New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Dear Reader, As everybody knows, Bengalis are fond of the supernatural-or of things they can pass off as otherworldly to gain some personal advantage. Like my aunt did. There w... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 12 -- A small pop-up book with drawings and text in Kannada, created by a 14-year-old school student, Mamta, describes how she misses her father, whom she rarely gets to see. He leaves... Read More
New Delhi, Oct. 10 -- Dear Reader, The latest gem thrown up by my relentless trawling of secondhand bookstores is Wayward Women: A Guide to Women Travellers (1990) by Jane Robinson. It is a detailed ... Read More
New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- Dear Reader, I follow artist and writer Siddhesh Gautam (@bakeryprasad) on Instagram: his page is not only visually attractive, with posts containing his artworks, but is also ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Dear Reader, Some years ago, I tried translating one of my life's bibles, Bengali author Lila Majumder's novelHolde Pakhir Palok(literally, The Yellow Bird's Feather), for an Am... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Dear Reader, Texts we have read constitute the libraries in our heads and shape us. Then those libraries direct us towards texts that can be appropriate additions to the archives... Read More