Who may forget 1984, the novel by celebrated author George Orwell? The novel became a sensation very soon after its publication. However, the popularity of this novel keeps increasing with every passing year. The fear that the world might be inching towards an authoritarian regime is always there. And as long as this fear remains,… Continue reading
I have always felt modern literature (anytime) should draw its inspiration from the legendary publications that became timeless. We still remember works by Thomas Hardy, Austen, Eliot, Thackeray and who can forget Shakespeare! They were the greats who produced amazing works of literature. However, in modern literature, we seldom get to witness a book that… Continue reading
The Mystery Mountains is the second novel by Aurijit Ganguli. I have just finished reading this one. What should I say? This novel blew my mind, seriously! I couldn’t think about anything other than the story for quite some time. The novelist has created quite a – believe-in-it – world in the novel, and a… Continue reading
It is understood if legends like Ruskin Bond produce wonderful literature for children. Many other authors are there. Worldwide fame has come to writers like J. K. Rowling only because they wrote books that could be loved by young readers across the globe. And therefore, to mistake children-readers like ‘casual ones’ might be a mistake… Continue reading
There are many novels and many novelists who remain in our minds for a long time. Inevitably, we tend to share these works and this is what I am going to do in this list. I will be sharing 5 wonderful novels with you that I have read over the year and as the year… Continue reading
I know there are millions of authors in the world and we cannot read everyone even if we want (in a lifetime? impossible). And therefore, there are categories – authors we often read, authors we keep on standby and authors we generally know about but ignore reading them. How do we create those categories? There… Continue reading
Studying a novel is not an easy task to complete. While you can read a novel and enjoy doing the same, studying a novel takes some effort and this is a process that you might not like or enjoy as much as you enjoy reading a novel. Reading a novel yields you entertainment and fun… Continue reading
It is no rocket science for the readers to decide whom to read and whom to ignore. However, it does require a little research, awareness and a sense of literary aesthetics when it comes to selecting the best novels to read from a list of many novels by many popular novelists. And therefore, young readers… Continue reading
The world will go on. This is, at least, one thing that everyone believes or (at least) the ones with a sane mind do believe it. Yes, there is no limit to one’s foolishness and there is none for conscious ignorance too. However, without waiting for our grand concerns and schemes, the world goes on…. Continue reading
The Memoirs of a Nobody is a novel with a two-layered narrative which has been published recently. This work of fiction is written by a new entrant in the field of Indian English literature, P. Sam. When I read the blurb, I was instantly absorbed. My thoughts were invested in imagining what might be the… Continue reading