Akankshya Abismruta

Akankshya Abismruta has been a member of Linktree for 4 years and joined in July 2022. The social media accounts linked to from Akankshya Abismruta are: • Instagram • X Besides social media accounts, iakankshya has populated their site with: • Queer India Now: The ordinary lives of queer Indians take centre stage | Book Reviews - Business Standard • Review: Slow Burn by Amal Singh | Hindustan Times • Strange Horizons - Red Sword by Bora Chung, translated by Anton Hur By Akankshya Abismruta • Tarun Bhartiya’s ‘Em No Nahi’ photobook shows deep political, emotional engagement with Khasi Hills • Strange Horizons - The Witch by Marie Ndiaye By Akankshya Abismruta • Book Review: Super by Lindsay Pereira | Tele • Students Etched in Memory: Perumal Murugan's learning curve and his bond | Book Reviews - Business Standard • Nobody's Girl: A victim strikes back in a story of trauma and defiance | Book Reviews - Business Standard • Dalit Survival and Memory in Burnt: Beyond Return - Frontline • Review: Dark Hours of the Night by Salma | Hindustan Times • Report: Travel Writing Festival | Hindustan Times • Book review | Railsong by Rahul Bhattacharya - Telegraph India • A Short History of the Gaza Strip: Anne Irfan's book traces roots of crisis | Book Reviews - Business Standard • Review: The Little Book of Goodbyes by Ravi Shankar Etteth | The Hindu • Review: Burns Boy by Krupa Ge | Hindustan Times • Review: The Comeback by Annie Zaidi | Hindustan Times • Review of Avtar Singh’s new pandemic novel, The Pretenders - The Hindu • Between being and nothingness: Yiyun Li picks acceptance as a way of living | Book Reviews - Business Standard • Sannapureddy Venkatarami Reddy: “Shepherds know how to take care of the forest” | Hindustan Times • Searches: Book explains how we turned to internet to understand ourselves | Book Reviews - Business Standard • Review: Ittehad: A Life Together by Guli Sadarangani | Hindustan Times • Review: Giants by Huthuka Sumi | Hindustan Times • Book review | Flashlight by Susan Choi (Booker 2025 Nominee) | Telegraph India • Untouchable Goa by Dadu Mandrekar; trans. Nikhil Basaine | The Hindu • Strange Horizons - The Wax Child by Olga Ravn, translated by Martin Aitken By Akankshya Abismruta • The Last Bench: A story that moves readers to question caste norms | Book Reviews - Business Standard • Review: A New World Romance by Susham Bedi | Hindustan Times • Review of Sannapureddy Venkatarami Reddy’s Tiger Lessons, translated from the Telugu - The Hindu • Book Review: Nautch Boy by Manish Gaekwad • What Ed Sheeran’s “Sapphire” gets right about representing India — The Chakkar • Book review | The Call of Music by Priya Puroshothaman • The Evin Prison Bakers Club: Prison memoir details hard-baked resistance | Book News - Business Standard • Cannabis in India: Legal Paradox, Cultural Legacy, and the Fight for Reform - Frontline • Review: The Day the Earth Bloomed by Manoj Kuroor • Review: Wanderers, Adventurers, Missionaries : Early Americans in India • Review: Woman! Life! Freedom! by Chowra Makaremic, translated from the French by Maya Judd • Review: Daisy & Woolf by Michelle Cahill • Interview: Sunitha Krishnan, author of I Am What I Am • Review: The Fertile Earth by Ruthvika Rao • Review: Of Men, Women and Witches by Jeyamohan • On Failing: Where the quiet complexities of failure take centre stage • Thyme Travellers: An Anthology of Palestinian Science Fiction edited by Somia Suleiman • The Feminisms of Our Mothers: How one woman's step sparked progress • Report: Hyderabad Literary Festival • Review: Vaadivaasal by CS Chellappa, adapted by Appupen and Perumal Murugan • Under the Eye of The Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami, translated by Asa Yoneda • Review: ‘Swallowing The Sun’ by Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri • Book Review: Hell Hath No Fury