Literature
Afterglow
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I had first read Afterglow – authored by Brahm Dev – in the Amazon-Kindle version and did find it captivating although the typos were quite unsettling, coming from the house of Amazon. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The New Thomson Press release is thankfully free of blemish and is also easy on the eyes. I have got to know the author at Delhi through our family friends and was struck with his zest for life coupled with an enviable...
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Kashmiri Muslims
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Kashmir has a long history of its own. The history dates back to pre-historic Paleolithic and Neolithic...
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The Lowland
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Published by Alfred A. Knopf and Random House, The Lowland is Jhumpa Lahiri’s second novel...
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Afterglow
Afterglow
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); I had first read Afterglow – authored by Brahm Dev – in the Amazon-Kindle version and did find it captivating although the typos were quite unsettling, coming from the house of Amazon. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The New Thomson Press release is thankfully free of blemish and is also easy on the eyes. I have got to know the author at Delhi through our family friends and was struck with his zest for life coupled with an enviable...
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Book Review
Kashmiri Muslims
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Kashmir has a long history of its own. The history dates back to pre-historic Paleolithic and Neolithic eras. Despite having earliest recorded classical sources as compared to other parts of the sub-continent predominant portion of the Kashmiri population has received a raw deal at the hands of those who have contributed to the historiography of Kashmir. Rajthrangni remains counterpart of the Firdausi’s Shahnama, the author is more concerned about language rather than authenticity...
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Book Review
The Lowland
(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Published by Alfred A. Knopf and Random House, The Lowland is Jhumpa Lahiri’s second novel set in two far far away lands of West Bengal in India and Rhode Island in the United States of America. The story of two brothers who are born in Calcutta (Modern Kolkata) in the 1960’s and grow during the peak of Naxalist movement. Born in the middle class family of an Indian Railways employee, the brothers Subhash and Udayan are inseparable and share a close relationship with each...