Sohra or Cherrapunjee—which we still fondly call the wettest place on earth—is my birthplace, where my ancestral home is, and though only tenants live in…
We are proud to present the June Jazz Summer issue of The Bangalore Review as we celebrate the completion of 8 years of the magazine….
Playwright-poet Ashutosh Potdar’s questioning approach towards traditions and modernity gives his writing a nuanced and layered approach. We talk to him to know more about his thought process.
Bhaswati Ghosh’s Victory Colony, 1950, is a portrait of resilience and a testament to humanity. The novel set in eastern India in the aftermath of the partition…
Long before air-conditioners were bought for our house in the coastal town of Puri, the dominant white noise during summers was that of the ceiling…
I stare out over the skyline of Mumbai. My nostrils flare as I inhale the scent of rain on the wind. Tiny droplets of sweat…
Jagged Edges of Masculinity Anubha Yadav’s debut novel is a play of stereotypes and tags that constitute male upbringing, entitlement and survival in India. It’s…
The first time I am told I am not actually Jewish, I am eight-years old and I am sitting on the bus. My hair is…
Hanna Alkaf is a writer from Malaysia where the legend of the pelesit originated—in Malay myth, a pelesit is a shape shifting spirit usually under…
My parents now have the same sleep schedule they yelled at me about in high school. My mother goes to bed at midnight and sleeps…
Women have played a major role in our sustenance and growth during the last eight years. In our editorial team or in our submissions pile,…
In the first week of quarantine my dad started wearing his mask and a tree branch nearly fell on our heads, nearly killing us. It…
Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings (2020), translated into English by Ginny Tapley Takemori, is a slim yet eerie novel about a young woman who feels peripheral to…
The last acting job I had was on Late Night with David Letterman. A few months shy of my fiftieth birthday, I walked into the…
As the title suggests, Francesca Bell’s debut collection of poetry, Bright Stain (Red Hen Press, 2019) is rife with complexity and nuance. A stain might…
One evening about eight Warren dropped by our apartment unexpectedly. As he walked in he said, “No surprises here: how did I know you’d be…
Our longest days are barely over. What feels like a sci-fi feature set in a distant, dystopian future is the current reality for millions of…
Nothing distinguishes a human being from other creatures (including other humans themselves) like memory. Each of us are unique in our experiences and their associated…
“The artist’s life is romantic to everyone but him.” An Artist is Born It begins, or ends like this: one day you’re in the back…
Every author gets asked—cornered, perhaps—to say succinctly: What’s your book about? Two ex-cons murder a family of four in Kansas and, after the crime and…