Book Review: Hangwoman

"Though I tightened the noose around my heart, hot tears mingled with the raindrops and trickled down my face. My left breast throbbed painfully as if it were filled with pus; I burned - and resolved to myself: I will measure his rope accurately. Not an inch more. Not an inch less. I too want …

Book Review : A House Without Windows

Zeba seems like the perfect dutiful loving wife; until the day she is found in their courtyard, next to her husband with a hatchet driven into him. She is an immediate suspect though it is not clear at this point whether or not she is actually guilty. She is imprisoned and while she awaits her …

Movie Review: Dor

The relationship between a man and a woman is like the one between a kite and the string that holds it. Who is the kite and who becomes the string depends on the individuals under discussion as the roles can be interchangeable and or reversed. However, if the man is the string, then the flight …

Book Review: Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus is a coming of age story about 15-year-old Nigerian girl Kambili. She both hero worships her father Eugene and fears his wrath. Eugene is a dichotomy of sorts – he stands for the things we all cheer for – such as freedom of the press and aid to those less fortunate than him …

Movie Review: 36 Chowringhee Lane

The Anglo-Indian community experienced changes post-independence in many ways. They were left behind like all other minority groups. It often made me wonder about their trials and tribulations trying to adjust to the ‘new’ changes along with retaining some part of their country of origin. Aparna Sen, a versatile Bengali lead actress, in her directorial …