Aanchal Malhotra’s ‘In the Language of Remembering’ gives voice to the pain of leaving ‘home’ behind

The author’s goal is to understand why it took so long for people to start talking about the Partition and its impact on the next generations.

Prerna Vij

· Jun 25, 2022 · 08:30 am

How (and why) did India’s public come to approve of state violence being built into administration?

In ‘The Law of Force’, Thomas Blom Hansen examines how violence has crossed over into the domain of political performance in India.

Prerna Vij

· Mar 06, 2022 · 05:30 pm

How does urban violence co-opt the state? Laurent Gayer’s classic study of Karachi has some answers

‘Karachi: Ordered Disorder and the Struggle for City’ maps the relationship between the citizenry and agents of violence.

Prerna Vij

· Nov 28, 2021 · 08:30 am

This translation of a historical novel asks whether the writer and the translator are joint authors

Ali Khan Mahmudabad’s translation from the Urdu of Khan Mahboob Tarzi’s ‘The Break of Dawn’ is as much the translator’s mission as the writer’s story.

Prerna Vij

· Sep 05, 2021 · 12:30 pm

Payal Dhar’s YA novel with a queer theme runs the risk of over-simplifying the complexities

In ‘It Has No Name’, the central character cannot rise to be a full-fledged protagonist.

Prerna Vij

· Aug 22, 2021 · 05:30 pm