Celebrating the bicentenary of Charles Baudelaire

09 04 , 2021 No Comments
On 9 April 2021, I was invited by the French Institute in India to moderate a panel discussion on Charles Baudelaire. It was to celebrate
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In conversation with Sandeep Dutt, Kalinga Literary Festival

09 04 , 2021 No Comments
Here is the link to the recording: 20 March 2021
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“Impetuous Women” by Shikhandin

09 04 , 2021 No Comments
Shikhandin’s new collection of short stories called Impetuous Women is a slow, quiet, exploration of the relationships, situations, experiences that many women find themselves in.
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“A Ghost in the Throat” by Doireann Ni Ghriofa

25 03 , 2021 No Comments
A Ghost In The Throat by Doireann Ni Ghriofa is an extraordinary book. It is the Irish poet’s debut as a prose writer. Some call it auto
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Anita Agnihotri’s”The Sickle”, translated by Arunava Sinha

25 03 , 2021 No Comments
The Sickle by Anita Agnihotri, translated by Arunava Sinha is a very powerful story. It is hard to believe that it is pure fiction. There
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Tisca Chopra’s “What’s Up With Me?: Puberty, Periods, Pimples, People, Problems and More”

18 03 , 2021 No Comments
At the best of times parenting can be exciting, thrilling and challenging. It is a heady cocktail that is a constant but wow! It can
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“Baby Doll” by Gracy, translated by Fathima E.V.

05 03 , 2021 No Comments
Baby Doll by Gracy is a very bold, sparkling and forthright collection of short stories, written over a span of thirty years. The stories have
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Chris Power’s “A Lonely Man”

01 03 , 2021 No Comments
Chris Power’s debut novel, A Lonely Man ( Faber and Faber) gets a little tough to read in the middle due to the complexity of
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Books discussing being a Muslim

01 03 , 2021 No Comments
A tiny, tiny drop of the literature being published currently discussing what it means to be a Muslim. Or even bringing up a Muslim child.
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Christina Lamb, “Our Bodies Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women”

25 02 , 2021 No Comments
In 2005, I had worked as part of a global team on a seminal report published by UNRISD called Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in
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