Tag: india

Sita by Devdutt Pattanaik A review I read Sita, the illustrated retelling of the Indian epic Ramayana by Devdutt Pattanaik, soon after I had read Jaya, Devdutt Pattanaik’s retelling of the Mahabharata. Now, it might have been due to my lack of prior understanding of Ramayana, but I found Sita to be a much more…

Jaya by Devdutt Pattanaik A review Jaya – Devdutt Pattanaik’s retelling of the Indian epic Mahabharata, with a mish-mash of various versions, has been on numerous bestseller lists for some time now. I finally took up the book in late 2013, partly to revisit the “greatest story ever told” and partly out of curiosity generated…

The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag by Jim Corbett A review The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag is about Jim Corbett’s famous adventure of his pursuit of a wily adversary who gained notoriety for transforming into a devilish (and even an incarnation of the devil itself to some!) killer. The book details the long hunt launched by…

Shei Somoy by Sunil Gangopadhyay A review Shei Somoy (Those Days) is a landmark historical novel by Sunil Gangopadhyay in which he paints a lively and vivid picture of the city of Kolkata in particular and Bengal in general in the period between 1840 and 1870. In contrast to the period described in his other…

Prothom Alo by Sunil Gangopadhyay A review Prothom Alo (The First Light) by Sunil Gangopadhyay is an epic work by the great author which encompasses the society of Bengal in the later part of the nineteenth century. The period is often referred to as the period of the ?Bengal Renaissance? as this period saw a…

Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett A review Man-Eaters of Kumaon is a collection of Jim Corbett?s hunting adventures penned by the remarkable personality himself. The fact that Jim Corbett?s talents with the pen rival his shooting skills is well-known. However, this review is about certain other personal observations. One, the humility of the man…