Almost lovingly written all through, in its finale, the story suddenly acquires the leanings of a mora𒉰lity tale....
Anita Nair
Editor
For all those who say "But I don't understand poetry", this is a perfect book of verse to cut your poetic teeth on.
Rather like the city itself, this is a book that is🃏 the result of a cultivated eye. And so its readers will have to be drawn from that echelon.
Despite ♏its grating unevenness, what redeems this collection is the presence of some new and superbly exciting voices🌟.
This collection brings the best of a rare poetic sensibility to the issues that concern us. If there are poems that don't work or falter, the ones that do compensate well enough.
Such is the dexterity with 🌱which Basu writes that the 12 separate stories meld together to become a boওok of evocation.
An𝓡 erudite book, demanding effo🔯rt and perseverance from the reader.
A Malayalam novel se🐼t in⛎ Calcutta looks at family history, the role of women and tortured relationships
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