Beginning of the year reads to stay in holiday mood GURVEEN CHADHA: The beginning of the year sure feels a lot different this year, doesn’t it? If you could wish for anything at all this sea... Read more
Saurav Kumar Chaliha Anuragi Samaj, a city-based organization, on Friday hosted an event at Guwahati Press Club to celebrate the 1st day of the New Year as ‘Bhal Khoboror Din’ (The Day of Ha... Read more
Adhunik Asomiya Bhraman Sahitya: Oitihya Aru Shilpa, a research-based book on Assamese travelogue, was released recently at an event in Guwahati. The book, authored by Smiti Rekha Bhuyan, wh... Read more
SMITA BHATTACHARYYA, JORHAT: An anthology of short stories in Assamese, titled ‘Patal Ganga’, authored by Munmi Hazarika, was released at the Jorhat Press Club on Sunday. A prolific writer,... Read more
SMITA BHATTACHARYYA, JORHAT: A book titled ‘The Identity Quotient: The Story of the Assamese Muslims’, authored by Zafri Mudasser Nofil, attempts to define the Assamese Muslims as distinct f... Read more
FARHANA AHMED, NORTH LAKHIMPUR: Ulfar Kalankita Adhyay – a book that details the violence and atrocities perpetrated by the ULFA in Lakhimpur district during the 1980s and 90s, has hit the s... Read more
Jayanta Sengupta: Overall, it is a good book for the general reader to use to get up to speed on the intricacies and subplots of this historical event. Book: Plassey: The Battle that Changed... Read more
The Asian Literary Society (ALS) in association with the Journal of Asian Art, Culture, and Literature (JAACL) organized Bhaasha 2020 (Assamese) programme on Sunday with the participation of... Read more
A poignant tale from Kashmir and a hilarious take on patriarchy A Bit of Everything by Sandeep Raina; Context (Westland Books); Rs 599 There are lines that appear out of the blue in the midd... Read more
Elsevier, a Netherlands-based research publishing and information analytics company, launched the English version of a Chinese book on COVID-19 prevention and treatment on Monday. Elsevier,... Read more
Bangladesh’s Shaheen Akhtar has won the 3rd Asian Literary Award for her novel “Talaash”. Published in 2004, “Talaash” is about the suffering of Birangona women... Read more
The Nobel Literature Prize went Thursday to American poet Louise Gluck, known for themes of childhood and family life that draw inspiration from myths and classical motifs. Gluck, 77, was ho... Read more
The ‘Lost Art of Scripture’ is liminal, straddling lightly the boundary between popularization and academics Book: The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts Author: By... Read more
A Bangladeshi writer has been honoured by ‘Motivational Strips’ and ‘Gujarat Sahitya Akademi’ on the occasion of the 74th Independence Day of India. Zahirul Haque was among the 350 writers f... Read more
Abhijit Chaliha, a budding journalist-cum-writer from the state has made it to the Assam Book of Records (ABR) for creating the smallest poetry book with nine poems. The book titled Preetilo... Read more
‘The Death Script’ is more than a reporter’s diary, written with the luxury of space that a newspaper seldom allows Book: The death script: Dreams and delusions in Naxal country,... Read more
The High Court on Thursday stayed the decision of Copyright Office Bangladesh for one month that gave copyright of 260 Masud Rana books and 50 books of Kuasha series to Sheikh Abdul Hakim. J... Read more
Nazrul was a champion of freedom. Though he believed in the community work, he rampantly propounded the idea of individualism and freedom in his literary works Ariful Islam Laskar: Kazi Nazr... Read more
।। Madhumita Mazumdar।। Turner provides an engaging account of the Pilgrims, from their initiation into radical Calvinist theology to their investment in the colonial politics of the New Wor... Read more
O’Farrell’s accomplishment lies in sounding understated in a gripping and dramatic tale Bhaswati Chakravorty: A boy is looking for his mother. Or his grandmother, the maids, his uncles, or h... Read more
