Bookworm

A book review of Urdu stories from India and Pakistan

Exploring New Urdu Writingsβ€” Shams Afif Siddiqui

A Book Review of New Urdu Writings: From India and Pakistan (2013): An Anthology of short stories from the subcontinent, edited by Rakhshanda Jalil   Publisher: Tranquebar  The words 'New' and 'Writing' in…...
A book review of part one of the Chandal Jiban Trilogy- The Runaway Boy- by Manoranjan Byapari

Charuibeti Or To Keep Moving Ahead With Jibanβ€” Ahana Bhattacharjee

A review of the first part of the Chandal Jiban Trilogy, The Runaway Boy, written by Manoranjan Byapari, and translated into English by V. RamaswamyΒ      The first thing to hit the reader upon initial reading…...
A book review of These Hills Called Home by Temsula Ao

An Intimate Portrait Of Nagalandβ€” Ahana Bhattacharjee

A Review Of Temsula Ao's Short Story Anthology These Hills Called Home Β    The refrain running through the text is of resilience, human will, and fortitude in the face of great calamities (personal and…...
A review of Neumann's paintings and Noteboom's poetry by Aritra Sanyal

The Whole Of The Brokennessβ€” Aritra Sanyal

Β  Book Name: Self Portrait Of An Other by Cees Nooteboom and Max NeumannTranslated by David Colmer40 pagesSeagull Books  Reading Self-Portrait of an Other (2017), a letter-sized book with drawings by…...
Review of two Nepali stories by Roshni Subba

Negotiating The Idea of Women’s Relationship With ‘Home’β€” Roshni Subba

Two Nepali short-stories, Sampurna Rai's 'Rama' and Lakhhi Devi Sundas' 'Tesro Ghar', reviewed by Roshni Subba   Just like water and food, finding a home or shelter is one of the primal longings of the human race.…...
A book review of the short story collection of Damador Mauzo

Reading The Wait And Other Stories by Damodar Mauzoβ€” Subhadrakalyan

When I first received this book titled The Wait And Other Stories, I never expected it to open up an entirely new world to me; a world that I never knew existed anywhere on this earth.…...
A book review of Kalicalypse, a collection of stories about the apocalypse

Book Review of Kalicalypseβ€” Huzaifa Omair Siddiqi

In some strange way, the apocalypse has always been the quintessential object of desire. All the major religions seem to be founded on an apocalyptic imagination, and even in our secular contemporary culture, the apocalypse…...

On ‘Flights’β€” A Book Review by Arya Chatterjee

It would be futile to list out the many rewards this book has for its name. A book published back in 2007 has already seen the thick and thin of appreciation and criticism. It is…...
Mehreen Ahmed, Tagore, Shesher Kobita

Radiating the Incandescence: Reading Ahmed & Remembering Tagore

A book review by Modhura Banerjee     IncandescenceAuthor: Mehreen AhmedNo. of pages: 406Published on June 7th, 2022    Incandescence written by Mehreen AhmedΒ is a parallel exploration into the conflicts and stasis of…...