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Dr Sukriti Tankha Main chauraasi ki ladki hun (I am a woman who has survived 1984). This single line, spoken by a Sikh woman who lived through the 1984 anti-Sikh genocide in Delhi, sets the tone for what follows. It is powerful, haunting, and enough to hint at the unimaginable trauma she endured. Even after […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha What is Hindu astrology? How does it work? When does it not work? How has it been developed? Is it similar to other astrological systems? All this and more is contained in recently published Hindu Astrology: Myths, Symbols, and Realities. The book, authored by Oxford mathematician, Dr A P Stone, was first […]Read More
Team L&M In a significant recognition of India’s literary heritage, Ramcharitmanas, Panchatantra, and Sahṛdayāloka-Locana have been included in the UNESCO Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register. Authored by Goswami Tulsidas, Vishnu Sharma, and Anandavardhana respectively, these timeless works reflect India’s rich cultural and intellectual traditions. This inclusion marks an important step in global cultural […]Read More
Team L&M Being born into a family that deeply valued education and the arts fostered the love for storytelling into her early in life. But it was only after Monica Saigal completed her engineering degree that she finally decided to follow her passion for writing. Now settled in US, as an established author, she continues to […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Rising Flame, an NGO working in the disability inclusion space, has published And They Lived… Ever After. The book reimagines 13 popular fairy tales with a powerful and inclusive twist. These stories are written by authors living with disabilities, who weave their lived experiences into each narrative. In conversation with Life & […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Meekanshi Jain’s Rama and Ayodhya (2013), made a historical case for the Ram Temple in place of the Babri Masjid. And her Vishwanath Rises and Rises: The Story of Eternal Kashi (Aryan Books), published last month, does so for Kashi Vishwanath temple in place of a mosque. Kashi and Its Civilisational Heritage Kashi is intricately […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Author Haroon Khalid brings Waris Shah to life in From Waris to Heer (Penguinb Random House), his experimental retelling of Heer and Ranjha. Weaving a story within the story in this book, he successfully portrays what Waris Shah’s life and times must have been in pre-colonial Punjab and how did the story […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Descend into the deepest, murkiest torture chambers of the soul with Aparna Sanyal’s. Instruments of Torture (HarperCollins), a collection of eight short stories, each of which explores a different theme. Each of the eight stories is named after a medieval torture device, and the true meaning—and impact—of every title bubble to the […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha A Game of Fire is a classic novel by Nanak Singh, called the father of the Punjabi novel, of a city in turmoil and the unexpected heroes who rise from the catastrophe. A sequel to Hymns in Blood, its message is as relevant today as it was when it was first published in 1948. The […]Read More
Upasana Kaura The opening lines of the Foreword by Ruskin Bond could not have fit better for the author of Hotel Adventures With The Stars – “L Aruna Dhir is one of those people who pop in and out of your life from time to time, like a ray of sunshine bursting through the clouds. […]Read More
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