May Issue 2020

The May 2020 Issue of Bengaluru Review contains (click on the titles to read):

Essays

• Adieus, my Maqbool
• How British women’s literature changed the world
• Reading Mountbatten & the Partition of India in postcolonial times
• A trip to the Grand Canyon, where time is etched on rocks

Books

• Story of this notorious Greek mythological character is the perfect way to celebrate Mother’s Day
• “At least they would have woken me up before they killed me,” Trevor Noah's 'Born A Crime' Reviewed
• Nikita Parik writes poems as if she is drowning but without dying, writes Amit Shankar Saha

Films & TV

• 'Kuchh Bheege Alfaaz': A carefully worked out emotional drama with undertones of the purest form of romantic love
• Mucize: A Turkish masterpiece that makes you realise there are eyes in your heart

Stories & Short Fiction

• Sunil Gangopadhyay’s Aranye Eka is the Story You Need to Read Today
• Ammamma’s Summer: Vidya Bhandarkar weaves a sublime tale of life in Bengaluru
• 'You Owe Me': Read Chuck Taylor's short story that is as sublime as it is human
• That which cannot be said: A delightful short fiction by the brilliant Dyuti Mishra
• The Paper Boat: Paresh Tiwari's Poignant Short Story That You Should Be Reading Right Now

Poetry

• Curated Poetry Series: 3 Young Indian English Poets You Should Be Reading Now
• Curated Poetry Series: 4 Brilliant Women Poets to Read in this Lockdown
• "If honour killing is sacred / then we are a very religious country": Prathibha Nandakumar's Poetry Cuts Sharp And Deep
• "Am not in love, and neither is she. And we are happy" Three poems by Gale Acuff That You Shouldn't Miss
• "What is worse / than middling conversation?": Three gripping poems by Carol D'Souza
• "Have you ever thought of the human body as an unscrupulous garden?": Three brilliant poetic pieces by Rohith
• "I have quit embracing trees in search of poetry": Haibun by Paresh Tiwari Are A Thing Of Beauty
• "Something dies, something else feeds on it": Three poems by Priya Dileep worth reading again and again
• Ruwan Bandujeewa's 3 poems are like pearls from the island country
• "We might still be alive when it worsens": Three poems by Suhit Kelkar that you'll read again and again
• "They were gentle farts, not loud obnoxious or peace destroying": Raj Chakrapani Pens 3 Delightful Poems For You
• "You earn death bit by bit": Three poems by Sekhar Banerjee that you cannot and should not miss
• "you are a comforting circle / the grecian geometry of wholes": Three brilliant poetic pieces by Rebecca Vedavathy
• "No Body Kicks a Dead Dog": Three stunningly beautiful poems by Kinshuk Gupta
• "There is no industry in these silences": Do not miss out on these wonderful poems by Srividya Sivakumar

Interviews

• Lullaby for grandmother : Praveen Alva and the revival of Tulu storytelling and songs

In Pictures

• In Pictures : The enigmatic fort of Bhangarh, haunted at nights, welcoming in the day

Happy Reading!

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