The Gita by Roopa Pai
If there is a book that I could term as my absolute favorite for this year, it has to be The Gita For Children by Roopa Pai. A little background. … Continue reading
Review of Avirook Sen’s ‘Aarushi’ by Dilip D’Souza
Reprinted with permission. This review appeared in The Outlook magazine on 31st August,2015. Blood That Won’t Wash Where do you start trying to comprehend what has happened in the Aarushi/Hemraj … Continue reading
India On My Platter by Saransh Goila
” For butter chicken….my soulmate For Grandpa’s special dum aloo… I still miss both every Sunday For my forever hungry family For India….. because we have chaat”.…..Saransh Goila’s India On … Continue reading
A Children’s History of India, Subhadra Sen Gupta
India has a rich history – replete with dynasties, wars, fratricide and other intrigues; different empires at different times have left behind treasures in terms of architecture, literature and political … Continue reading
THE HEAT AND DUST PROJECT, The Broke Couple’s Guide to Bharat by Devapriya Roy and Saurav Jha
One evening in an auto in Delhi, as Devapriya chats up the driver, she has a moment of epiphany. That nothing was enough anymore – not the shopping, not the … Continue reading
Bhangarh to Bedlam by Deepta Roy Chakraverti
” Spirits have stories to tell. One must know how to listen” from Bhangarh to Bedlam Deepta Roy Chakraverti’s anthology is unique. It includes non-fictional, paranormal accounts of the author’s own … Continue reading
Israel as a Gift of the Arabs by Shail Mayaram
Shail Mayaram is Senior Fellow with the Centre for Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi. In the course of her stay in Israel as a visiting professor, Shail Mayaram wrote a … Continue reading
Special Lassi by Amrita Chatterjee
“There is a reason why so many books and movies are dedicated to road trips; because it’s an experience that money cannot buy. You can’t book a road trip online … Continue reading
Looking for closure and finding it through words
Memoirs cannot be critiqued. Stories of loss reach out in their own way and the reader tends to ignore the flow, flaws and language used and gets pulled in by … Continue reading
Red Cavalry by Isaac Babel; translated by Boris Dralyuk
Isaac Babel’s works are considered masterpieces in Russian Literature. A well known short story writer, playwright and journalist, Babel came into prominence in the 1920s when he joined the 1st … Continue reading
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