THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE ‘10 Judgements that Changed India’ by Zia Mody is an easy read even for someone without a law background, and provides a good idea of the role of the judiciary in India’s political history.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Ananya Sarkar reviews Manu Bhattathiri’s short story collection, ‘Savithri’s Special Room and Other Stories’. The review explores various aspects of the book and elaborates on the overall experience of reading this debut work of the writer.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Anupama Krishnakumar reviews Perumal Murugan’s “Pyre”, translated from Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.
THE LOUNGE | THE MUSIC CAFE’ LEKTION III is the 3rd album from the Copenhagen-based DJ collective DEN SORTE SKOLE. While it’s categorized in the mixtape/mash-up genre, one listen to it will reveal that it’s unlike any other mix tape you’ve heard before, says Dheeraj SP.
Parth Pandya reviews Salman Rushdie’s latest ‘Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights’, calling it a work of uncommon and unabashed beauty.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Vibha Sharma reviews Ruskin Bond’s latest collection of essays, ‘A Book of Simple Living’, pointing out that the author’s simple language, his observations and the beauty in the simplicity of his life make for a fascinating read.
THE LOUNGE | TURN OF THE PAGE Shom Biswas recollects with fondness a doyen of Bengali children’s writing, Buddhadev Guha, and his captivating character, Rijuda.
THE LOUNGE | THE INNER JOURNEY When Arjuna, the third of the five Pandavas, was confused whether he should fight the Mahabharata war against his own teachers, relatives and friends, Krishna spoke the Bhagavad Gita to help him achieve clarity in thought and fight the war. One of the oft-asked questions, therefore, in this context is, ‘Does the Bhagavad-Gita Advocate War? Is it a violent scripture?’ Hari Ravikumar and Koti Sreekrishna attempt to answer these questions in this piece by digging deeper into the context of the Mahabharata war.
THE LOUNGE | SLICE OF LIFE As the nation recovers from India’s loss to Australia in the cricket World Cup, Parth Pandya, a devoted fan, remembers the other unsuccessful tales of the Indian cricket team in the biggest cricket tournament.