A Crime Thriller Book by Jaishankar Krishnamurthy and Krishna Udayasankar

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How well do we actually know the people, who we claim are close to us? Can we ever know a person completely or are there always few remanences of a person’s life buried deep inside? These are some interesting questions that the crime thriller book Farside presents to the table. Written by a husband and […]

A must-read children’s book: My Grandmother’s Masterpiece

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We have all grown up with certain ideas about our grandmothers. But, how many of us have actually imagined her in a role different from that of a grandmother? As a woman, with her own life, her own hobbies and interests? My Grandmother’s Masterpiece by Madhurima Vidyarthi and illustrated by Tanvi Bhat takes the figure […]

Sometimes Mama, Sometimes Papa

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Written By Nandini Nayar, Illustrated by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya Right from the time of birth, the life of a child situates around the two most important people – Mama and Papa. Sometimes, it is Mama who does things for the child and sometimes it is Papa who does everything possible under the sun to see the […]

The Tainted by Cauvery Madhavan

The Tainted

Set in India between the years 1920 to 1982, The Tainted by Cauvery Madhavan is the story of the Irish Connaught Rangers and it traces the lives of the Anglo-Indian community. It’s a picture of post-colonial India entwined with a bittersweet romance in the background, foregrounded by questions of identity, belongingness, and family.  The Plot […]

Mandu by Malathi Ramachandran

Mandu: Book Review

The Romance of Roopmati and Baz Bahadur “The loved one gives the heart the peace it craves. But, lacking thee, Roopmati knows no peace For thou art fled! And life holds naught for her But swift surcease.” A love story and a historical fiction tied beautifully with a string of heart-touching poems and songs, Mandu: […]

Maharaja in Denims by Khushwant Singh

Maharaja in Denims

“The lion would get to read his own tale.” The above quote from Maharaja in Denims is the best summary of the entire novel as the book is about the protagonist who is revisiting his past life. Maharaja in Denims is a historical fiction by Khushwant Singh. Through the protagonist of the story, Hari, Khushwant […]

The Face at the Window by Kiran Manral

The Face at the Window

“And then came a second scream, a howl of terrible anguish, rending the sky apart, tearing the cosmos, piercing my ears and penetrating my very marrow. It was unearthly, a scream that couldn’t have emerged from a human throat, a scream that came from a being that had seen the deepest depths of hell.” The […]

Blood by Sunil Gangopadhyay

Blood

Blood is a short novel by Bengali novelist Sunil Gangopadhyay which was originally titled Rakta. The novel is all about how an old pre-Independence era photograph rekindles memories of displacement, identity crisis and loss of familial ties in the protagonist – Tapan.  Plot Points Blood starts in the house of Alice, Tapan’s love interest, where […]

Paper Lions by Sohan S. Koonar

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Paper Lions, Sohan S. Koonar’s debut novel, spans three different ages and shows a beautiful, inter-generational history of independence and partition. It looks at a set of characters, their growth and development, against the backdrop of a finely detailed story of Punjab, at the cusp of being divided.  Plot Points Paper Lions’ 400 pages are […]

Karna’s Wife by Kavita Kané

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“No, it was not very hard to fall in love with Karna, however unsuitable a suitor he was condemned to be.” Yes, it isn’t hard to fall in love with someone like Karna – with his kavach and kundals, with his physique of a warrior and with his God-like aura. However, how hard is it […]