I recently read The Storm written by Kanhu Charan Mohanty, a famous Oriyan writer, who is little known outside his state, mainly because his works had not been translated. Otherwise, he is a brilliant writer, and his novel Jhanja (Storm) abounds in pearls of wisdom, that mesmerized me with their […]
The Storm by Kanhu Charan Mohanty, was originally titled as ‘Jhanja’ in Oriya , and written in 1949, by one of the most voluminous writer of Oriya Literature. However, as expected, the regional writer remained in the obscure shadow for more than six decades, until Bijay Kumar Nanda chose to […]
I was a little apprehensive as I picked up ‘Train to Pakistan’ by Khushwant Singh, as I had read Burial at sea by the same author and was left disappointed with his sloppy treatment of a murder mystery. But, ‘Train to Pakistan’ is synonymous with the name of Khushwant Singh, […]
I had heard, never judge a book by its cover, but sadly I failed to understand that the warning includes the cleverly worded blurb too! Till now, I have been selecting books on the basis of short summary printed on the back, but after the present novel, I seriously doubt […]
As a student, I always regarded history as boring and impersonal, but as I read Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, I was dumbstruck with the sheer impression history can make. Hilary Mantel has very wisely chosen a stormy period in Tudor History, and has successfully created a wonderful story, by […]
The Roman Image sees the return of Talkative Man as the central figure, after A Night of Cyclone and Lawley Road. TM re enters and takes center stage in this story of archaeology and discovery where TM becomes the assistant of an archaeologist, a man detached from his fellow beings, […]
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