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 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 …
By Trevor Noah Released :10/10/2020 Reviewed : 05/10/2020 Reviewed by: Priyanka Elangbam There are some stories that are best enjoyed when read and then there are some that absolutely must be listened to Trevor Noah\’s Born a Crime falls in the latter category. As the music slowly swallows his final words and swells up through …
By Easterine Kire Released :10/10/2020 Reviewed :01/10/2020 Reviewed by: Denita Chungkham Easterine Kire, an esteemed poet and novelist, is the first Naga to pen down her poems and stories in the English language. Her latest book,” A Respectable Woman” is a splendid war fiction, which depicts the terrifying consequences of the Second World War and …
By Paul Kalanithi Released : 10/10/2020 Reviewed : 26/09/2020 Reviewed by: Meesha Luwang This book was published posthumously almost a year after the death of Dr. Paul Kalanithi, a neurosurgeon, who died of lung cancer in his 30s. The foreward, which was beautifully written by Abraham Verghese (of Cutting for Stone-fame) gave a glimpse into …
By Megha MajumdarReleased :10 /10/2020Reviewed : 30/10/2020Reviewed by : Mona AimolA Burning is an all-consuming story that sketches the complexity of societies with sophistication. The story lays its pillars on three protagonists whose lives are intertwined with events that throw readers at the face of the fragility of moral courage displaying the potential for the …