Interview with Debasmita Dasgupta on her debut graphic novel, “Nadya”

20 09 , 2019 No Comments
Nadya is a stunningly powerful graphic novel about thirteen-year-old Nadya who witnesses her parent’s marriage deteriorate. The story and the art work are devastating. The
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Women in Translation, Aug 2019

18 09 , 2019 1 Comment
The Women in Translation (#WiT) month is celebrated annually in August. There was a flurry of activity online with a number of gems being unearthed
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“Remarkable Minds: A Celebration of Reith Lectures”

18 09 , 2019 No Comments
The Reith Lectures were inaugurated in 1948 by the BBC as a ‘stimulus to thought and contribution to knowledge’ and has remained a flagship programme
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“Prelude to a Riot” by Annie Zaidi

18 09 , 2019 No Comments
No big colonial sword needs to come down and slash the fabric of the nation,” …. “Muscle by muscle, atom by atom, we are being
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On plot, process and storytelling

18 09 , 2019 No Comments
Recently I heard a couple of brilliant conversations online as well as read a book of interviews with Tamil women writers where all the writers
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“Where No Daffodils Grow” by Sandeep Raina

17 09 , 2019 No Comments
On 24/25 August 2019, Sandeep Raina’s “Where No Daffodils Grow” was published in the Hindu Literary Supplement. Here is the link. Given the space restrictions
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Book Post 44: 25 Aug – 14 Sept 2019

16 09 , 2019 No Comments
Book Post 44 includes some of the titles received in the past few weeks. Wherever available Amazon’s Kindle widget has been embedded in the blog
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Book Post 43: 7 – 24 Aug 2019

16 09 , 2019 No Comments
Book Post 43 includes some of the titles received in the past few weeks. Wherever available Amazon’s Kindle widget has been embedded in the blog
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Interview with Ahlawat Gunjan

05 09 , 2019 1 Comment
Ahlawat Gunjan has a Master’s Degree in Graphic Design from The Glasgow School of Art, UK. Previous to that he also spent a semester at
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Tuesday Reads ( Vol 8), 13 August 2019

26 08 , 2019 No Comments
Dear Reader, It has to be the oddest concatenation of events that when the abrogation of Article 370 was announced by the Indian Government on
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