A chronicle of deportation and incarceration
The reviewer is an associate professor of English, Tarakeswar Degree College, University of Burdwan.
The reviewer is an associate professor of English, Tarakeswar Degree College, University of Burdwan.
Fire on the Ganges is an insightful yet compassionate book that hits hard with its bare facts by examination of the systemic gaps within a highly stratified society that systematically marginalises the specific community of the Doms, depriving them of even the basic remnants of humanity.
The reviewer is assistant professor, head of department of English, Vijaygarh Jyotish Ray College, Kolkata.
The profession of copyediting is relatively underrecognized in India; however, copyeditors play a crucial role in the book publishing process,…
The increasing presence of women as entrepreneurs has led to significant business and economic growth in the country. Women-owned business enterprises play a prominent role in society by generating employment opportunities in the country, bringing in demographic shifts, and inspiring the next generation of women founders.
Durga, Sita, Draupadi are women who join the pantheon of rebel figures who had to assert their selfhood over and above the position granted to them by society. The cause of the “native Indians” in America and Canada entering this purview as well for Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee is a text that the poet remembers well. “Isn’t equality the only color?”
Thierry Henry, one of the greatest footballers of all time, opens up about how only worldwide fame can help to protect from racism, while the story of how racism ended the career of Adam Goodes, the legendary Australian Rules footballer, could well move you to tears.
As Kapadia puts it in one of his "Samosa Gyans": I might not be a billionaire, but I know I've achieved enough to inspire you to get off your seat.
"Far away, in Delhi, one could imagine a chuckle in the corridors of South Block. Nepal's politics, and its politicians, are a quagmire. Its leaders play each other and its neighbours constantly in the struggle for power. India had long waded into the puddle, played the game and lost. Now, it was China's turn."
Conspiracy of Aunts is an exciting combination of romance, Victorian elegance and vignettes from the lives of the bhadraloks (gentry) of Calcutta. You need to judge the book by its (well-designed) cover and dive right in to enjoy the fastpaced events thereafter... A review.
