Publications

Journal articles

• Sharma, G., & Nambiar, D. (2019). A study on smart-board effectiveness in teaching-learning experience. Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (JETIR), 6(4), ISSN-2349 – 5162. https://​www​.jetir​.org/​v​i​e​w​?​p​a​p​e​r​=​J​E​T​I​R​B​H​06020
• Nambiar, D. (2015). Audience Perception of Portrayal of Women in Post 2010 Malayalam Films. Convergia, 4(4), ISSN 2322 – 0651

Book reviews

• Nambiar, D. (2020, December 13). A stain so deep, it’ll leave its mark. [Book review of the book Henna Artist, by Alka Joshi]. ​‚7. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​t​h​e​-​h​e​n​n​a​-​a​r​t​i​s​t​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​-​a​l​k​a​-​j​o​s​h​i​s​-​b​o​o​k​-​b​r​i​n​g​s​-​t​o​-​l​i​f​e​-​t​h​e​-​v​a​r​i​e​d​-​s​i​g​h​t​s​-​a​n​d​-​f​l​a​v​o​u​r​s​-​o​f​-​india
• Nambiar, D. (2020, March 15). Romp across the landscape of the literary world. [ Book review of the book Jaipur Journals, by Namita Gokhale]. ​‚5. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​-​r​o​m​p​-​a​c​r​o​s​s​-​t​h​e​-​l​a​n​d​s​c​a​p​e​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​l​i​t​e​r​a​r​y​-​world
• Nambiar, D. (2020, March 8). A timely reminder. [ Book review of Temple Tales: Secrets and stories from India’s sacred places, by Sudha G. Murthy]. ​‚6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​-​a​-​t​i​m​e​l​y​-​r​e​m​inder
• Nambiar, D. (2019, December 15). Indian mystery novel that is here to thrive. [Book review of A death in the Himalayas, by Udyayan Mukherjee]. ​‚6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​-​i​n​d​i​a​n​-​m​y​s​t​e​r​y​-​n​o​v​e​l​-​t​h​a​t​-​i​s​-​h​e​r​e​-​t​o​-​t​hrive
• Nambiar, D.(2019, November 16). [Book review of Sara, by Shashi Warrier], https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​-​m​y​s​t​e​r​y​-​o​f​-​t​h​e​-​s​t​o​l​e​n​-​baton
• Nambiar, D. (2019, September 1). From tonsils to bunions and beyond. [Book review of One foot on the ground, by Shanta Gokhale]. , 6 https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​w​e​e​k​e​n​d​/​f​r​o​m​-​t​o​n​s​i​l​s​-​t​o​-​b​u​n​i​o​n​s​-​a​n​d​-​b​eyond
• Nambiar, D. (2019, May 26). Wake up to good mental health [ Book review of Wake up, life is calling, by Preeti Shenoy], 7. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​c​m​c​m​/​f​o​r​-​m​e​-​w​r​i​t​i​n​g​-​i​s​-​l​i​f​e​-​i​t​s​e​l​f​-​a​-​h​u​n​d​r​e​d​-​l​i​t​t​l​e​-​f​l​a​m​e​s​-​a​u​t​h​o​r​-​p​r​e​e​t​i​-​s​henoy
• Nambiar, D. (2019, April 7). Prayers: When stories are thankfully honest. Altars of Yearning: How India prays, by Shripriya Dalmia Thirani.
• Nambiar, D. (2018, August 26). A week of contrasts. [Book review of Dreams of the Sacred and Ephemeral, by Kiriti Sengupta & Whorelight, by Linda Ashok],6.
• Nambiar, D. (2018, July 1). A faltering attempt. [Book review of Obsessed, by Ruchi Kokcha], 6.
• Nambiar, D. (2018, May 27). Cookery book with a heart. [Book review of Saffron and Pearls: A memoir of family, friendship and heirloom Hyderabadi recipes, by Doreen Hassan] ​‚6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​s​a​f​f​r​o​n​-​a​n​d​-​p​e​a​r​l​s​-​a​-​m​e​m​o​i​r​-​o​f​-​f​a​m​i​l​y​-​f​r​i​e​n​d​s​h​i​p​-​h​e​i​r​l​o​o​m​-​h​y​d​e​r​a​b​a​d​i​-​r​e​c​i​p​e​s​-​b​y​-​d​o​r​e​e​n​-​h​a​s​s​a​n​-​r​eview
• Nambiar, D. (2018, April 2). Into the spaces where time stands still. [Book review of I was the wind last night: New and collected poems, by Ruskin Bond]. ​‚6 https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-reviews/i‑was-the-wind-last-night-new-and-collected-poems-by-ruskin-bond
• Nambiar, D. (2018, February 25). Befitting tribute to an everlasting memory. [The last email, by Mridula Garg],6.
• Nambiar, D. (2018 January 21). Delhi’s charm in Michael’s subtlety. [Book review of New Delhi Love Songs, by Michael Creighton]., 6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​n​e​w​-​d​e​l​h​i​-​l​o​v​e​-​s​o​n​g​s​-​p​o​e​m​s​-​b​y​-​m​i​c​h​a​e​l​-​c​r​e​i​ghton
