Some books are love stories. Some are political novels. The Home and the World by Rabindranath Tagore is both, and that’s exactly why it’s so unsettling. On the surface, it’s about a love triangle. Bimala, a traditional wife. Nikhil, her gentle, educated husband. Sandip, a charismatic revolutionary who stirs something in her she didn’t know…
There’s a particular kind of suffocation that comes from being told you’re free while living in a cage. The Silent Raga by Ameen Merchant understands this. Deeply. Janaki makes music because it isn’t hobby or talent—it’s how she stays alive inside a life that keeps trying to make her smaller. The stars exist, yes, but…
These aren’t your typical feminist books with speeches about equality or manifestos about rights. These are books where women simply refuse to shrink. Where they take up space. Where they choose themselves—even when the world punishes them for it. Some are loud about it. Others are quiet. But all of them are unforgettable. Here’s your…
We all know the Ramayana. It’s one of those stories that’s been told so many times, in so many ways, that it feels like it’s always been there. The story of Rama, the perfect prince who gave up his throne. Sita, his faithful wife who followed him into exile. Hanuman, the devoted monkey god who’d…
I don’t know how to talk about this book without first telling you I wasn’t ready for it. I picked up Amba: The Question of Red thinking I’d get a retelling. You know, one of those books where someone takes an old myth and updates it. Makes it prettier, more modern, easier to digest. I…