In this essay published at Already Pretty, I explore the intersection of personal style, sexuality, and how I broke free of binaries.
Author: Amita Basu
I'm a writer based in Bangalore, India.
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Charles Dickens’s Bleak House.
A critique of one of Dickens’s less-known but most masterful novels.
Some life lessons from an ancient Greek fabulist.
In this review published at Countercurrents, I examine Dawkins’s encylopaedia of the tree of life.
In this article published at Qrius, I explore the continuing relevance of BBC journalist Mark Tully’s book of essays on India.
Image Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bleak-House I’m about halfway through Dickens’s Bleak House. This is a partial review, written as a comparison of Bleak House to Dickens’s body of work. Bleak House (1852) was the ninth of Dickens’s fifteen novels, counting the unfinished Edwin Drood. In several respects, Bleak House is a very Dickensian novel: Littered with characters. […]
A book of short stories by Russia’s first Nobel Laureate.
Ten splendid short stories I read this week.
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COVID-19: Past, Present, Future
In this article published at Countercurrents, I explore the history of zoonoses in shaping civilisation, and review the steps we must take to obviate future pandemics,
Ten splendid short stories I read this week.
Amita Basu 