Sea Of Poppies : An intoxicating whiff of indentured labour in colonial India
Sea of Poppies – a book by Amitav Ghosh is the first in the Ibis trilogy, which revolves around the theme of indentured labour,...
Breakfast Babble: Why Harry Potter Was Such An Integral Part Of My Childhood
Breakfast Babble: ED’s own little space on the interwebs where we gather to discuss ideas and get pumped up for the day. We judge...
रिसर्चड: दुनिया भर में क्रांतिकारी साहित्य का इतिहास
सबसे पहले, किसी को खुद से पूछना चाहिए कि क्रांति कैसे शुरू होती है। क्या यह सभी संवेदनाओं की अचानक चूक है जब हमे...
Watch: Devdutt Pattanaik’s New Book On Ramayana Vs. Mahabharata Is An Anticipated Must For...
Devdutt Pattanaik as a writer has had many successes. He's made Hindu mythology accessible to all in the simplest of forms. His passion as...
In Pics: What Are Graphic Novels And The 5 Best Ones That Are A...
When I first came across the term 'graphic novel', it struck me as a bewildering phenomenon. They seem similar to comics but are much...
Pain Makes A Poet, And Amrita Pritam’s Life Is The Perfect Example Of It
Disclaimer: Originally published in August 2019. It is being republished since it still remains an interesting topic till today.
“The arrows of anguish
Pierce the palms...
J.K Rowling isn’t real, and 7 other literary conspiracies
1. J.K. Rowling Isn’t a Real Person
A rags-to-riches story about an impoverished woman who penned seven lengthy novels in ten years, sold over 250...
Peculiar Traits Of Every Bookworm Which One Will Definitely Relate To
By Sanchari Pal
Bookworms often tend to be treated as A grade nerds. They are always subject to snide comments and snickers. But it’s alright,...
Why We Should Popularize The Concept Of Human Library In India
What happens when someone asks you who you are? You try to answer the question in the shortest amount of time by using adjectives,...
International Award-Winning Author Renaee Smith Launches Entertaining and Informative Children’s Book Series
Renaee Smith, prolific author of the Freddie series, is pleased to present a series containing four of her celebrated children’s books in a single...
Back In Time: 86 Years Ago Today: Superman’s First Appearance In The Comic Book...
Back in Time is ED’s newspaper-like column that reports the past as though it had happened just yesterday. It allows the reader to relive...
In This Age Of Kindle Readers Do We Still Want Paper Books?
By Niharkana Dhar
“Tap, tap” onto my laptop touchpad perched atop my legs, my head leaning in the oddest way over a pillow so that...
Unpopular Opinion: The Harry Potter Movies Would Have Been Better With Hermione As The...
I'm a proud Potterhead, and I swallow every morsel of information, new films, supplementary books, or merchandise that Queen Jo deigns to dispatch into...
How Many Books To Be Banned To Declare India A Democracy?
Let’s admit it – banning books is not a new thing; it is not exclusive to this regime. Rohinton Mistry’s Such A Long Journey...
Watch: Will Slam Poetry Define The Literature & Legacy Of Our Generation?
Literature through the ages has witnessed a gradual shift from long tedious texts to audio books; from an era of drama to the age...
Angelina Jolie Produces The Breadwinner: Movie About Taliban, War-Stricken Afghanistan And A Girl
“Is it a happy story or a sad story?” asks Parvana
“Just wait and see”
The wait is not long as theaters around the globe...
एक उत्साही पाठक के लिए बहुत घटिया होने के बावजूद चेतन भगत के उपन्यासों...
एक नौसिखिए के लिए, पाठकों की दुनिया में कदम रखना भारी पड़ सकता है। उल्लेखनीय कार्यों और उससे भी अधिक उत्कृष्ट विषयों के साथ,...
10 Childhood Books You Never Grow Out Of
Once upon a time, I met a boy. He seemed perfect. He was funny and smart and cute and considerate. I made myself believe...
Why Marquez must be read by us all; the colonised?
This enigma pushes us to rethink our pasts and redefine our histories.
In his novel, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Marquez plays the...
In Pics: Books And Movies That Predicted The Outbreak Of The COVID-19 Pandemic Years...
Do you believe in prophecies? Maybe not. But surely you all must have heard about them in various mythological stories, folklore, history, and even...
When Authors Proudly Painted Their Women Protagonists As Dark, Unsympathetic Characters: Gone Girl Et...
By Prerna Bhatia
"What are you thinking? How are you feeling? What have we done to each other?"
These words echo in my mind every time...
रिसर्चड: क्या कामसूत्र सेक्स और प्रलोभन से परे एक स्वस्थ जीवन के अन्य पहलुओं...
कामसूत्र, जिसका अनुवाद "वासना के सिद्धांत" के रूप में किया जाता है, कामुकता पर एक प्राचीन संस्कृत पुस्तिका है। अपने नाम को छोड़कर, वात्स्यायन...
Dead Man Walking. GoT teases Jon Snow? Jon Snow Is Alive?
Okay. Try to calm down. Take a deep breath now, 1…2…3…. Nope. Doesn’t work.
Unless you live on the planet Mars, all of you on...
Books On Erotica: A Genre Which Cripples The Emotional Quotient Of Readers
By Deeksha Aggarwalla
Erotica- where to begin, when there are so many. I do not mean a specific book or series, I mean the genre, which...
Five Latin American Writers That One Should Not Miss
Latin America is known for their biodiversity, the festivals, the football mania and their writers. The Latin American boom which took place in twentieth...
