Ajitabh Pandey's Soul & Syntax
Exploring systems, souls, and stories – one post at a time
Myra Macdonald’s Defeat Is an Orphan, published in 2017, is a compelling and incisive examination of the turbulent post-nuclear history of India-Pakistan relations. Long unread on my own bookshelf, I found the…
When I first picked up The Shadow Throne by Aroon Raman, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect. It’s the author’s debut novel, and I received a review copy curious to see what new…
Kurukshetra is a poetic description of the analysis and after effects of a war. The poet has taken the Bhishma – Yudhishthir dialogue after the Mahabharat war was over in order to…
Another historical book by Amish Tripathi. This time he has chosen the story of Ramayan (around 3400 BCE). Its re-telling of the standard Ram-Sita life-story as mentioned in various versions of Ramayan’s by…
Chandrakanta is a hindi novel written in 1888. This is fantasy fiction something similar to the “Harry Potter” series, which the younger generation of today is so fan of. It is important to…