By Bama Released : 20/02/2021 Reviewed : 23/01/2021 Reviewed by : Sylvish Waikhom Karukku is the first autobiography written by a Dalit woman. It is translated from Tamil by Lakshmi Holmstrom. It is a classic of subaltern writing. In Karukku, Bama not only writes about her struggles and oppression but also about the many problems …
By James Allen Released : 16/01/2021 Reviewed: 16/01/2021 Reviewed by: Langlen Chanu \’As a man Thinketh\’ is the third book of James Allen serving as a source of inspiration. The title inspired from the biblical verse \”As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he\”. It\’s the book that willhelp you to help …
By John Boyne Released : 16/01/2021 Reviewed: 13/01/2021 Reviewed by : Micheal Atom ‘…….He had thought that there would be a shop in the centre, and maybe a small café likethe ones he had known in Berlin…..’ My heart asked me – “Who will expect to find a café inside a Nazi concentration camp?”Well Bruno …
By Stephen Fry Released : 26/12/2020Reviewed : 24/11/2020Reviewed by : Meesha Luwang “We know how brutal soldiers can be. Years of homesickness, hardship and the loss of comrades while under the constant danger of life-threatening injury harden the heart and stifle the small voice of mercy. We know how the Red Army raped, looted and …
A short story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Released : 07/11/2020 Reviewed : 29/10/2020 Reviewed by : Susma Sharma Gurumayum The story opens with Zikora in labour in a hospital room. Zikora is a 39 year old Nigerian working in the United States as a lawyer. Her lawyer boyfriend, to her surprise, left her when she …
By Clarissa Pinkola Estés Released : 07/11/2020 Reviewed : 23/10/2020 Reviewed by : Langlen Chanu I got this spiritual and the most inspiring book of Clarissa Pinkola Estés, a Psycoanalyst and a Cantadora from Ukiyo Bookstore. This book helped me to explore many folklores all around the world and as we are living in a …
By Oscar Wilde Released : 07/11/2020 Reviewed : 03/11/2020 Reviewed by : Khoirom Pamil Mangang “Art for art’s sake” is the first thing that comes to mind while describing \’The Picture of Dorian Gray\’.This highly controversial and only novel of Oscar Wilde is an aesthetic treat for the Gothic literature lover .It is a dramatic …
By Ursula K Le Guin Released : 17/10/2020 Reviewed : 11/10/2020 Reviewed by : Natali Ningthoukhongjam “The king was pregnant.\” Published in 1969, The Left Hand of Darkness was Ursula K. Le Guin\’s fourth book in her Hainish Cycle. Genly Ai, an Envoy from Terra (Earth) has signed up to travel to Gethen, a planet …
by Albert Camus Released :17/10/2020 Reviewed : 15/10/2020 Reviewed by : Shushanti Mutum An Individual’s perception makes the world a different place, unique of its own…. Should we judge a person according to our perception or should we just understand like any other glass of wine? Such a sensational work is “The Outsider” by Albert …
By Alka Joshi Released : 17/10/2020 Reviewed : 11/10/2020 Reviewed by : Meesha Luwang “In India, individual shame did not exist. Humiliation spread as easily as oil on wax paper, to the entire family, even to distant cousins, uncles, aunts, nieces and nephews. The rumour mongers made sure of that. Blame lay heavily in my …