Reviewed by: Mohsin Khan Hardly a day passes without the media reporting some violent barbarity somewhere in the world being committed in the name of Islam. Today, there is an urgent need for popularising an alternate understanding of Islam, one rooted in a commitment to peace, nonviolence and inter-community harmony.Continue Reading
Divided into nine parts, and free of any narrative baggage, How I Became A Tree could also be read from anywhere in betweenContinue Reading
Karukku is an autobiography that chronicles Bama’s life, from her childhood to her early adult life as a nun, and beyond. The book was originally written by her in Tamil’: An Autobiography By Bama Exploring Her Tamil, Dalit And Christian IdentityContinue Reading
By: Roshan Shah Author: S. Ignacimuthu Publisher: St Pauls, Mumbai Year: 2010 Pages: 126 ISBN: 978-93-5015-001-6 Price: Rs. 80 That the earth is today faced with a grave ecological crisis few would deny. Because of unbridled greed, leading to over-consumption and over-production, a huge proportion of the earth’s resources hasContinue Reading
“They came to the city in a large boat that halts at Vallakadavu. From Vallakadavu, they got into bullock carts to make the rest of the journey to my home…. Just behind the cart occupied by the patriarch was the cart that carried the wooden cradle made for the newbornContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Reflections : A book of poetry by Kened Pradhan or popularly known as ‘Ken P’ originally from Darjeeling is a poignant pick of poems reflecting life from a variety of moments and moods. The book released in January is published by The Print Master Darjeeling. Ken P switchesContinue Reading
Pankaj Mishra Hindu nationalists have always made large claims about their exemplary and inimitable Hindu-ness. In Essentials of Hindutva, the book that comes closest to defining the ideology of modern Hindu nationalism, V D Savarkar claimed that the Hindus are a people who possess a common pitrubhumi or fatherland, commonContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Darjeeling – From the Mountain to the Ocean – Run with Roshni is Roshni Rai’s inspiring story, about how she started running marathons and about her 2012 project ‘Run with Roshni’ to support underprivileged but very talented young Gorkha Runners from Darjeeling to run marathons in different cities ofContinue Reading
By: C.M. Paul “What are we without stories? What are we without aspirations? Without stories, it’s a life spent to attend its vague purpose. My purpose in life was to speak. I knew I wasn’t good in literature still I had many thoughts; many stories to tell but had noContinue Reading
C.M. Paul Kolkata – A recent publication in Kolkata with a galaxy of eminent names of personalities in the various fields of art and culture hopes to promote the muses through academic exchange and research. With scientific and academic writings in English, Hindi and Bengali languages the Wisdom Speaks journalContinue Reading
