Novels and movies have a very close relationship. From the very beginning, filmmakers have resorted to novels to make motion pictures. And when you see some famous examples like “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “The Girl with the…
By Heewoo Jung Lovebirds is a collection that contains multiple short stories by Hananah Zaheer in which she touches on various social problems from an individual level to a societal level. In her short story “Willow Tree Fever,” Zaheer uses…
By: Ramlal Agarwal Staying On is a very poignant novel about a British couple that decides to stay in India after the British have left India and returned home. It was not a joint decision but one taken by the…
By: Suveeksha Viswanathan Of my days spent in reclusion or so it seems, the confinement that I subjected myself to was of the crazy kind if not the kind that leaves your artifices bare. Raw talent as you may call…
By Debra J. White Home was a shabby brick apartment building in a working class, scrappy New York City neighborhood where families, even large ones, were packed into cramped quarters. I always knew I’d get old but it happened so…
The Harlem Renaissance was a period of cultural and artistic flourishing in the African American community in New York City from the 1920s to the early 1930s. It was a time of great creativity and experimentation, and many talented writers…
Ecocriticism is a relatively new field of literary criticism that has left a lasting impact – not only in poetry circles but in environmental and sustainability circles. Ecocriticism claims to examine the relationship between literature and the environment. It emerged…
By: Simon Heathcote We didn’t know what to do with the bread. Small fluted loaves, granite hard and seemingly made to fit inside a fist. ‘We could always throw them from our balcony,’ I surmised, at once imagining missiles — perhaps inspired…
By: Thomas Sanfilip Sitting on a white terrace in the hills above Lerici, meditating on the idyllic blue waters of the Ligurian coast, I remember the words that began my first book of poetry—and the poetry I began writing several…
Indian comics have a long and fascinating history, dating back to the early 20th century. While the medium has evolved and changed over the years, Indian comics continue to captivate readers with their unique blend of humor, adventure, and social…