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The rivalry between Mirza Ghalib and Zauq

by New Asian Writing • 25/09/2019 • 0 Comments

It is said that Urdu poetry would be incomplete without two of its biggest pillars, Mir and Mirza Ghalib. Mirza Ghalib was a maverick character and has become immortal among the lovers of Urdu poetry. His status is legendary and…

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Book Reviews

Book Review: The Microphone Men by Priyadarshi Dutta

by New Asian Writing • 24/09/2019 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: The Microphone Men Author: Priyadarshi Dutta Publisher: Indus Source Books Genre: History Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: A gripping accounts of how a few good men, without any inherited authority of military clout, laboured to shape the political destiny…

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Book Reviews

Book Review: The Shiva Sutras by Ranjit Chaudhri

by New Asian Writing • 24/09/2019 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: The Shiva Sutras Author: Ranjit Chaudhri Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Spirituality Rating: 3.7/5 Book Blurb: As the legend has it, Lord Shiva appeared to Sage Vasugupta in a dream and instructed him to go to a particular stone near…

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Book Review: Bathinda to Bangkok by Vibha Batra

by New Asian Writing • 16/09/2019 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: Bathinda to Bangkok Author: Vibha Batra Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Fiction Rating: 4/5 Book Blurb: Mahi’s back in the pavilion, but, ji, her dreams got mixed with mud. Hopes got crushum-crushed. Heart became pieces-pieces. As if life isn’t tatti enough, one after another new-new siyapas are…

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Pan Macmillan to Publish Permanent Record by Edward Snowden

by New Asian Writing • 14/09/2019 • 0 Comments
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Edward Snowden Tells His Story for the First Time in ‘Permanent Record,’ A Memoir that Reveals His Journey from Spy to Exile to Conscience of the Internet In 2013, twenty-nine-year-old Edward Snowden shocked the world when he broke with the…

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Book Reviews

Book Review: Innocence Lives in an Eyrie by Vaibhav Saini

by New Asian Writing • 08/09/2019 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: Innocence Lives in an Eyrie Author: Vaibhav Saini Publisher: Editorial Trance Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: “There’s a teenager outside the studio with a gun to his head. He is threatening to shoot himself unless you interview…

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Book Release: Namaha Stories From the Land of Gods and Goddesses by Abhishek Singh

by New Asian Writing • 04/09/2019 • 0 Comments
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Wonder House Books launches Namaha Stories  From the Land of Gods and Goddesses by Abhishek Singh At 1AQ – 1-A Qutub Minar Roundabout, Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110030 The Book was launched at 6:00 p.m., Friday, 30th August, 1AQ Art…

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Book Release: A Broken Exit: Discarded Poems from 2015 by Goirick Brahmachari

by New Asian Writing • 04/09/2019 • 0 Comments

3. sometimes a sudden rush of cold wind inside your auto, on a hot summer’s day in delhi is enough to escape rhyme. auto rickshaws in mawlai, covered in black leather robes, eyes hallucinating, smoke, umbrellas dripping mud, shivering rain…

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Essays

Oscar Wilde: Portraire

by New Asian Writing • 03/09/2019 • 0 Comments

Oscar Wilde was one of the greatest wits to grace our planet. He has (unlike other writers) remained relevant in every age and is well known for his quotes and epigrams that highlight his wit. He lived and embraced life…

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Book Reviews

Book Review: How To Fight by Thich Nhat Hanh

by New Asian Writing • 03/09/2019 • 0 Comments
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Book Name: How To Fight Author: Thich Nhat Hanh Publisher: Aleph Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Thich Nhat Hanh shows us the connection between personal, inner peace and peace on earth.’ —His Holiness the Dalai Lama Thich Nhat Hanh…

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NAW Poetry

‘Tricolour’ by Debadrita Chakraborty

by New Asian Writing • 28/08/2019 • 0 Comments

Saffron stands for…?  The yearly ritual begins— Courage. Strength. Sacrifice. The class roars.  Thirty little born-frees waiting for a nod – a cue from her vacant weary eyes. Three sixty five days of seventy three years on her mind. She…

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