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Malati Mathur
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The reviewer, Malati Mathur, is a professor of English and director, School of Humanities, and director, School of Foreign Languages, IGNOU, New Delhi. She is a creative writer and award-winning translator who translates from and between Tamil, Hindi and English.
    Book Review | A fusion of Malayalam and English tonesBooks
    Book Review | A fusion of Malayalam and English tones

    This story of a girl in a psychiatric hospital explores the tricks memory plays on the human mind

    7 Dec 2024 1:22 PM IST

    The dark, horrible underbelly of society is there in all its starkness; there are no masks, no euphemisms to protect the reader. Many sections of the book bring a lump to the throat. The tears well up not only at the inhumanness of fellow beings but also with sheer admiration for this indomitable woman, her band of warriors and what they have accomplished. By ArrangementBooks
    Book Review | How a girl fought and won against rape culture

    While giving detailed descriptions of situations and incidents, Krishnan also introspects with great frankness and...

    13 July 2024 5:37 PM IST

    Cover Photo \Namita Gokhale Never Never Land\Books
    Book Review | Nature the teacher in land of renunciation

    The book is many-layered as it moves between the past and the present. Memory and its sister recollection imbue the...

    30 March 2024 11:05 PM IST

    From the narrow, tortuous lanes of Upar Kot (christened cheekily UK by the author), Farsh Manzil, to his home, on the unofficial line of control between two adjacent Hindu and Muslim ghettos a point where two universes intersected that would also be seared in the blaze of hatred, and the genteel neighborhood of Civil Lines where homeowners nonetheless refuse to rent out rooms upon hearing a Mohameddan name the book describes the contrasts while showcasing a remarkably honest lookback at how life, families and communities shape minds and mindsets. By ArrangementBooks
    Book Review | Pick your battles honestly to survive city of fire

    The story of the author is inevitably woven into the story of the city

    23 Dec 2023 5:02 PM IST

    Cover photo of Three Countries, Three Lives: A Doctors Story by Lindy Rajan Cartner. (Image by Arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Tamil Christian girl from Rangoon becomes a doctor

    The author has been able to be objective in the recording of personal, social and professional experiences.

    2 Dec 2023 10:34 PM IST

    A cigar-smoking monk, Vivekananda broke with stereotype. Well-versed in music and a polyglot, he was physically strong and good at various sports. (Image: DC)Books
    Vivekananda's Hinduism valued human agency, rejected doxa

    Vivekananda was outspoken regarding his thoughts on notions of purity

    3 Sept 2023 9:13 AM IST

    Cover photo of The Great Poop War by Ranjit Lal. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | What pooped on my step and other whodunits

    This is a book that would be anagreeable gift for young daughters and sons or nieces and nephews.

    9 July 2023 12:15 AM IST

    Cover photo of Medical Maladies: Stories of Disease and Cure From Indian Languages edited by Haris Qadeer. (Photo by arrangement)Opinion
    Book Review | Illness as a metaphor for the Indian condition

    All in all, a book that draws attention to the vibrancy of writing in the bhashas and the range and variety of topics...

    11 Jun 2023 12:24 AM IST

    Cover photo of One Small Voice by Santanu Bhattacharya. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | One young Indian maps changing nation, finds hope amid...

    The book is a grim reminder of what happens when one remains silent the toll it exacts on both the silencer and the...

    16 April 2023 12:35 AM IST

    Cover photo of Death in Shambles by Stephen Alter. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Naturalist's whodunit is crisp and satisfying

    Review of 'Death in Shambles' by Stephen Alter.

    12 March 2023 12:36 AM IST

    Cover photo of No Way In by Udayan Mukherjee. (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | Hard-hitting social drama questions privilege

    Review of 'No Way In' by Udayan Mukherjee

    12 Feb 2023 12:30 AM IST

    Cover photo of Memsahibs: British Women in Colonial India by Ipshita Nath (Photo by arrangement)Books
    Book Review | The Memsahib among Indians, her burden' and her doubts

    Book Review of 'Memsahibs: British Women in Colonial India' by Ipshita Nath

    6 Nov 2022 1:52 AM IST

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