Why George Orwell Shot the Big Elephant

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George Orwell is a name familiar to Indians. Besides his prowess as an author, he was after all an Anglo-Indian, born in Motihari, Bihar as Eric Blair (George Orwell was actually his pen name). Some of Orwell’s books like Animal Farm and 1984 have also found favor with the English-speaking literati in India. Much as […]

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore

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Of course, there are plenty of nice books. But let’s admit it. There are very few books that move us. And fewer still that move us to tears at the end of it. About Alice is a petite book (just 78 pages). Truly in this case, we can say less is more. Written as a […]