Tag: Reviews
तिनको के नशेमन तक इस मोड़ से जाते हैं: आंधी (1975)
Reviewed by: सुधा उपाध्याय,
“मुझसे पूछा गया था कि आप महिलाओं को इतनी अच्छी तरह समझते हैं इसलिए आप फिल्में बनाते हैं। मैंने कहा कि मैं उन्हें नहीं समझता, मैं उन्हें बेहतर तरीक़े से समझना चाहता हूँ, इसलिए मैं महिलाओं पर फिल्म बनाता हूं”- गुलज़ार
Review of Rajshree Chandra, Competing Nationalisms: The Sacred and Political Life of Jagat Narain Lal
Reviewed by: Pavan Kumar
Nationalism is an essentially contested concept. It has been interpreted in various ways and there is no authoritative definition that can encompass all the ideas around it.
Review of Sanjay Baru, India’s power elite: class, caste and a cultural revolution, Viking, (India)
Reviewed by: Raju Keshari
Elite as a category has caught the attention of the political scientist and sociologist worldwide, for it captures the essence of the society being analysed.
Review of Ranjit Rae, Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties. Penguin, 2021, pp.237.ISBN:978-0-670-09521-6 (Hardback)
Reviewed by: Rehnamol P R
Kathmandu Dilemma: Resetting India-Nepal Ties, authored by Ranjit Rae, is an extremely engaging book on socio-political transformations in Nepal
Review of Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How it Changed the World, Vintage: London, 2018, ISBN 978-1-78470-240-3
Reviewed by: Tara Sheemar
Pale Rider was published as the centenary of the so-called Spanish flu approached, particularly as a multi-disciplinary effort combining various
Review of Payal Nagpal, In the Labyrinth Poems, Signer, New Delhi, 2020 ISBN: 978-81-920134-5-9
Reviewed by: Swati Pal
As ‘Eng Lit’ people, we are trained to have a critical eye when we review a text of any kind. One is expected to be detached, impersonal and objective. I have no quarrels with such expectations except when it comes to reviewing poetry.