December 10, 2024

The Forest of Enchantments

The Forest of Enchantments does not dwell on how Sita looked – like a lotus or a lily or a Goddess. Her beauty is rather visible in the strength of her character. It is the story which Sita tells after all, and she must be tired of the flowery tags too.  In fact, Chitra Banerji […]

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A Suitable Boy

For a foreigner reading Vikram Seth’s ‘A Suitable Boy’ – it will be a commentary on India. At least the North of India, Calcutta (now Kolkata) included. For an Indian reading the same, it is but a slice of life.  The story is not infused with Indianness merely from the top, such that one can

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