Nupur Lakhe

Dec 17, 2024 | nbmagazine.co.uk | Sophie Percival |Nupur Lakhe

The Position of Spoons and other intimacies is a collection of essays, stories, and short texts. Some adhere to the fragmented writing style, while others conform to a long-form text, projecting a fluidity that fits to various categories of writing styles. The writing pieces sprout from the minuscule detailing of something ordinary like lemons, shoes, or an author's work.

Aug 26, 2024 | nbmagazine.co.uk | Sophie Percival |Nupur Lakhe

Mothers and daughters have always been a dominating theme in literature. At times, a mother sees herself in her daughter and the freedom she couldn't have, whilst the daughter wonders what else remains of this personality of my mother that I know of. Some duos bridge this gap through conversations, time, and stories. For others, the void expands through the river of time. There could be a third kind, where this void is neither realised nor addressed.

Mar 14, 2024 | nbmagazine.co.uk | Sophie Percival |Nupur Lakhe

If brevity is a gift, Lydia Davis has it in abundance. Our Strangers, her short story collection, showcases her writing range in its full glory. The stories sprout out of quotidian and follow no distinct form. Shaped in the classic story format, some are a few pages long, whereas some are barely three lines. Davis’s crisp writing retains every transition as they drift from one form to another. In the longer stories, she keeps her sentences distinct; sentiment shines uncompromised.

Jun 11, 2023 | thefederal.com | Nupur Lakhe

In Mahasweta Devi's Truth/Untruth, translated from Bangla by Anjum Katyal, themes of love, lust, guilt, deceit, greed, corruption, and hypocrisy intertwine, revealing the intricate nature of truth through dualities Truth/Untruth by Mahasweta Devi, translated from Bangla by Anjum Katyal, is a story set in Kolkata in the 1980s, a time when money was bait to buy off almost everything, even the moralities, and the urban landscape was developing rapidly.