Interview with Danesh Rana, author of Red Maize
Red Maize(Harper Collins) is one of my favorite books from 2015, and the rightful winner of the Tata Literature Live!First Book Award-Fiction. The conflict in Kashmir is finding a voice … Continue reading
Tiger Boy by Mitali Perkins
Neel is not happy about the ambitions his parents harbor for him. He is intelligent, and they want him to win the scholarship that will take him away from the … Continue reading
A chat with Jeff Koehler – author of Darjeeling, A History of the World’s Greatest Tea
Indians love their tea. Enter any home, corporate office or business in India, and the first thing on offer is tea (OK – coffee in the southern regions). From cutting … Continue reading
Preeti’s 10 Best Reads for 2015
“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss, I Can Read With My Eyes … Continue reading
Top Children’s Books In India in 2015
An incredibly great number of children’s books were published in India. We reviewed many on The Good Book Corner, but there were more reads out there! So we asked the … Continue reading
Pandeymonium and Its Simple Lessons by Seema Mohapatra
There were two main reasons I wanted to go for the book launch of Piyush Pandey’s Pandeymonium. First, I have had great admiration and respect for Piyush Pandey, and wanted … Continue reading
Interview with Deborah Skolnik
In England, while Prince William and Duchess Catherine became proud parents to daughter Princess Charlotte, Scarsdale woke up to Deborah Skolnik’s “All … Continue reading
Take This by Steven Lewis; reviewed by Ines Rodrigues
Dr. Robert Tevis and his wife Marion get a divorce after decades of marriage and three grown up children, who had already flown from the nest. “Take this”, she says … Continue reading
Vikram and the Vampire by Natasha Sharma
Growing up on a staple of Indian folktales, most of us are familiar with Vikram and Betal, and in this book Natasha Sharma brings some of these stories to life! … Continue reading
Interview with Payal Kapadia
Payal Kapadia’s Wisha Wozzariter won the Crossword Award for Children’s Writing in 2013. It is also on the 101 Indian Children’s Books We Love! list. We loved Horrid High and … Continue reading
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