Chandralekha PandaMemory for Forgetfulness by Mahmoud Darwish“Why should so much amnesia be expected from them?”Feb 5, 2023Feb 5, 2023
Chandralekha PandaThe Memory Police by Yōko Ogawa“And no matter how wonderful the memory, it vanishes if you leave it alone, if no one pays attention to it. They leave no trace, no…Mar 25, 2022Mar 25, 2022
Chandralekha PandaThe Country Without a Post Office by Agha Shahid“If only somehow you could have been mine, what wouldn’t have happened in this world?” Agha Shahid Ali is the poet of longing and…Jan 30, 2022Jan 30, 2022
Chandralekha PandaMachines Like Me by Ian McEwan“There was vanity in these expectations.” Ian McEwan in his 15th novel talks about Artificial Intelligence, Shakespeare and about…Nov 22, 2021Nov 22, 2021
Chandralekha PandaThe Beauty of Your Face by Sarah Mustafah“Mama had never allowed her to get close. They circled each other for years, never breaking their orbits.” Sahar Mustafah’s debut novel…Nov 21, 2021Nov 21, 2021
Chandralekha PandaMuriel Rukeyser’s Selected Poems“in the wreaths of time to us what love may reach us in the streets the books the years what wreaths of love may touch our dreams, what…Nov 19, 2021Nov 19, 2021
Chandralekha PandaThe Book of Collateral Damage by Sinan Antoon“Most people who tackle history record centuries, decades, and years. I’m interested in minutes, especially the first minute.” This book…Nov 19, 2021Nov 19, 2021
Chandralekha PandaBitter Fruit by Saddat Hassan Manto“I feel like I am always the one tearing everything up and forever sewing it back together.”May 13, 2021May 13, 2021
