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A State Of Freedom by Neel Mukherjee

  • by Nittal Chandarana
  • 30 October
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At 275 pages, Neel Mukherjee’s A State Of Freedom seems like a short read. It is divided into five seemingly unconnected parts...
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All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 22 October
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A compass among rows of paints. The cover of All the Lives We Never Lived is enough to draw you in even..
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Fiction begins where non-fiction ends: Shubhangi Swarup

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 18 October
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Speaking to Shubhangi Swarup, like reading her book, is to leave the parochial behind. It is to be inspired to live as..
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Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 16 October
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First, there was the beginning of the universe, with two atoms and emptiness. Then, there was the ocean, and a simple dream..
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On reading history: City of My Heart by Rana Safvi

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 10 October
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This is not a book review. Who am I to judge the past, or what was written of it? I was introduced..
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Beloved by Toni Morrison

  • by Prakruti Maniar
  • 2 October
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I Reading Beloved is like swinging really fast, really high. It is thrilling but is sometimes out of your control, sometimes reaching..
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