Character at Her Limits in “The Most Precious Substance on Earth” – Chicago Review of Books

Character at Her Limits in “The Most Precious Substance on Earth” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] In my parents’ house there is a shelf set aside for over a dozen yearbooks, stowed away and rarely seen or even thought about, and Shashi Bhat’s The Most Precious Substance on Earth brought to life that dusty shelf and its contents. The packaging of memory in glimpses. The fleeting impressions of former lives. … Read more

The Atrocities of Partition in “The Parted Earth” – Chicago Review of Books

The Atrocities of Partition in “The Parted Earth” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] Despite my Indian-American heritage, Partition to me feels as distant as any historical event. Though my grandparents were children in a pre-Independence India, Partition did not affect their lives directly as they lived in South India, far from the newly drawn borders of India and Pakistan. What I know of Partition comes from books, … Read more

Listening to Earth Before It’s Too Late, in “Earth’s Wild Music” – Chicago Review of Books

Listening to Earth Before It’s Too Late, in “Earth’s Wild Music” – Chicago Review of Books

[ad_1] The climate crisis is so rapidly laying waste to our world that it can be depressing to even attempt to comprehend it. We’re in the midst of a mass extinction period brought upon by human greed and soulless expansion. Billions of years of unique evolution have been ripped out from under us by a … Read more