Book Review

The title of this anthology, the third in a tetralogy, a sequel to The Palette (published in 1999) and The Easel (2015), is apt, for we are introduced to 22...

One reads books for two reasons: enjoyment and enlightenment. There are scores of books, even hundreds if one is the book reading type, which one reads during the course of...

At a time when the world is in a tearing hurry and future projection is the name of the game, Jhumpa Lahiri seems to have discovered the pleasures of stasis...

Man is said to be the master of his own destiny, and a people collectively shapes the destiny of a nation. Yet, at times providence picks up an individual to...

The folios of government records, which subsequently become a part of authentic history, do not reserve a space for the struggle of existence. Ashutosh Bhardwaj’s latest book, The Death Script:...

Odia life writing had the most remarkable and innovative debut in 1927 with the posthumous publication of Phakirmohan Senapati’s autobiography entitled Atmacharita. Since then, scores of auto/biographies, memoirs, personal essays,...

Unlike the iconic early novels in some Indian languages, Fakir Mohan Senapati’s Chha Mana Atha Guntha (1897-99), considered the first modern novel in Odia, was not translated into English immediately....

Bhubaneswar: The Sun Temple of Konark has an intriguing history which has left many awed and curious. However, the missing links in the edifice’s history have remained a jigsaw puzzle...

“Restless to present Odisha to the globe, this is an invite to Odisha, holding up a candid collage of disparate features, says the blurb of this fascinating book. As one...

  Revisiting Early Indian Fiction: Reading, Writing, SocietyEdited by Himansu S. Mohapatra, Abani K. Dash & K.C. Mishra Published in Nov 2020 by Authors Press, New Delhi Pages: 256 Price:...