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A Review of ‘The Grace of My Home’ by Julio Monteiro Martinsβ€” Amanita Sen and Barid Baran

The Grace of My Home Julio Monteiro MartinsTranslated from the Italian by Donald Stang and Helen WickesPublished by The Antonym CollectionsFirst Edition, 2023Hard Cover#Pages 136ISBN 139788196395926       https://youtu.be/kz0f4LkcYzU     Β Also,…...
Of Whom Shall i be Afraid_ANTONYM

Book Excerptβ€” Of Whom Shall I Be Afraid

An excerpt from β€˜of Whom Shall I Be Afraid’, by Sougata Roybarman, translated from the Bengali by Subhadeep Palit The parapet of this high-rise building was different from the others. It was not lonely. On many a…...
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A Review of Chandrakanta Murasingh’s Memoirs of the Woodsβ€” Oudarjya Pramanik

Book review by Oudarjya Pramanik   In the contemplative realm of literature, one often encounters works that evoke a profound connection between the written word and the recesses of one's memory. As I delved into the…...
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Between Longings for what was and the Epiphanies of the Beyond: A Review of HΓ©lΓ¨ne Cardona’s Life in Suspension

A BOOK REVIEW BY HIRANYA MUKHERJEE     As one sifts through the pages of HΓ©lΓ¨ne Cardona’s Life in Suspension, one is welcomed at the doorway in the first section of the collection by…...

Book review of Ramesh Karthik Nayak’s Chakmakβ€” Owshnik Ghosh

A BOOK REVIEW BY OWSHNIK GHOSH   β€œBanjara" is an indigenous ethnic tribe of India. Banjara were historically nomads... Generally known as Gor-Banjara, they are also called Lambadis in Telangana, or Banjaras collectively across…...

Literary Review of Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s Anthology, β€œBook of Rahim and Other Poems”— Shrestha Mukherjee

A LITERARY REVIEW BY SHRESTHA MUKHERJEE BOOK OF RAHIM AND OTHER POEMS   It is dubiously strange how our recollection of thoughts functions within us. We see a folded page inside an old book that once…...

The Smell of Manβ€” book review by Oudarjya Pramanik

Β A BOOK REVIEW BY OUDARJYA PRAMANIK   "The Smell of Man - Selected Poems" is an extraordinary anthology that introduces English-speaking readers to the mesmerising world of Manipuri poetry through the lens of Thangjam Ibopishak. This…...

Looking by Nishi Pulugurthaβ€” A Book Review

A BOOK REVIEW BYΒ  OWSHNIK GHOSH   In recent years Red River has emerged as one of the leading book publishers, especially for Indian Anglophone poetry. It has been publishing a bulk of prominent…...

Agony of the Ghost and Other Storiesβ€” A Book Review

A BOOK REVIEW BY DIPANWITA BHATTACHARYYA   β€œIsn’t it possible that all of us are actually ghosts, and we’ve simply taken on human form?” The unabashed representation of life in Bangladesh reflects on the…...