The shelf / 7 Asian healing fiction recommendations for rainy days

For me, the key takeaway from “Lucky” would be the perspective one can gain into living in the shadow of war, which creates around its victims a prison of undying misery.

Cohen’s book confidently deals with the comedy of the Jewish family.

Paul argues that colonial education rather sowed discord and contributed to unequal divisions of labour between Hindus and Muslims.

A brief history of the creation in verse.

It has made literary criticism—often regarded highbrow or excessively academic—feel accessible.

Fire & Blood is the historical retelling of the reign of the Targaryens as told by the fictional Archmaster Gyldayn, and it is a compressed version of all the things that make A Song of Ice and Fire so fun.

Khaki is not usually considered a cherished colour. Yet one might become attached to it, especially if it is connected to childhood memories.

The author shared about her life being an associate professor, teaching Management, raising two girls, and her love for writing over a cup of coffee and snacks. 

Despite the decelerating growth rate and with the country's population currently standing at 16.51 crore as opposed to just 14 crore in 2011—merely 10 years ago—overcrowding is still a massive cause of headache for most of us.

Proceeds from the book’s sales will be donated to charity foundations that work with underprivileged children. 

There are many platforms that integrate writers and poets. But somehow, academics are only thought of when one becomes a celebrity. Literary Matters, an online literary discussion series, was launched by The Daily Star in May 2022 with the thought of bringing in the up-and-coming academics who are also involved in other creative and intellectual areas.

There’s no other way but to go numb. But then the excruciating job is to make oneself un-numb.

She woke up to milky streetlight spilled on the bed, his exposed neck in its creamy glow. The dark dip between the wings of the collar bones a misshapen waking eye. Keeping watch. She shifted the weight off her right shoulder to turn to the other side. The shoulder was pulsing a heart-beat rhythm of pain. Pain unlike the kind he had brought on a million of his people. A million pairs of hands that would swim oceans, leap mountains, brave war-zones, to switch places with her. For access to that throat. She landed softly on her left. It was time for the other shoulder to share the pain.

“Here one will find on state policy analysis and societal dynamics–exploring grey areas and bringing multidimensional analysis to the refugee crisis”, said Professor Dr Meghna Guhathakurta.

His written language came close to spoken language due to the primitive and original style of Bengali syntax—simple sentence structures.

Writers and intellectuals are obligated to stir moral indignation at gross injustices and the plight of the masses.

The personal space is the same as the political sphere, the individual on the same strand as the collective. 

Studios seem to think female characters need to be glossed with a “zany” and “feisty” persona in order to be relevant. 

Glory is narrated by a vivid chorus of animal voices, while Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies is partly told by the malevolent cancer travelling through the body of protagonist Lia.

An engaging discussion on translations unfolded at the event.