Ed. Shinie Antony • A crusader on the high road: Sunitha Krishnan's book exposes trafficking • Review: Into The Forest by Avtar Singh • Everyday Reading: Tracing the evolution of Hindi magazine culture • Report: Walking Bookfairs Travel Writing Festival • Hameed's memoir calls for reclaiming India's spirit of communal harmony • Review: Asides, Tirades, Meditations by Kiran Nagarkar • Dinesh Sharma's 'Beyond Biryani' explores Hyderabad's future in its past • Review: The Sentence by Gautam Bhatia • A ‘Spicy’ Feast of Fantasy — The Chakkar • Reminiscences and longing • Exploring Irawati Karve's life in Iru: An anthropologist ahead of her time • Review: Of Mothers and Other Perishables by Radhika Oberoi • Boy, Unloved by Damodar Mauzo, trans. By Jerry Pinto: An Inclusive Goa in this Coming-Of-Age Tale • Review: Carnival by Sayam Bandyopadhyay • “I surrendered to the chaos”: An Interview with Tashan Mehta, author of MAD SISTERS OF ESI — The Chakkar • Thriving as A Single Woman in your 30s and Beyond | Decoding Draupadi • The Telegraph: Freedom at a price • Two Views: Biopeculiar by Gigi Ganguly • Book Review: Interrogation Records by Jeddie Sophronius - KITAAB • What Makes And Un-Makes A Marriage – Akankshya Abismruta Reviews Notes On A Marriage - Usawa Literary Review • Ananke WLF 2024|| Panel Discussion: Telling Your Stories: Demonising Mental Health|| #TeamKC • Ananke WLF 2024 || Panel Discussion on Making a Debut at 40 #TeamKC • Book Review: Chronicle of an Hour and a Half by Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari • Book Review: An Inky Parade by Pradeep Sebastian • “I Embrace My Bitterness” - An Interview with Abhishek Anicca — The Chakkar • Origami Aai sees Manjiri Indurkar as a Chronicler of Everydayness • ‘The Song of the Sky Tree’: An enchanting graphic novel about discovering and accepting oneself • The Grammar of My Body review: Living with disability, desire and dignity • Book Review: A Woman Burnt by Imayam • Three Countries, Three Lives review: How a Tamil doctor made a life for herself in UK • A Bombay That Demands More — The Chakkar • Book Review: A Lost People's Archive: 1 Extraordinary Tale of Survival • ‘The Song of Distant Bulbuls’ is a tender ode to love and a woman’s right to decide for herself • Book Review: Madhur Gupta's Courting Hindustan • Book Review: Abraham Verghese's The Covenant of Water • Book Review | Kalindi: Shridhar Vyankatesh Ketkar's Take On Caste and Patriarchy • Book Review: 'Pankaja' By Vasanth Kannabiran • Rereading Volga's The Liberation of Sita Through my 20s • Book Review: Chandrabati's Ramayan • Book Review: Patna Blues by Abdullah Khan • Book Review: Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain • Short Story: Grey Room (scroll down for the PDF) • Book Review: The Blue Women by Anukrti Upadhyay • Book Review: The Only Way Out is Death by Varun Gwalani • Thanks To Women’s Web & Timely Medical Help, I'm Able To Make The Most Of My Opportunities Today • 7 Ways Of Coping With Endometriosis • 4 Frequently Asked Questions About Endometriosis • Endometriosis Awareness Month: You Are Not Unfit For Desire! • The Naani Diaries- Reading beyond my prejudices • Book Review: Indian Cafe in London by Veena Nagpal • As A Cancer Survivor In My Teens, Shormistha Mukherjee's Cancer Memoir Validated My Feelings • A Toxic Workplace That Gave Me Panic Attacks Wasn't Worth The Salary I Earned! • As I Realise That The Women In My Family Are My Allies In A Patriarchal World; But Not The Men... • Chaotic women and male gaze in Salman Rushdie’s The Enchantress of Florence - Purple Pencil Project • Fragile Bride, Meek Wife, Fiery Rebel: How 3 Songs In Great Indian Kitchen Mirror This Change • "A Woman Ahead Of Her Time" - What Does That Even Mean In Real Life Terms? • Personal Blog: The Unforgettable Desire (2011- present) • Twitter - @geekyliterati • Bookstagram - @Geekyliterati