Book Review of Penguin Island, by Anatole France 186 pages Review by Anil Saxena A Timeless Satire on Human Folly Friends, nowadays in my morning walks I’m listening to Anatole France’s The Penguin Island. It is an immensely gripping satire. Here, an over-zealous Abbot by chance reaches an island solely occupied by penguins, and in […]
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Book Review of ‘East of Eden’, by John Steinbeck Pages: 640 Review by Anil Saxena This 640-page masterpiece from the Steinbeck collection is a page-turner from the very beginning. East of Eden is quite different from The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck himself considered it his magnum opus, where he poured all the tricks of his
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Book Review: Gandhi: The Years That Changed the World (1914–1948), by Ramachandra Guha Pages: 890 Review by Anil Saxena “Majboori nahin, majbooti ka naam hai Gandhi.” — Prof. Purushottam Agrawal I am told that if you want to understand the political history of modern India, you cannot do without reading the works of Gandhi, Nehru,
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Book Review of River of Fire ( آگ کا دریا ) Aag ka Darya, by Qurratulain Hyder 428 pages Review by Anil Saxena Reading ‘River of Fire’ feels like returning to a first-rate classic after a long time. Though written in 1959, the novel appears strikingly contemporary and modern even after more than half a
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Book Review in Hindi of ‘Tobacco Road’ (टोबैको रोड), by Erskine Caldwell 146 pages Review by Dinesh Dhawane महामंदी का कठोर यथार्थ टोबैको रोड का कथानक अमेरिका के जॉर्जिया राज्य के ग्रामीण इलाकों में घटित होता है, उस समय जब अमेरिका महामंदी (Great Depression) के दौर से गुजर रहा था। दक्षिणी अमेरिका कृषि-प्रधान समाज था
