Nidhi MahajanA Fever Dream in Warped Time: ‘Prophet Song’ by Paul LynchThe Booker 2023 winner has its moments of genius.May 3May 3
Nidhi MahajanGendered Economies in Luce Irigaray’s ‘When the Goods Get Together’Where Irigaray critiques Freud — and proposes an alternative to patriarchy.Apr 93Apr 93
Nidhi MahajanWhat Makes Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’ a Tragicomedy?Reading one oftwentieth century’s greatest plays where “nothing happens, nobody comes, nobody goes.”Dec 16, 2023Dec 16, 2023
Nidhi MahajanWhat is PB Shelley’s Vision of Change and ‘Creative Destruction’?Analysing Shelley’s revolutionary poems.Nov 17, 2023Nov 17, 2023
Nidhi MahajanAn Origin Story: ‘Latitudes of Longing’ by Shubhangi SwarupIt is almost like Arundhati Roy’s ‘The God of Small Things’ had a book baby with Han Kang’s ‘The Vegetarian’.Mar 27, 2022Mar 27, 2022
Nidhi MahajanPlaying the Desi Game: ‘Goodbye Freddie Mercury’ by Nadia Akbar“Lahore has a way of wearing everything out.”Mar 27, 2022Mar 27, 2022
Nidhi MahajanThe Theatre of Cruelty: ‘The Night of Broken Glass’ by Feroz Rather“What are the screams like when a dead body cries?”Mar 18, 2022Mar 18, 2022
Nidhi MahajanThe Games We Play: ‘The Goat Thief’ by Perumal Murugan“Whenever I think of writing a short story, I am reminded of the art of drawing kolams practiced in Tamil homes. . .”Mar 18, 2022Mar 18, 2022
Nidhi MahajanThe Social Laboratory of Jhumpa Lahiri’s ‘Whereabouts’The novel provides unlikely company during the pandemic’s prescriptive isolation.May 11, 2021May 11, 2021
Nidhi MahajanThe Body in Protest: ‘The Mothers of Manipur’ by Teresa RehmanWhat is it about the ‘naked protest’ of 2004 that continues to resonate?May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
