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Speaking for myself : An anthology of Asian Women’s writing

The geographical span of Asia is vast. Like we coined the term ‘Western civilization’, can we culturally connect all the separate nation states with distinct political boundaries and separate cultures in Asia and call them “Asian civilization”? This is debatable. But this book makes an effort in such a direction. Ranging from Uzbekistan to IndiaContinue reading “Speaking for myself : An anthology of Asian Women’s writing”

Let’s go to the lush Poppy fields of Ganges this time with Amitav Ghosh!

“How was it that no one had ever told her that it was not love itself, but its treacherous gatekeepers which made the greatest demands on your courage: the panic of acknowledging it; the terror of declaring it; the fear of being rebuffed? Why had no one told her that love’s twin was not hateContinue reading “Let’s go to the lush Poppy fields of Ganges this time with Amitav Ghosh!”