There are different layers of non-fiction and arousing non-fiction, I say, is the most active art of writing non-fiction. So, what is that you may ask. For me, a book in the non-fiction genre that lets your hair rise and…
I have been constantly raising my voice that a genre called 'casual literature' does exist and it's rather popular compared to the traditional writing we call 'literature' in general. Why do I say so? Look around yourself and try guessing…
silence is all the noise I can hear; nothingness is all the pain I can bear; the coat is tattered I wore, and I have nothing that I can tear. unholy. evenly rude and corrupt. can I even curse my…
It has been long since I read something of serious nature in terms of 'true non-fiction'. Recently, I asked the Orient BlackSwan for a copy of India, The West, and International Order, edited by Kanti Bajpai and Siddharth Mallavarapu. Published…
What has been the 'best' lie you have been told at your school? What has been the biggest secret kept from you as an Indian citizen? What do you think are the greatest jobs of deception Indian governments have…
The history of a nation is important. The sense of history in the people of a country is equally important. A country that rests on the pile of guilts of its own historical sense can never prosper; and we…
It was not long ago that I last read some book. However, it was certainly long ago that I read a good book. And I was too eager to pick up some well-known, versatile and bestselling titles to quench my…
No pain is greater than the beauty of human heart! It carries on - stagnates, falters but carries on. Moving on might be difficult for the prisoner trapped in the clay of earth and caricature of mirth; but oh,…
Dear authors, it is the dream of all of us - publishing a book and making the ideal readers read it ideally. Am I wrong? However, after all the hard work and those sleepless nights, all that many of the…
Shall I forget you, ever? My ruins will let me, never! And I will carry this forever until I leave... and all the while, I'll flicker, falter, forget and waver! alok mishra 4:40 AM, August 26, 2019
