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(This review does not have any spoilers) More than being an epic, Mahabharata is the story with its roots rising from the very humanity, writes Bhawmik in the introduction to the book. Who wouldn’t agree? Mahabharata, even though a story of gods, warriors and divine deities, it’s also a story of human emotions. Right fromContinue reading “A Saga Grand and Old: Review of Dwapar Katha, The Stories of the Mahabharata by Sudipta Bhawmik”

Penny the Penguin was in a party, but she was so very sad. She didn’t want to leave her icecap but mummy said that all the ice was melting so they had to search for a new home. What was Penny to do? She was just a little girl Penguin. She didn’t want to goContinue reading “Penny Goes to a Party”

Out of 188 entries in various languages, my translation for Munshi Premchand’s short story ‘Mahateerth’ has been shortlisted amongst 26 entries that will now compete for the shortlist and then, the award. It’s called ‘The Great Pilgrimage’. Here is my entry- Munshi Indramani’s expenses exceeded his income. He couldn’t afford the charges of a nannyContinue reading “A Yahoo Moment: My Translation Shortlisted for Prestigious Mozhi Prize-2023.”

(This review does not have any spoilers) It seems as if many prominent authors have a detective novel in them. In west, JK Rowling (under a pen name of Robert Galbraith) has written furiously famous Strike series. Stephen King forayed into this sub-genre with his Mercedes Killer trilogy that continued with Holly. Back home, it’sContinue reading “Finding light in dark abundant: Review of Hot Stage by Anita Nair”

(This review does not have any spoilers) Did you pause and look at this pic for more than 30 seconds? Did you marvel at the delicate Cherry Blossoms that flower only twice in a year? Did you look at the golden light, the shimmer that comes only too briefly just before dusk? Or did youContinue reading “Chasing After The Big H- Review of The Happiness Story by Savi Sharma”

(This review is spoiler-free) ‘Mad Sisters of Esi’ by Tashan Mehta is what fantasy buffs call a ‘high fantasy’. Set in a world that is actually a whale, the whale of babel that swims in the Black Sea. It’s not natural but a man-made wonder of universe, made by Wisa. Here, in the cosmic chambersContinue reading “A phantasmagoria of High Fantasy- Review of Mad Sisters of Esi”

‘Everything The Light Touches’ by Janice Pariat is a climate fiction, abbrieviated as a Cli-Fi that seeks you to go back to nature, to halt and breathe and stop the endless hunger of resource-mining. Divided into four naratives, the book begins with Shai, a shy khasi girl who returns to her hometown Shillong from DelhiContinue reading “ALL IS LEAF: Review of ‘Everything The Light Touches’ by Janice Pariat”

At more than roughly 77%, India has lion’s share of the world’s rural population. And yet, we have few books in the same vein; even fewer writers the likes of Manoranjan Byapari. He used to do physical labour to earn money (he was a rickshaw puller who had been in prison). Byapari’s Chandal Jibon TrilogyContinue reading “A Mosaic of Caste, Hunger, Humiliation and Violence”

Review of ‘Didi’ by Nirupama Devi , translated by Alo Shome (Copy courtesy Rupa Books) Reading ‘Didi’ is an exercise in disappointment and wonderment. Disappointment not because of the skills of the writer as Nirupama Devi but the unfortunate conditions the female protagonists of the story find themselves in. The time, almost an age hasContinue reading “Women A Century Ago”

Review of ‘Masters of Death’ by Olivie Blake (Copy courtesy Panmacmillan India) Loosely based on a fairy tale ‘Godfather Death’, Masters of Death by Olivie Blake is the story of Viola, a shapeshifting vampire who daylights as a real estate agent in California. Viola wants to sella mansion but it’s last owner, Thomas Edward Parker,Continue reading “In this story, vampires sell houses.”