Belles-Lettres

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Belles-lettres or belles lettres is a category of writing, originally meaning beautiful or fine writing. In the modern narrow sense, it is a label for literary works that do not fall into the major categories such as fiction, poetry, or drama. The phrase is sometimes used pejoratively for writing that focuses on the aesthetic qualities of language rather than its practical application or for essays, particularly on literary and artistic criticism, written and read primarily for their aesthetic effect.

After almost nine years of writing book reviews on this blog, I believe it is time for me to spread my wings and fly in search of newer horizons for both my reviews and writing prowess. Sharing the milestones from my journey :

The Friday Times, 12th February 2021

• The Brown Orient Magazine - The White Dancing Elephants by Chaya Bhuvaneswar

• Contemporary South Asia Journal - Feminist and Science : Critiques and changing perspectives in India

• The Brown Orient Magazine - Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adiyemi

• The Same Magazine - The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

• The Brown Orient Magazine - Banat Collectives' : In the Middle of All

• Scroll.in - Women who ruled India

• Inkspire Magazine - The Power of Positivity - Optimism & the 7th sense by Padmakali Banerjee 

• Feminism in India - Purdah to Piccadilly by Zarina Bhatty 

• Asian Review of Books - The Women who ruled India
• Feminism in India - Against All Odds by Mahima Nayar 
• Kitaab - The Crooked Line by Ismat Chugtai
• Feminism in India - Kamla Chaudhary
• Kitaab - Interpreter of Winds by Fairoz Ahmed
• Kitaab -  Animalia Indica by Sumana Roy
• Feminism in India - Women Writing as a Genre
• Kitaab - She stooped to kill
• Feminism in India- Not just another story
• Kitaab - Wild Boars in the Cane field
• The Friday Times - A Week in the Life of Svitlana
• Feminism in India- With Ash on their Faces
• Kitaab - Off the Shelf
• Kitaab - Coming Back to the City
• Kitaab - In search of Heer
• Kitaab - Rethinking good governance
• Kitaab - The Prospect of Miracles
• Kitaab - The Doctor and Mrs. A
• Kitaab - The Merman and the Book of Power
• Borderless Journal - The Speaking Stone
• Borderless Journal - Silence between the notes
• Countercurrents - Silence between the notes