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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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