Articles by Bindu Menon

Innocents In City Primeval

Lives in the new Malayali diaspora intersect in a Delhi wracked by change and tragedy

Dec 16, 2020 Bindu Menon
Hypatia’s Code Of Fractions

From 5th century Alexandria to contemporary Kochi, this thrilling tale is a spatio-temporal jukebox

Mar 18, 2020 Bindu Menon
Misfits Before Mosul

Three damaged youths are seduced by a jehadi future, and reflect upon a cold desert

Mar 13, 2019 Bindu Menon
Swallowing Hurts

A promising life, cut short, is lived in spirit and connects narratives of other womanhoods

Nov 28, 2018 Bindu Menon
Divisions Made Nazms

A masterful minimalist with measured tones, Shahryar fused traditional and modern idioms

Oct 05, 2018 Bindu Menon
Tales A Na-Phing Can Tell

A culture saturated with patriarchy, identities strapped in curfews and ceasefires—a Northeast anthology on...

May 09, 2018 Bindu Menon
Not Mei Lin’s Republic

A sweeping novel reaches back to an early Chinese worker in Assam, and tells the story of his hapless...

Mar 30, 2018 Bindu Menon
In This Life Of Raging On

Souls desperate for home, love, deliverance and justice jostle with their stories in a stew, as a sleepless,...

Feb 16, 2018 Bindu Menon