The author reviews a modern classic – Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe – that is a scathing critique of the European colonization of the life and culture of one of the indigenous communities of Africa, successfully overwriting the idea of Native Africans being “the white man’s burden”. Things Fall Apart, the first novel by…
As you prepare to snuggle in your reading nook during the upcoming season, here are 7 fantasy noir books you can reach out for. We promise you will be hooked till the end! Not much separates noir from fairy tale or fantasy. All that preoccupies the literary efforts of humanity is present: a moral code,…
With his latest memoir releasing in April 2024, let us quickly look at some of the best works of Salman Rushdie and try to understand what makes him a genius of Indian diasporic writing in contemporary English literature. Born on June 19, 1947, in Bombay (now Mumbai), India, Salman Rushdie has emerged as one of…
Adapted into a 2021 film starring Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Rajkummar Rao, Adiga’s The White Tiger (2008) is an Indian novel that dives into the truths behind its modernization. “The story of a poor man’s life is written on his body, in a sharp pen.” Winner of the 40th Booker Prize, Indian author Aravind Adiga’s…
This is an essay on Sally Rooney’s treatment of young, achingly real love and relationships in Normal People, which has been adapted into a very popular TV show starring Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal. Marianne and Connell, the enigmatic protagonists of the more-than-ordinary romance by Sally Rooney, Normal People, have enchanted readers and watchers worldwide,…
Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw has inspired several movie adaptations and a popular Netflix TV series by Mike Flanagan. Here, the author dives into the novella that oscillates between the supernatural and the psychical. Who doesn’t love a good old ghost story? Tales filled with macabre and sinister elements that let us project…