Book Reviews: The Yellow Book: A Traveller’s Diary

Discover Amitava Kumar’s hybrid work, ‘The Yellow Book: A Traveller’s Diary’, filled with text and images, showcasing experimentation and indulgence in literary culture.

Author Amitava Kumar firmly believes that one should keep a diary. “This is the cardinal rule for artists and writers,” he says in a piece titled, ’How to Stop

“The Yellow Book: A Traveller’s Diary” is not just a travelogue but a rich tapestry of personal reflections, contemporary issues, and the enduring call for hope.

Kumar’s new book explores what it means to be open to possibilities in an attention-deficit world

The Yellow Book is suffused with the enlightening vim of John Berger, the piercing sagacity of Peter Schjeldahl, and an abutting of time and place that few are capable of accomplishing so well

A good memoir, like writer Amitava Kumar’s ‘The Yellow Book’, creates a sense of collective belonging and togetherness.

A record of many travels, not just to England but also to India.

Writing helps you find yourself, and shape yourself. Nothing illustrates this better than the life & work of our guest today. Amitava Kumar joins Amit Varma in episode 364 of The Seen and the Unseen…

Interview: If You Read, You Will Become a Writer, Says Author Amitava Kumar

He calls it a happy accident. Author Amitava Kumar had already finished work on ‘The Blue Book: A Writer’s Journal’, but had not stopped drawing or keeping a journal.

‘The Yellow Book’, like ‘The Blue Book’, shows us not just how we can put together a journal or a book, but also how we assemble a life and why we must plant memories and continue to believe in spring.