I have always thought of the seasonal quartet as a large puzzle. One that I keep assembling, making attempts to inch closer to its completion. With every book in the quartet, one seems to take […]
Women, Dreaming by Salma translated from Tamil by Meena Kandasamy is a story of a Muslim village in Tamil Nadu that holds firm dogmatic beliefs about religion, faith, and the position of women in society. […]
Honor means respect. And there are numerous ways in which one’s honor can be lost. But what, and who defines the rules and governs the loss of one’s respect? Mostly as humans, it is an […]
Inheritance by Balli Kaur Jaswal is a family saga that explores multiple dimensions of a stereotypical society and how its implications can change the equations of relationships in a family. This family that is based […]
I opened a bottle of scent and the fragrance first lurched at me with urgency. Peculiar, making me think if it is for me. But after a stroll when I sniffed it again I realized […]
Breasts and eggs- an exploration of a woman’s body asks a lot of questions, as it narrates the story of Natsuko-the main protagonist of Meiko Kawakami’s novel. The book is divided into two parts. Part […]
The time I read my first Shafak it felt like being hit by this wave of writing and mysticism that washed me over. Gasping and drenched by this wave I was left a new person […]
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall is a compilation of essays that talks of marginalized feminism comparing them to scenarios where mainstream feminism was/is brought out with a pomp side-lining the former section of people. Because […]
Anxious people by Backman is the story of a bank robbery, a hostage situation but mostly it is a soiree of anxious people who show us how the feeling and emotion of anxiousness persists in […]
History has a strange way of alluring us in its pages. The pages that are full of stories, exuding the vibe of a warm narration by an elderly who has seen it all, filled with […]
