Ambika Ananth’s “Storms and Breezes” reflects on several subtle human emotions

26 Sep 2024

Poetry book “Storms and Breezes On Mortal Waves" by eminent Indian author Ambika Ananth is a captivating collection of poems that reflects over multiple human emotions. The other part of the book entitled as “Sweet Dependence has been painstakingly penned down by Dr. Yeshodhara Gopala Rao. The book co-authored by these two...

My motivation stems from a desire to uplift and amplify women’s voices: Reecha

26 Sep 2024

Reecha Agarwal Goyal is an eminent Indian author who has four remarkable books to her credit. As a senstive writer, she understands the different aspects of society and thus quite artistically reflects over them. Her first book – ‘Such is Her Life’ – a direct hit on patriarchy - was an...

Sugandha Pallan’s latest book ’Where The Dead Come” is bound to give you thrills

19 Sep 2024

Horace Walpole is acclaimed as the harbinger of ‘Horror fiction’. Known for his magnum opus ‘The Castle of Otranto’, Walpole sets new branch marks and paves way for the gothic novels to flourish in the fiefdom of literature . Since its origin the ‘Novel of Terror’ has successfully and scintillatingly held...

Love has several hues and shades: Defining its different dynamics is certainly a daunting task

15 Aug 2024

LOVE, a unique poetry collection by poet Arbind Kumar Choudhary, emerges as a great work of art that abides by Keatsean romantic doctrine to its utmost degree. The elements of Keatsean sensuousness, flight of imagination, philosophy of love, nature, and poetry, pictorial painting, classical traits, romantic content, lyrical outbursts, and...

Rolling the Dice with The Goa Gambit

15 Aug 2024

The Goa Gambit by Anurag Tripathi is an exciting read that immerses readers in the dazzling yet dangerous world of Goa's casinos. With a captivating story, vivid characters, and plenty of surprising twists, it's a must-read for thriller enthusiasts, especially those who enjoy high-stakes gambling and political drama. Set in...

A Rich Tapestry Of Drama, Crime And Moral Dilemmas

09 Aug 2024

A Family in freefall. Clipped Wings by Sushil Chadha is an engrossing and harrowing tale that will leave readers questioning the intersection of family dynamics, crime, and social standing. Spanning three generations, the novel intricately explores the lives of an aristocratic family entangled in the bureaucratic web of 1990s Delhi....

Holding A Mirror To Present Realities

09 Aug 2024

The emergence of BJP as a potent political force, particularly after 2014, has not weakened secularism as a political ideal. A majority of Indians strongly adhere to religious harmony and ‘sarv dharm sambhav’ as an expression of secularism. This explains why Indian Muslims still find secularism as an important metaphor...

Khayyam to Taliban

24 Feb 2023

Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring The Winter Garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly -- and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing. — Omar Khayyam (1048CE-1141CE) Long ago, Omar Khayyam wrote poetry that was...