“Manan Kapoor’s immersive study returns the poet to his roots, which are inescapably Indian-there’s no other word for the syncretic mastery of the Hindi, Urdu and English traditions that shaped his work.”-Jeet Thayil
'Sudeep Sen's Anthropocene is an impassioned and heartfelt response to the intersecting planetary crises of our time. It is of the utmost importance that more voices from the global South bear witness to the mutliple catastrophe that are now unfolding around us.' - AMITAV GHOSH
'Rigorously researched and closely argued . . . conservatives will find it infuriating, and progressives, illuminating . . . An inspiring read' - THE HINDU 'Yengde unapologitically calls out the caste elephant in every room in modern India' - SCROLL 'An importnt addition to the anti-caste armoury . . . . Caste Matters [is] replete with reflections over the raw experiences of…
"Centrepiece is a gorgeous collection, with page after page of beauty and surprise. What emerges is a heterogeneous series of portraits and worldviews. There is a clear--and admirable--refusal to pander to the non-Northeastern gaze, and so an outsider reader does not suffer from a niggling sense of voyeurism either. Both female experiences and the distinct cultures of the Northeast are given…
