The Enchantress of Florence, published in 2008, is Salman Rushdie’s most researched novel. It includes Indian, Persian, and Florentine history at large. In the late
Bombay Penned And Painted On An Epic Canvas Twenty years ago, I discovered, in my knee-high boyhood, that Bombay, as we had always known it
Think of Salman Rushdie’s The Golden House as a travelling theatre and a mobile culture library, situated primarily in the Macdougal-Sullivan Gardens Historic District or
It is not a good sign when you pick up a book reluctantly. I had read Haroun and the Sea of Stories and its sequel
There are a few words that will always go together: India, 90’s kids, reading, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl, Matilda, Harry Potter, and Nancy Drew. These
The Purple Pencil Project started its first book club in July, aimed at reading through the books of one Indian author chronologically. This aim is
Prakruti Maniar writes about the personal and societal benefits of reading and its impact on cognitive development, time management, and well-being amidst a plethora of
Over the last month, two prominent names got embroiled in the now prominent, often discussed, but forever inconclusive debate around the art versus artist –
Amritesh Mukherjee curates a list of banned books in India. Books have forever been at the receiving end of power and society, provoking and dissenting.
Patna Blues by Abdullah Khan (Published by Juggernaut, 2018) is a captivating read with its simple prose, vivid descriptions of places, and well-developed characters Abdullah
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