How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
‘It’s a shame, starting out your first day on the planet as a murderer but there you go, I didn’t have much choice at the time. Still, I could live … Continue reading
Artika’s top ten for 2015
It seems it was just yesterday that I was jotting down my list of five for 2014, and here I am sitting down again, listing for 2015.The year has flown … Continue reading
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng- reviewed by Alexandra Harris
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng is really a psychological examination of the parent-child relationship rather than the criminal drama it seems like from the outset. It … Continue reading
The Curse of Damini by Debajani Mohanty
1945 – when many in pre-independence India had to make a choice between Gandhi’s ideology of nonviolence and Bose’s idea of snatching what was rightfully yours. The Curse of Damini starts … Continue reading
Scion of Ikshvaku by Amish
The Shiva Trilogy, with The Immortals of Meluha, The Secrets of The Nagas and The Oath of The Vayuputras, made Amish India’s literary pop star. I quite enjoyed the trilogy, though amongst them … Continue reading
Chillies and Porridge edited by Mita Kapur
Chillies and Porridge- Writing Food came to me just at the time when I was starting my regimented diet – post a big fat Punjabi wedding and the festive gluttony … Continue reading
The Separation by Dinah Jefferies
What happens when a mother and her daughters are separated, and who do they become when they believe it might be forever? Dinah Jefferies writes beautifully!!! Her second novel The … Continue reading
Maud’s Line by Margaret Verble
Margaret Verble’s debut novel Maud’s Line is set in the Cherokee area of Oklahoma in the 1920s. Maud Nail is part of the Cherokee community, living on the government allotment … Continue reading
The Peacock Palace Hotel by Angeli Koura Dayal
A twist of fate entwines the lives of three people who ordinarily would never have crossed paths. Robby, a product of Hollywood is fraught with emotional issues. Sundri makes her … Continue reading
We That Are Left by Clare Clark
“DENIQUE COELEM” is the family motto of the Melvilles of Ellinghurst. Translated it means ‘heaven at last’. Ellinghurst serves as the backdrop of Clare Clark’s period novel We That Are Left. With … Continue reading
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