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Chit Chat and Chai with Chhimi

The SAARC Women’s Association- Sri Lanka Chapter  organized “Chit Chat and Chai with Chhimi” on the 29th of April 2016. Chhimi Tenduf-La of The Amazing Racist and Panther fame and … Continue reading

April 30, 2016 · Leave a comment

An Interview with Anita Anand, author of Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary

Anita Anand has been a radio and television journalist for almost twenty years. She is the presenter of ‘Any Answers’, the political phone-in on BBC Radio 4. She was a … Continue reading

April 30, 2016 · 2 Comments

In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri

….Investigating my discovery of the language, I think I have investigated myself. The verb sondare means ‘to explore, to examine’…….A well aimed verb that perfectly explains my project…..  In altre … Continue reading

April 24, 2016 · Leave a comment

An Interview with Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us

The Decision Tree is one of the most popular classification algorithms in current use in Data Mining and Machine Learning. Simply put, a Decision Tree is a graph that uses … Continue reading

April 22, 2016 · Leave a comment

An interview with Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni by Monica Bhide

Reprinted with permission from Monica Bhide. This interview first appeared on monicabhide.com. I have a girl crush on Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. Her book, The Mistress of Spices, continues to be … Continue reading

April 19, 2016 · Leave a comment

The Day of Second Chances by Julie Cohen

H ‘You’re not the only one in this family with secrets.’ Honor put her foot on the step where Jo was sitting, and Jo moved over to let her past. … Continue reading

April 14, 2016 · Leave a comment

The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

I actively began to seek books by Nigerian authors when my parents moved to the country almost a decade ago. My mother would send me cut-outs of the editorials that … Continue reading

April 4, 2016 · Leave a comment

Angels Speak by Roshani( Shenazz Nadirshah)

This book comes at a time when disenchantment and disillusionment shade many lives. Materialistic success, whilst improving the standard of living, has failed to enhance the quality of life.How lovely … Continue reading

April 2, 2016 · Leave a comment