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The Vegetarian by Han Kang

The International Man Booker Award Winner for 2016 is one of the most bizarre books I have read in recent times. Dark, unrelenting, heartbreaking and unputdownable. I read it in … Continue reading →

May 25, 2016 · Leave a comment

In Search of Shiva by Haroon Khalid

The history of the Indian subcontinent is extensive in both time and breadth; it spans several thousand years and involves an abundance of diverse religious and cultural influences. Across the … Continue reading →

May 19, 2016 · Leave a comment

Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

When I picked up Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly , I knew what I was in for. WW2- with the death camps and blitzkrieg, Hitler and his desire to … Continue reading →

May 14, 2016 · Leave a comment

The Dark Lady’s Mask by Mary Sharratt

400 years after his death, Shakespeare is still and will always be regarded as the greatest writer and dramatist in English language. However, controversy has always surrounded his religion, sexuality … Continue reading →

May 11, 2016 · 2 Comments

Perfect Landing by Jyoti Singh

Jyoti Singh’s Perfect Landing releases today, May7th,2016. In Perfect Landing , the diminutive Captain Sara Jena’s flight path collides with the suave scion of the Khanna Conglomerate, Samrat Khanna and she … Continue reading →

May 6, 2016 · Leave a comment

Asmara’s Summer by Andaleeb Wajid

See, I don’t claim to know much of Bangalore besides Sadashivnagar where I live, and Indiranagar and Koramangala and, of course, places like M.G. Road and Brigade Road. But there’s … Continue reading →

May 5, 2016 · 1 Comment

The Year of the Runaways, Sunjeev Sahota

Visa fraud, illegal migration and loss of jobs in host countries are part of every society’s current narrative, and economic migrants, legal or illegal, are looked upon with suspicion everywhere. … Continue reading →

May 2, 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

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