This comprehensive biography of the polymath historian and mathematican tells us what it truly means to live a life of the mind
Adivasi avant-garde writers are entirely rewriting the rules of the literary canon
In 'The Land and the Shadows', well-known writer Perumal Murugan focuses on 'kottaiyee' (touring talkie theatre) and the world of Tamil cinema
Students Etched in Memory is a beautiful mosaic of essays, written in the form of events, which could give a feel of short stories, detailing the author's rich experiences of his different students who carved their niche in Perumal's life.
In ‘The Memoirs of Valmiki Rao’, Lindsay Pereira uses the agency of a retired postman who tells the story of modern Ramayana set in the spatiality of Mumbai’s chawls which represent the ethos and pathos of working-class Mumbai.
In light of the contemporary political processes and destructive rhetorics, a timely intervention has been made in the public sphere - a fiction (yet non-fiction) book by Human Rights activist Aakar Patel, titled 'After Messiah'.
In 'Monsoon', the narratives of the author, Vimala Devi, assume importance in the societal moralities in which 'she' lives as it has a huge impact on her writings.
In many parts of the novel, Fire Bird, there is a sporadic bursting of fetish compassion which raises a ray of hope for reclaiming humanity. But it doesn't take away the fact that there is a subtle but firm undercurrent of systemic ascending scale of reverence and descending scale of contempt.
With meticulous simulation and analysis of over 1 million Supreme Court cases and its other corresponding elements, ‘Court on Trial’ by Aparna Chandra, Sital Kalantry, and William HJ Hubbard produces pragmatic suggestions that could help the Supreme Court to do away many of the lacunas that it has consciously or unconsciously absorbed, inherited, or have been historically got organised since its inception.
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