Namita Gokhale

1 week ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Namita Gokhale |Vivek Katju |Vaishna Roy |Srikar Raghavan

Age of Mondays Lopa GhoshHarperCollins IndiaRs. 499A poignant tale about a 10-year-old girl who, faced with her mother’s sudden absence from her life, takes refuge in a magical-real forest peopled with intriguing characters. ___The Beast WithinRudraneil SenguptaContext Rs.599A police procedural set in Delhi’s posh Panchsheel area, this thriller takes a deep diving into policing while capturing the ragged pulse of the capital city.

1 week ago | frontline.thehindu.com | Gowhar Geelani |Vaishna Roy |Namita Gokhale

Grand Hotel, Nainital. In the year 1964, it is a “modern” hotel, with concrete and cement staircases and balustrades, not wood. It is just off the lake, above the Mall Road. A long veranda runs along the length of the hotel, on the ground floor and the first floor. There is a wooden table and two chairs outside each room. Vinita is seated outside Room 136—it is a suite—overlooking the lake. The lights from the Ayarpatta side are reflecting in the waves, streaks of silver in the blue-black water.

Oct 1, 2024 | thehindu.com | Namita Gokhale

W.H. Auden’s poem ‘In Memory of W.B. Yeats’ begins thus:Time that is intolerantOf the brave and the innocentAnd indifferent in a weekTo a beautiful physiqueWorships language and forgivesEveryone by whom it lives... Keki N. Daruwalla knew the weight and value of words, and used them carefully and consistently, leaving behind a literary legacy that spanned 15 collections of poetry and 10 works of short and long fiction.

Oct 1, 2024 | thehindu.com | Namita Gokhale

W.H. Auden’s poem ‘In Memory of W.B. Yeats’ begins thus:Time that is intolerantOf the brave and the innocentAnd indifferent in a weekTo a beautiful physiqueWorships language and forgivesEveryone by whom it lives... Keki N. Daruwalla knew the weight and value of words, and used them carefully and consistently, leaving behind a literary legacy that spanned 15 collections of poetry and 10 works of short and long fiction.

Sep 27, 2024 | kathmandupost.com | Namita Gokhale |Rishika Dhakal

There are two well-known Paros in popular culture: one from the Bollywood classic ‘Devdas’ and the other from Namita Gokhale’s novel ‘Paro: Dreams of Passion’. The former Paro embodies the traditional image of a virtuous, devoted woman, while Gokhale's Paro is her complete opposite. ‘Paro: Dreams of Passion’ explores themes of contradiction, lust, femininity, alienation, and psychological turmoil.