On a Truck Alone, to McMahon
An excerpt from the book.
Books
This little book store in Kolkata “measures up” to the books aficionados’ expectations
The collections on the shelves have evolved manifold.
It’s not easy for me to explore the pain of the ‘dark side’: author Paro Anand
I get very drawn in, says Paro Anand.
How the Bengal famine of 1943 turned into an invisible event in Indian and world history
In a new book, Scent of a Story, Shankar Ghosh writes in the voice of his father, Dr S.N. Ghosh, the first Indian editor of…
Learning to love again
An excerpt from Paro Anand’s new YA book, The Other. Dark yet uplifting, unflinching yet deeply positive.
Dr. Triguna Sen had his finger on the pulse of student life and understood their fears, joys, anxieties and desires
A new book on Dr Triguna Sen, the first Vice Chancellor of Jadavpur University.
Lots of work to be done, but it is a great time to be a children’s book writer in India now, says Roopa Pai
Roopa Pai is one of India’s best-known children’s writers. This computer engineer has written over 25 books for children, spanning the gamut…
Understanding the tribal woman’s journey of identity
Making, unmaking and remaking it through gendered lenses
“Are you a Muslim? I hate Muslims”
An excerpt from the book, Mothering A Muslim
As interesting as the stories it tells
Review of Snigdha Poonam’s book, ‘Dreamers: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World’.