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 […]
Book Review of ‘Understanding Power’, by Noam Chomsky Pages: 432 Review by Anil Saxena Chomsky is a big name—not just as a linguist, but also as a cognitive scientist, political theorist, and tireless critic of American foreign policy. He has written extensively on issues of U.S. interventions abroad, censorship, freedom of speech, and the hidden
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Book Review of ‘Zorba the Greek’, byNikos Kazantzakis Pages: 312 Listening Hours on Audible: 12 hrs 35 mins Review by Anil Saxena Life—where from, wherefore? Whereto? Why? Suffering, reason, aesthetics, rationalism, faith—what is its worth? Does God exist? If it exists, does it reside in the hearts of men and women, or elsewhere? This is
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Book Review of ‘Middlemarch’, by George Eliot 880 pages Review by Anil Saxena I completed the audio version of Middlemarch, a study of provincial life, a book that runs into 800 and odd pages. George Eliot is a pseudonym; the real name of the author was Mary Ann Evans. The question is generally asked—why did
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फ्रांज़ काफ़्का के “द ट्रायल” की समीक्षा | Book Review of ‘The Trial’ by Franz Kafka 208 pages Review by Dinesh Dhawane ऐतिहासिक पृष्ठभूमि फ़्रांज़ काफ़्का का उपन्यास “द ट्रायल” (The Trial) बीसवीं सदी के शुरुआती यूरोप की सामाजिक, राजनीतिक और सांस्कृतिक परिस्थितियों की पृष्ठभूमि में लिखा गया था। इसका लेखन काल लगभग 1914-1915 माना
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