In metaphorical terms, alienation stems from a lack of place or disavowal of community. Kalpna Singh-Chitnis communicates this alienation with grace and sincerity.
Ashis Ray is the noted author of the definitive and incontrovertible version of Subhas Bose’s last hours in his book Laid to Rest (2018).
Kuhoo Mitra is an artist and illustrator with a passion for children’s books, Illustrated Nursery Rhymes being her first published work that showcases her illustrations and designs.
The book Did I really do all this? explores this eternal question of existence through the memoirs and personal experiences of Vijay Raman.
Tamil poetess Lakshmi Kannan’s Nadistuti is of the rivers and for the rivers flowing deep at our heart.
The novel looks into human desire. It is complex. Like shapeless water, it can take on the shape of whatever vehicle it is carried in.
Ramachandaran visited China many times from 2013–19 and was a journalist in China with China Daily, Global Times and China-India Dialogue from 2008–2016, thus well placed for an objective view of the bilateral relationship.
The reviewer is an associate professor of English, Tarakeswar Degree College, University of Burdwan.
Fire on the Ganges is an insightful yet compassionate book that hits hard with its bare facts by examination of the systemic gaps within a highly stratified society that systematically marginalises the specific community of the Doms, depriving them of even the basic remnants of humanity.
The reviewer is assistant professor, head of department of English, Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College, Kolkata.
