Memory by HP Lovecraft

Penning down endorsements for literary linchpins is quite a Sisyphean task to fare. But then, if it is H.P. Lovecraft’s oeuvre, one feels drawn towards the story so much that the elusive challenge seems to evoke a different thrill altogether. This review is going to be an endorsement for one of his most extolled works, […]

Is “Love In The Time Of Cholera” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez really what you think it is?

This is an interpretation article and thus obviously delves into potential spoilers.Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez wrote with such titillating and tantalizing charm and pizazz that he is arguably noted as one of the most significant authors of the preceding century. He has left behind a large legacy of novels and short stories dealing with […]

Curfewed Night- A Memoir of Life, Love and War

Stories; some inspire, some scare, some move; all of them are a literary version of life. And then there are some so painfully honest that our feeble conscience, in its conveniently sheltered milieu, would rather choose to live in denial. Basharat Peer’s Curfewed Night is one such extraordinary memoir of growing up in the trouble-torn […]

Coming Of Age in Samoa

Have you ever noticed something strange when you travel? You realize that there is a separate world out there with its own logic, its own way of life and its own kind of people. The philosophical doctrine of relativism had its foundation in the Sophists who were great travellers of ancient Greek times. Relativism implies […]

Uncivilised Daughters : A Play by Abhivyakti

As much enthusing, ego-boosting it was to hear the name Wordbred being announced on the stage, it is only fair for us to, in our best capacity, put up a comprehensive review of this play, called ‘Uncivilized Daughters’. Organized and enacted by Abhivyakti (cast and crew as stated at the end), the theatre society of […]