Cobalt blue by Sachin Kundalkar: Book review

Cobalt blue is a story of love revolving around the themes of homosexuality, the associated secrecy in India, masculinity and its fragility, longing and heartbreak. The story is centered around a paying guest who enters a Marathi family and overturns the lives of Tanay and his sister, Anuja, at the same time. The guest is …

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Stories on Caste by Premchand: A book review

It is a collection of 10 enlightening short stories revolving around themes of untouchability, caste discrimination and upper caste privilege in then India. Although the stories are set in a time way earlier than now, most of the things discussed in the stories still ring true. Since I read the translation, I am pretty sure …