The Unheard Housewife: A Voice Reclaimed from the Margins of Everyday Life

A Story That Begins in Silence The Unheard Housewife by Sheenam Khan tells a story that is familiar, yet rarely examined with care. It follows a woman whose life unfolds within routines, expectations, and quiet compromises—until she begins to question the silence she has mistaken for strength. The novel traces her gradual journey from emotional invisibility to self‑discovery….

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Shafqat M. H.’s Between Beeps and Beliefs: Writing Grace from the Margins of Medicine

Listening to What Hospitals Rarely Say Hospitals are often described through statistics, protocols, and outcomes. Between Beeps and Beliefs chooses a different register. It listens to what usually escapes record—the emotional residue of waiting rooms, the moral weight of caregiving, and the fragile hope that lingers between the rhythmic beeps of medical monitors. Blending reflective prose with…

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Anger of a Man ~ Insanity of a Woman: When Jurisprudence Refuses to Hear Women’s Rage

In Anger of a Man ~ Insanity of a Woman, Aryahi Srivastava undertakes a rigorous and unsettling inquiry into one of criminal law’s most guarded assumptions: that reason and neutrality govern judicial decision‑making. Drawing from criminal law, psychoanalysis, and gender studies, the book exposes how the legal system’s apparent rationality is quietly animated by emotion—selectively recognised, unevenly legitimised,…

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Learning to Speak Softly to the Self: The Poetry of Divyaa Sood

In a literary moment increasingly marked by urgency and volume, Divyaa Sood’s writing chooses a different register. It lowers its voice. It listens. And in that attentiveness, it finds its strength. A writer and poet deeply invested in emotional truth and inward reflection, Sood’s work inhabits the delicate spaces between silence and speech—those inner corridors where feeling…

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Ehtesham Shahid’s The Roaming Bihari and His Bagful of Stories: A Journalist’s Life Across the Fault Lines of the Middle East

There are books that explain regions, and there are books that live inside them.belongs to the latter category—part reportage, part memoir, and part reflective inquiry into what it means to be an Indian journalist navigating the layered realities of the Middle East. Written by , the book draws upon more than two decades of professional…

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Manu Kapur’s Productive Failure: Rethinking How Learning Truly Happens

In an age increasingly preoccupied with efficiency, optimization, and measurable success, Manu Kapur has spent a distinguished academic career arguing for an idea that appears, at first glance, counterintuitive: that failure—when carefully designed—is not a detour from learning, but its most reliable path. Currently the Director of the Singapore‑ETH Centre and Professor of Learning Sciences and Higher Education at ETH Zurich,…

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Rahul Manghat and The Origin of the Ten Fires: A Thoughtful Literary Exploration of the Human Inner World

In contemporary fiction, it is rare to encounter a work that engages deeply with both ancient philosophical thought and the modern psychological condition without simplifying either. The Origin of the Ten Fires, a series by Indian author Rahul Manghat, attempts precisely this—mapping the emotional and cognitive forces that govern human life through a narrative rooted in symbolism, restraint, and reflection. Rather…

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Prajakta Pandurang Kalambarkar’s The Marathon Within: A Quiet, Courageous Exploration of Inner Strength

Some books motivate by shouting.This one motivates by understanding. The Marathon Within is not about winning races or breaking records. It is about something far more demanding—the long, unseen journey of staying true to yourself when life tests your endurance. Written by Prajakta Pandurang Kalambarkar, a writer who finds meaning in silence, questions, and emotions…

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