• Nambiar, D. (2017, December 3). Follow ​‘the way’, Rumi style. [ Book review of Rumi: Tales to live by, by Kamla K. Kapur], 6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​r​u​m​i​-​t​a​l​e​s​-​t​o​-​l​i​v​e​-​b​y​-​k​a​m​l​a​-​k​-​kapur
• Nambiar, D. (2017, November 19). [Book review of Chikankari: A Lucknawi Tradition, by Paola Manfredi], 6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​c​h​i​k​a​n​k​a​r​i​-​a​-​l​u​c​k​n​a​w​i​-​t​r​a​d​i​t​i​o​n​-​p​a​o​l​a​-​m​a​n​fredi
• Nambiar, D. (2017, November 12). Coloured woes, in black and white. [Book review of Everybody’s Son, by Thrity Umrigar], 6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​e​v​e​r​y​b​o​d​y​s​-​s​o​n​-​b​y​-​t​h​r​i​t​y​-​u​n​rigar
• Nambiar, D. (2017, September 10). Of humour, Islam and hope. [A hundred journeys, by Omar Zafarullah], 6. https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-reviews/a‑hundered-journeys-stories-of-my-fatherland-by-omar-zafarullah
• Nambiar, D. (2017, July 2). The women who made history. [Review of the book Women warriors in Indian History, by Yugal Joshi], 6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​w​o​m​e​n​-​w​a​r​r​i​o​r​s​-​i​n​-​i​n​d​i​a​n​-​h​i​s​t​o​r​y​-​y​u​g​a​l​-​joshi
• Nambiar, D. (April 9, 2017). Beautiful despite the flaws. [The Peacock Feather, by Sunil Kapoor and Sudhir Kapoor], 6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​t​h​e​-​p​e​a​c​o​c​k​-​f​e​a​t​h​e​r​-​b​y​-​s​u​n​i​l​-​k​a​p​o​o​r​-​s​u​d​h​i​r​-​k​apoor
• Nambiar, D. (2017, March 26). Matter of fact description, low on emotions. [Review of the book Perhaps tomorrow: The memoir of a Sri Lankan housemaid in the middle East, by Pooranam Elayathamby],6. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​p​e​r​h​a​p​s​-​t​o​m​o​r​r​o​w​-​t​h​e​-​m​e​m​o​i​r​-​o​f​-​a​-​s​r​i​-​l​a​n​k​a​n​-​h​o​u​s​e​m​a​i​d​-​i​n​-​t​h​e​-​m​i​d​d​l​e​-​e​a​s​t​-​b​y​-​p​o​o​r​a​n​a​m​-​e​l​a​y​a​t​h​a​m​b​y​-​w​i​t​h​-​r​i​c​h​a​r​d​-​a​n​d​erson
• Nambiar, D. (2017, February 26). [ Review of the book Jump, by Steve Harvey and Leah Latkins],7. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​j​u​m​p​-​b​y​-​s​t​e​v​e​-​h​arvey
• Nambiar, D. (2017, February 5). [Review of the book Borrowed from Tomorrow, by Vaibhav Shrivastav] ​‚7.
• Nambiar, D. (2017, Jan 15). Well-extradited titbits from godmen’s lives. [Review of the book Gurus, by Bhavdeep Kang],7. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​g​u​r​u​s​-​s​t​o​r​i​e​s​-​o​f​-​i​n​d​i​a​s​-​l​e​a​d​i​n​g​-​b​a​b​a​s​-​b​y​-​b​h​a​v​d​e​e​p​-kang
• Nambiar, D. (2015, August 2). [Review of the book Amy Snow, by Tracy Rees]. The Free Press Journal (Weekend), 7. http://​epa​per​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​5​5​6​2​4​8​/​T​h​e​-​F​r​e​e​-​P​r​e​s​s​-​J​o​u​r​n​a​l​-​M​u​m​b​a​i​-​E​d​i​t​i​o​n​/​0​2​-​A​u​g​-​2​0​1​5​#​p​a​g​e​/19/2
• Nambiar, D. (2016, November 13). [Review of the book Leave Me, by Gayle Forman]. The Free Press Journal (Weekend), 7. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​l​e​a​v​e​-​m​e​-​b​o​o​k​-​b​y​-​g​a​y​l​e​-​f​orman
• Nambiar, D. (2016, January 10). [ Review of the book Today’s Pasts: A memoir, by Bhisham Sahni]. The Free Press Journal (Weekend), 7. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​t​o​d​a​y​s​-​p​a​s​t​s​-​a​-​m​emoir
• Nambiar, D. (2016, December 10). Lyrebird will enable you to hear silence speak [ Review of the book Lyrebird, by Cecelia Ahern]. The Free Press Journal ( Weekend), 7. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​l​y​r​e​b​i​r​d​-​w​i​l​l​-​e​n​a​b​l​e​-​y​o​u​-​t​o​-​h​e​a​r​-​s​i​l​e​n​c​e​s​-​s​p​e​a​k​-​b​y​-​c​e​c​e​l​i​a​-​ahern
• Nambiar, D. (2017, January 1). [Review of the book Basanti, by Bhisham Sahni]. The Free Press Journal ​‚7.
• Nambiar, D. (2017, Jan 1). By simply choosing not to see, we inflict violence upon each other [Review of the book Fatal Accidents of Birth, by Harsh Mander]. ​‚7 https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​b​o​o​k​-​r​e​v​i​e​w​s​/​f​a​t​a​l​-​a​c​c​i​d​e​n​t​s​-​o​f​-​b​i​r​t​h​-​b​y​-​h​a​r​s​h​-​m​ander 

