Comradeship in love distinguishes this novel of rebuilding refugee lives after the Bengal Partition

Bhaswati Ghosh’s debut novel ‘Victory Colony 1950’ also offers that rare thing: happiness for its characters.

Rituparna Roy

· Oct 17, 2020 · 05:30 pm

This book turns the history of the Battle of Plassey into a riveting drama in three acts

Everyone knows the details of the battle, but Sudeep Chakravarti’s ‘Plassey: The Battle That Changed the Course of Indian History’ builds the back story.

Rituparna Roy

· Mar 15, 2020 · 08:30 am

Middle-class urban women confront critical moments in their lives in these short stories

An excerpt from the story ‘A Phone-Call’ from ‘Gariahat Junction’, Rituparna Roy’s collection of short fiction.

Rituparna Roy

· Jan 16, 2020 · 05:30 pm

Beneath the veneer of a crime novel, ‘You Beneath Your Skin’ is a study of problematic relationships

In the fast-moving ‘You Beneath Your Skin’, Damyanti Biswas lays bare the world of misogyny and fraught relationships that informs a series of crimes.

Rituparna Roy

· Oct 05, 2019 · 12:30 pm

Everyone not chased out of their homes must read Dina Nayeri’s searing book ‘The Ungrateful Refugee’

How does the refugee feel as she arrives in a land where few want her? A compelling personal and community biography.

Rituparna Roy

· Aug 25, 2019 · 08:30 am

How 2019’s ‘The Scent of God’ can take readers back to two older novels, also from South Asia

Shyam Selvadurai’s ‘Funny Boy’ from 1994 and Kunal Basu’s ‘The Miniaturist’ from 2003 highlight a similar theme in completely different artistic ways.

Rituparna Roy

· Jul 21, 2019 · 07:00 am

In Bengali movie ‘Ahare Mon’, love comes in all shapes and forms

Pratim D Gupta’s film was released on June 22.

Rituparna Roy

· Jul 19, 2018 · 03:00 pm

Audio master: Three women and three moments of liberation in Satyajit Ray’s films

The awakenings of Mrinmoyee, Charulata and Bimala are masterfully expressed through song and music in ‘Teen Kanya’, ‘Charulata’ and ‘Ghare Baire’.

Rituparna Roy

· Dec 15, 2016 · 01:30 pm

Audio master: ‘Abhimaan’ is a story told entirely through songs

Love, bliss, heartbreak and reunion are all conveyed through SD Burman’s seven gems in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s movie.

Rituparna Roy

· Oct 29, 2016 · 03:00 pm

All these years later, nobody has chronicled the Partition like Ritwik Ghatak

The Bengali director’s films are one of the most powerful artistic articulations of the trauma of displacement after the Partition.

Rituparna Roy

· Aug 15, 2016 · 03:00 pm

Bring back the male solo Hindi film song immediately

The fine tradition of heroes singing about love, loss and life has produced some of the most stirring moments in Hindi cinema.

Rituparna Roy

· Jul 04, 2016 · 10:00 am