Book Review of ‘The Hungry Tide’, by Amitav Ghosh Pages: 439 Review by Anil Saxena The Setting: The Sundarbans Amitav Ghosh’s The Hungry Tide is set in the hauntingly beautiful yet treacherous landscape of the Sundarbans, “a land half submerged at high tide, yet never dry at low.” Here, land and water are inseparably bound, […]
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Book Review, and The Alchemy of Language, of ‘Ret Samadhi’ (Tomb of Sand), by Geetanjali Shree. 375 pages Translated in English by Daisy Rockwell Review by Anil Saxena This 375-paged novel in Hindi (and its English translation Tomb of Sand by Daisy Rockwell) has created a storm in the literary circles of India, for it
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Book Review of ‘The Possessed’ (Demons / The Devils), by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Pages – 880) Review by Anil Saxena A Journey with the Book I started this book when I was visiting Dallas to be there with my daughter, who was undertaking training prior to taking up an appointment. Then, on account of some audio
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Book Review of ‘Until the End of Time: Mind, Matter, and Our Search for Meaning in an Evolving Universe’, by Brian Greene Pages: 448 Review by Anil Saxena A Journey Beyond Our Bubbles Today I want to discuss this astonishing book on science, the universe, and the fate of humanity. We generally remain trapped in
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Triple Book Review – Animal Farm by George Orwell, Dr Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, and, The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. Review by Anil Saxena Sometimes, just by coincidence, one ends up reading three books in succession which, although entirely different in their treatment, still take you to the same destination—making you laugh or
