The reviewer, Malati Mathur, is a professor of English and director, School of Humanities, and director, School of Foreign Languages, IGNOU, New Delhi. She is a creative writer and award-winning translator who translates from and between Tamil, Hindi and English.

Vivekananda was outspoken regarding his thoughts on notions of purity

Vivekanandaâ€™s Hinduism valued human agency, rejected doxa

Book Review | What pooped on my step and other whodunits

Book Review | Illness as a metaphor for the Indian condition

Book Review | One young Indian maps changing nation, finds hope amid violence

Book Review | Naturalistâ€™s whodunit is crisp and satisfying

Book Review | Hard-hitting social drama questions privilege

Book Review | The Memsahib among Indians, her â€˜burdenâ€™ and her doubts

Book Review | Man of contradictions who galvanised Hindi literature

Book Review | Love, and the dilemmas of devadasi life

Book Review | Wordy but under-translated tome rewards in retrospect

The acclaimed Tamil novel \'Pasitha Manidam\', set in the Tamil heartland, is about human nature with its blemishes and beauty

Book Review | How youth is misspent in Kumbakonam

While the theme may seem predictable, crime & retribution, it unfolds in surprising ways and that ultimately, is the strength of this novel

Chronicle of a â€˜normalâ€™ murder, foretold staggeringly

Many of the stories end on a note of satisfaction for the reader, as when retribution or karma catches up

Book Review | How humanity redeems the individual

The slim volume is valuable in that it draws readers into the world of Tamil writing of which they would otherwise be deprived

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