Magazine articles

• Nambiar, D. (2023, January). Let me be. Dialogues. https://publications.azimpremjiuniversity.edu.in/4510/1/9.%20Dialogues%20January%202023.pdf
• Nambiar, D. (2012, November). Streetlights of their own path. Springtide Digital Magazine.
• Nambiar, D. (2012, October). Serene Souls: A day that stirred my soul. Springtide Digital Magazine.

Newspaper articles 

• Nambiar, D. (2020, August 15). Coronavirus lockdown: A day in the life of a traveller. The Free Press Journal. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​w​e​e​k​e​n​d​/​c​o​r​o​n​a​v​i​r​u​s​-​l​o​c​k​d​o​w​n​-​a​-​d​a​y​-​i​n​-​t​h​e​-​l​i​f​e​-​o​f​-​a​-​t​r​a​v​eller
• Nambiar, D. (2020, August 31). Guiding Light: Offsetting Covid with Onam’s spirit. The Free Press Journal. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​s​p​i​r​i​t​u​a​l​i​t​y​/​g​u​i​d​i​n​g​-​l​i​g​h​t​-​o​f​f​s​e​t​t​i​n​g​-​c​o​v​i​d​-​w​i​t​h​-​o​n​a​m​s​-​s​pirit
• Nambiar, D. (2019, May 30) For me, writing is life itself: A Hundred Little Flames author Preeti Shenoy. The Free Press Journal. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​c​m​c​m​/​f​o​r​-​m​e​-​w​r​i​t​i​n​g​-​i​s​-​l​i​f​e​-​i​t​s​e​l​f​-​a​-​h​u​n​d​r​e​d​-​l​i​t​t​l​e​-​f​l​a​m​e​s​-​a​u​t​h​o​r​-​p​r​e​e​t​i​-​s​henoy
• Nambiar, D. (2018, January 14). Giving youngsters their ​‘time under the sun’ with a bit of sunscreen. The Free Press Journal.
• Nambiar, D. (2016, August 17). Adoor Gopalakrishnan Pinneyum (again). The Free Press Journal. Pg 3.
• Nambiar, D. (2016, Feb 29). Bayside banter: Selfie-crazed visitors. The Free Press Journal, Pg 4.
• Nambiar, D. (2016, February 21). Breaking away from barriers of language at a Litfest. The Free Press Journal. Pg 4. https://​www​.freep​ressjour​nal​.in/​m​u​m​b​a​i​/​b​r​e​a​k​i​n​g​-​a​w​a​y​-​f​r​o​m​-​b​a​r​r​i​e​r​s​-​o​f​-​l​a​n​g​u​a​g​e​-​a​t​-​a​-​l​i​tfest
• Nambiar, D. (2016, January 10). VESIM Literati Fest turns out to be a plethora of ideas from ​‘real’ India. The Free Press Journal. Pg 3.
• Nambiar, D. (2016, January 9). Literature festival takes off at Chembur, book lovers thrilled. The Free Press Journal. Pg 5.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, November 9). Bayside banter: Long live books! The Free Press Journal.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, October 30). Mumbai Lit Fest begins with write spirit. The Free Press Journal. Pg 4.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, October 19). Bayside banter: Religious colours. The Free Press Journal. Pg 4.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, October 5). Bayside banter: Hold on, life is like that. The Free Press Journal.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, September 7). Bayside banter: Demon detectors, life savers. The Free Press Journal. Pg 4.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, August 24). Bayside banter: Halting: A lost art. The Free Press Journal. Pg 5.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, August 17). Bayside banter: The week after. The Free Press Journal. Pg 4.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, August 10). Bayside banter: Whasapp-ened to us? The Free Press Journal. Pg 4.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, August 3). Bayside banter: Absence of civic sense. The Free Press Journal. Pg 4.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, July 27). Bayside banter: The shadow line. The Free Press Journal.
• Nambiar, D. (2015, July 20). Bayside banter: Wo’men’. The Free Press Journal. Pg 4.
• Nambiar, D. (2016, February 21). Breaking away from the barriers of a Litfest. The Free Press Journal.
• Nambiar, D. (2016, August 17). Maestro@50: Adoor graces cinema with Pinneyum (Again) after 8 years as he completes 50 years in cinema.
• Nambiar, D. (2010, October 23 – 29). An incomplete story. Vashi Times. Pg 27.
• Nambiar, D. (2010, April 17 – 23). A martyr in his father’s shoes. Vashi Times. Pg 15.
• Nambiar, D. (June 19 – 25, 2010). A lonely road. Vashi Times. Pg 8.