Book Review

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• 2019
• Awards
• Bangladesh
• Book Review
• Novel
• Translation

How Rizia Rahman’s Letters of Blood shows rather than tells stories

7 years ago

Book review by Shah Tazrian Ashrafi   Title: Letters of Blood Author: Rizia Rahman Translator: Arunava Sinha Publisher: Bengal Lights...

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• 2019
• Book Review
• Poetry
• Poets

How Sumana Roy shows “the poet must hide & the reader must look for the hidden” in Out Of Syllabus

7 years ago

Reviewed by Rakhi Dalal Title: Out of Syllabus Author: Sumana Roy Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books, 2019 Sumana Roy is a...

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• 2019
• Book Review
• Novel
• novelist
• Singapore
• Singlit
• Translations

How Isa Kamari’s Kiswah journeys from ‘the abyss of darkness to enlightenment’

7 years ago

Book review by Mitali Chakravarty Title: Kiswah Author: Isa Kamari Publisher: Kitaab, 2019 Isa Kamari is a well-known legend in...

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• 2019
• Book Review
• history
• Non-fiction

Dara Shukoh: Would he be an Ideal Ruler? 

7 years ago

Book Review by Gargi Vachaknavi   Title: Dara Shukoh, The Man Who Would Be King Author: Avik Chanda Publisher: Harper...

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• 2019
• Book Review
• Novel

How Wild Boars Wreak Havoc in Cane Fields in Anniqua Rana’s telling

7 years ago

Book Review by Namrata Title: Wild Boar in the Cane Field Author’s Name: Anniqua Rana Publisher: Amazon, 2019 ‘My mothers found me a...

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• 2019
• Awards
• Book Review
• India

How Teresa Rehman Writes of Conflict with Peace as the Agenda

7 years ago

Book Review by Nabina Das Title: Bulletproof: A Journalist's Notebook on Reporting Conflict Author: Teresa Rehman Publisher: Penguin Random House...

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• 2019
• Asian American
• Book Review
• Short Stories

Has Murali Kamma’s Not Native belied Pico Iyer’s definition of home?

7 years ago

Book Review by Mitali Chakravarty   Title: Not Native Author: Murali Kamma Publisher: Wising Up Press, 2019 Not Native is a...

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• Asian short stories
• Book Review
• Malaysia
• Short Stories

 “Your god, my god…” — Is it all the same? What does the mad man say?

7 years ago

Book Review by Koi Kye Lee Title: The Mad Man and Other Stories Author: A. Jessie Michael Publisher : Maya...

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• Book Review
• Poetry
• Poets
• Singapore
• Singlit

Sightlines: How Marc Nair “sees the world in a grain of sand”, much in the tradition of William Blake

7 years ago

Book Review by Kaiyi Tan Title: Sightlines Author: Marc Nair Photographer: Tsen-Waye Tay Publisher: Math Press, 2019 I must first...

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• Book Review
• Poetry
• Poets
• Uncategorized

How Sarita Jenamani visualises birds ‘flying with shards of sky in their beak’

7 years ago

Book Review by Dr. Anisur Rahman Book: Till the Next Wave Comes Poet: Sarita Jenamani Publisher: Dhauli Books, 2018  ...