Book Review: Platform Ticket by Sangeetha Vallat

BUY THE BOOK Hours before pitching her first book, The Platform Ticket, a railway memoir, at Bangalore Literature Festival’s LitMart, Sangeetha Vallath had the good fortune to run into one of her favourite authors, Shashi Tharoor. A lifelong Tharoorji fan, she sought his blessings for the pitch. When he asked her to sell the book … Continue reading Book Review: Platform Ticket by Sangeetha Vallat

Blog: Yaanam’25 – Tenzin Tsundue’s Protests, Poetry, & Latest Book, Nang Nowhere To Call Home

You can read the first part of this blog here. ‘Tibet is the preoccupation of my life from childhood; freedom of Tibet has always been my dream.’ - Tenzin Tsundue. A Risky Journey to Tibet As I mentioned in my last blog, my friends and I were looking forward to Tenzin Tsundue’s session about his … Continue reading Blog: Yaanam’25 – Tenzin Tsundue’s Protests, Poetry, & Latest Book, Nang Nowhere To Call Home

Blog: Yaanam’25 – Travel, Resistance, and Tenzin Tsundue’s Tibet

Yaanam 2025 Recently, I attended Yaanam, a one-of-a-kind travel literature festival organised by Kerala Tourism in Varkala. The event brought together writers, journalists, photographers, musicians, chefs, content creators, and fellow travel enthusiasts from across the globe. It was conceptualised and curated by Sabin Iqbal, a novelist, journalist, and literary curator native to Varkala. Along with … Continue reading Blog: Yaanam’25 – Travel, Resistance, and Tenzin Tsundue’s Tibet

Poem : Silence(d)

They are not being silent. They are silenced.

Book Review: In Memory of Begum Akhtar by Agha Shahid Ali

'In Memory of Begum Akhtar' is Agha Shahid Ali’s second book of poems, published in 1979, by Writers Workshop, Kolkata. It’s a short book with 48 pages containing 25 poems.

Book Review: Bone-Sculpture by Agha Shahid Ali

Bone-sculpture is Agha Shahid Ali's first book of poems, published in 1972, by Writers Workshop, Kolkata. It's a short book with 28-32 pages(based on the edition/format) containing 14 poems.