Category: Book review

Mark Tully’s No Full Stops in India exposes the decades-long roots of contemporary India’s social chasms, systemic injustices, and communal tensions

In this article published at Qrius, I explore the continuing relevance of BBC journalist Mark Tully’s book of essays on India.

Tags BBC, contemporary India, economic disparity, inequality, journalism

Book review

Reading: Halfway through Dickens’s masterpiece Bleak House

Post author By Amita Basu
Post date April 12, 2020
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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. […]