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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.

Cover page of Breaking Free by Vaasanthi. (Photo By Arrangement)

Book Review | Love, and the dilemmas of devadasi life

A novel that beautifully echoes the sentiment of the Devadasi community

4 Sept 2022 2:13 AM IST

Book Review | Wordy but under-translated tome rewards in retrospect

Book Review | Wordy but under-translated tome rewards in retrospect

31 July 2022 1:15 AM IST

Coverpage of Hungry Humans. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | How youth is misspent in Kumbakonam

The acclaimed Tamil novel 'Pasitha Manidam', set in the Tamil heartland, is about human nature with its blemishes and...

26 Jun 2022 12:12 AM IST

Cover image of the book Villainy by Upamanyu Chatterjee. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | Chronicle of a normal' murder, foretold staggeringly

While the theme may seem predictable, crime & retribution, it unfolds in surprising ways and that ultimately, is the...

15 May 2022 12:41 AM IST

Cover image of the book Gangas Choice and Other Stories by Vaasanthi. (By Arrangement)

Book Review | How humanity redeems the individual

Many of the stories end on a note of satisfaction for the reader, as when retribution or karma catches up

13 March 2022 12:46 AM IST

A Red-necked Green Bird By Ambai. (Amazon Photo)

A telling account of how real women feel, imperfectly rendered in...

The slim volume is valuable in that it draws readers into the world of Tamil writing of which they would otherwise be...

22 Jan 2022 6:45 PM IST

Shipshape: One of our best ships ever

I commanded the INS Viraat for a full one year and I have to start by saying that in my 40-year naval career, that stint...

3 Nov 2016 1:23 AM IST