Arunava sinha once again making the translation landscape better

Today in the ARB: Mahika Dhar reviews “Goddess Complex” by Sanjena Sathian penguinpress asianreviewofbooks.com/goddess-comple…

‘Sathian’s focus is on women undone by the weight of motherhood, those who have shunned it and those who pray to reach it.’ Read Mahika Dhar’s review of #SanjenaSathian’s #GoddessComplex in Asian Review of Books: asianreviewofbooks.com/goddess-comple… #READWithHarperCollins

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New essay for Polyester about snail mail, physical media, and why it feels so good to talk slowly 💌 polyesterzine.com/features/why-d…

my greatest strength is that i will NEVER miss an earthquake. my tummy feels weird and my spider senses immediately know

Today in the ARB: Mahika Dhar reviews “Blowfish” by Kyung-Ran Jo tr fm Korean by Chi-Young Kim Astra House Hachette UK asianreviewofbooks.com/blowfish-by-ky…

"Moody and cinematic." —Mahika Dhar on Kyung-ran Jo's BLOWFISH, translated by Chi-Young Kim, for Asian Review of Books asianreviewofbooks.com/blowfish-by-ky…

Today in the ARB: Mahika Dhar reviews the graphic novel “Vaadivaasal: The Arena” by CS Chellapa & Perumal Murugan, illus by Appupen "evocative and gripping" @simonschusterin asianreviewofbooks.com/vaadivaasal-th…

Today in the ARB: Mahika Dhar reviews “Mistress Koharu” by Noboru Tsujihara tr from Japanese by Kalau Almony: "a thrilling read in its encyclopedic style and penchant for weirdness" Honford Star asianreviewofbooks.com/mistress-kohar…

Wrote for the Los Angeles Review and it was so much fun! Go read

ARB contributor Mahika Dhar reviews "The Peach Blossom Fan" by Kong Shangren tr Wai-yee Li & "More Swindles from the Late Ming: Sex, Scams, and Sorcery" by Zhang Yingyu tr Bruce Rusk & Christopher Rea in the Los Angeles Review of Books lareviewofbooks.org/article/in-the…

Mahika Dhar reviews two books about the cultural ferment and uncertainty of the collapsing Ming world: "The late Ming was rife with corruption, natural disasters, and war. The people—exhausted by the incompetence of governments—are wily and apathetic." lareviewofbooks.org/article/in-the…

Featuring: • An excerpt in Lapham’s Quarterly from James Marcus’ new book on Ralph Waldo Emerson • Mahika Dhar in Los Angeles Review of Books on two translations of seventeenth-century Chinese literature 1/2

schrodinger's job market

Today in the ARB: Mahika Dhar reviews “Retrograde” by Osamu Dazai One Peace Books asianreviewofbooks.com/retrograde-by-…

The return, Gaza

Today in the ARB: Mahika Dhar reviews “Mother Mary Comes To Me” by Arundhati Roy Penguin Books UK Scribner Penguin India asianreviewofbooks.com/mother-mary-co…

VERY SERIOUS findings revealed by the Leader of Opposition. The Election Commission of India will most obviously FAIL to address them. The very soul of our democracy—free and fair competition for power—is under a systematic attack. The government fails to realise they can only

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