The most striking element of Maya, Dead and Dreaming greets readers before they even turn the first page. The cover art, featuring a woman’s face half-illuminated and half-swallowed by darkness, perfectly encapsulates the novel’s central tension between truth and concealment. This visual metaphor extends throughout Sabarwal’s narrative, where characters exist in similar states of partial revelation. […]

In Boy with the Red Balloon, Rita Chhetri delivers a profoundly moving narrative that traverses the fragile terrain of memory, love, childhood trauma, and human resilience. What is particularly commendable is how Chhetri—better known for her distinguished academic achievements in physics and her contributions to the nuclear industry—exhibits an intuitive command over the emotional and […]

Amitav Ghosh stands as one of the most formidable literary voices of our time—a writer whose novels are as expansive in their historical vision as they are meticulous in their craft. His works, from The Shadow Lines to the Ibis trilogy, do not merely tell stories; they excavate buried histories, interrogate colonialism’s lingering shadows, and map the interconnectedness […]

Jane Austen, the literary icon whose novels have charmed readers for over two centuries, is often celebrated for her wit, social commentary, and timeless romances. But behind the polished prose and the Regency-era ballrooms lies a treasure trove of lesser-known facts about her life, loves, and quirks that make her all the more fascinating. Let’s […]

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, one of the most celebrated authors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, is best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the world’s most famous detective—the Victorian-era equivalent of a viral TikTok star, but with more pipe-smoking and fewer dance challenges. However, Doyle’s life and work extended far beyond […]