By Charles Ponnuthurai Sarvan I’ve never met the author (hereafter sometimes referred to as BS), a medical doctor long settled in Australia, but have
Category: Book Review
Recollecting Shiva Naipaul in Africa and Sri Lanka
By Charles Sarvan, Berlin Shiva Naipaul’s reputation is over-shadowed by that of his brother, world-famous V. S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, knighted by the
Black Taj; The High Noon of Lady Noon
By Reginald Massey Mohini Kent, born in Amritsar to Sikh parents, has
SHORT STORIES BY SOUTH ASIAN AUTHORS
The crafting of short stories has of late been somewhat neglected because writers of fiction strive to create Great Novels that will sell by the millions, be
Book Review: Jasbir Jain’s The Diaspora Writes Home
By Ajay K Chaubey ‘Home’, ‘Memory’, and ‘Nostalgia’ are the distinctive features of diasporic writing, which in turn are linked to an author’s identity, which
Divya Mathur’s story collection in Urdu ‘Zeharmohra’ Launched
23 May 2016, London, Asio-European Cultural Exchange Society (ACES) and Sir Syed Foundation-London celebrated the publication of a selection of Divya Mathur’s short stories translated
Frontier of Fear: Confronting the Taliban on Pakistan’s Border by D.L. Gosling
A review by Reginald Massey The North West Frontier of India was always known as a restive region and it was in the capital city
Book Review: Sharada Nayak’s ‘Raj Agent in Ceylon(1936-40)’
by Sydney Xavier The book’s title and cover page denoting the French nautical map of Ceylon and the Malabar and Coromandel coasts hint at a
Reginald Massey’s Book Page: The Lady And The Generals
Burma is almost a forgotten country for many reasons. It is comparatively small with a population of about 54 million. For decades the army has