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
It’s not often that a book brings you to the brink of tears. I think that best sums up The…
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November 28, 2015
Ankush Saikia brings a fresh perspective on how to write a murder mystery
The last three novels by Ankush Saikia is kind of noir and have detective background. The Girl from Nongrim Hills was…
September 7, 2015
Murder in Bollywood is a highly original pulp fiction
Pulp fiction is a rarity in Indian English writing scene and only few of them manage to deliver a decent…
September 3, 2015
Simple Plane Love is a Poorly Edited Disaster
I have read Priyanka Luthra before also in her blogs and I believe she is a fine writer of micro-fiction.…
August 24, 2015
The Cosmopolitans redefines Anjum Hasan as a writer
It’s always a pleasure to read Anjum Hasan as she always brings a fresh perspective into any topic thus enriching…
May 20, 2015
Pain will make you feel alive | Book review: No Direction Rome|
I have been sitting in front of my laptop for about an hour or so and I am still not…
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
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 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…
August 2, 2014
Spotting Veron & Other Stories – Book Review
The stories in this collection are very real and describe the basic instinct in us that makes us to react…
July 16, 2014
Book Review : Che in Paona Bazaar
Book Blurb : North-East India is not an ‘imagined community’, separated from the politics and policies that govern the rest…
November 15, 2013
The Girl from Nongrim Hills
The Book- The Girl from Nongrim Hills The Author- Ankush Saikia Book Released on- 15 Oct’13 I have always liked…
July 15, 2013
Jet City Woman by Ankush Saikia
Recently, I read “Jet City Woman” by Ankush Saikia: a small novel that was a quick and fast read. The…