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A Quest For Truth

In the nuanced realm of legal fiction, where the interplay between truth and its provability continues to engage both jurists and writers alike, Dr. Sujay Kantawala’s latest book “The Verdict: Who Killed Sonia Verma?” emerges as a thoughtful and measured narrative.

The Thespians’ Tome

Ananda Lal: In our traditional theatre, a single episode from the Mahabharata may take all night. What made you decide your time frame?

Vandana Kumari Jena’s Swansong :Tales of reconciliation with imperfection

Swansong (2025) is not meant to be the last work (in a literal meaning) of Vandana Kumari Jena, but certainly her latest collection of fiction from Rupa Publications India Pvt (Ltd), in which the eminent fiction writer cum Retd.IAS officer (1979 Batch) continues her literary journey, offering readers a meditation on endings, identity, and the quiet power of resilience.

Women, mental health, and stories across India

For an extremely culturally diverse country like India with so many different languages, customs, taboos pervading its citizens, one common factor that remains consistent in the literature of the different bhasha languages is the miserable plight of women in general surviving often as a subaltern within a primarily patriarchal mental make-up of society.

Six transitions: What is India going to do?

The world is witnessing unprecedented transitions, especially in the six key areas of geopolitics, geography, geoeconomy, technology, environment (transition from carbon to green energy), and the shift of economic power from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to the emerging economies of the Global South.