The fulfillment one derives from writing about a book is as satisfying - if not more – as the delight one gets by reading it. In fact I personally feel that reviewing a book is just a natural corollary, an obvious extension of the reading process. The whole experience of having read a book is … Continue reading Why Write Reviews of The books you like (or don’t)
Month: August 2021
Translated Literature – Window To Other Cultures
Alluding to the indispensability and inimitability of the medium of translation, German author and Nobel Laureate Günter Grass said, "translation is that which transforms everything so that nothing changes”, A piece of literature translated in a sangfroid fashion invests in the reader a lambent sense of perception – perception that is vital and acute. The … Continue reading Translated Literature – Window To Other Cultures
Mimi – Medium is the Message
(Image Credit: Indiaglitz.com) (Warning: This review contains Spoilers) "The medium is the message" is a powerful phrase conceptualised by Canadian communication theorist Marshall McLuhan. In his pathbreaking book, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man, published in 1964, McLuhan declared that it ought to be the medium of communication itself, rather than the message/s purveyed by … Continue reading Mimi – Medium is the Message