Siddhartha Deb’s ‘The Light At The End Of The World’: An Expansive, Imaginative, Kaleidoscopic Fever Dream in Motion
Samruddhi recommends The Light at the End of the World by Siddhartha Deb as your next read, promising that it will jolt you awake and recalibrate your worldview. If I were to encapsulate The Light At the End of the World by Siddhartha Deb in a few words, it would be a tremendous feat- which […]
The Lords of Wankhede: Tales Between Two Titles by W.V.Raman and R. Kaushik
Trisha Ghoshal reviews The Lords of Wankhede: Tales Between Two Titles by WV Raman and R Kaushik (Published by Rupa Publications, 2023) The Lords of Wankhede: Tales Between Two Titles is a captivating cricket narrative penned by the duo WV Raman and R Kaushik. The book delves into the pulsating world of Indian cricket, intertwining […]
Ashis Dutta’s Gandhi and the London Cabby
Satyarth Pandita reviews Ashis Dutta’s Gandhi and the London Cabby (Published by The Write Order, 2023) The book Gandhi And The London Cabby is a set of ten short stories by author Ashis Dutta that transport readers to various captivating settings. These tales lead you through the bustling streets of London, take you on journeys […]
Tejaswini Apte-Rahm’s The Secret of More – A Country in Turmoil
Rahul Vishnoi reviews The Secret of More by Tejaswini Apte-Rahm (Published by Aleph Book Company, 2023) Tejaswini Apte-Rahm, in the initial pages of The Secret of More describes an incident where a worm has lodged in the leg of the protagonist. The treating doctor issues a warning: if you force me to make haste, the […]
The Haunting: Treading the Staircase of Grief, Repression, and Denial in Pragati Deshmukh’s A Dark And Shiny Place
Meghna Dutta reviews Pragati Deshmukh’s A Dark and Shiny Place (Published by The Write Order Publications, 2023) “It would be enough to watch and then to watch / once more the reels of those days spin out, theeffect / like the lull and comfort of an old movie returned to, / again and again because […]
Heart Tantrums by Aisha Sarwari: A Feminist’s Memoir of Misogyny and Marriage
Arooshi Sethi reviews Heart Tantrums by Aisha Sarwari (Published by Vintage Books, 2023) Introduction No matter how much the subtitle may persuade you, Heart Tantrums by Aisha Sarwari isn’t a book about feminism and misogyny. It’s a book of dilemmas, reality checks, and resilient hope. Yes, it’s a memoir full of instances of abuse, misogyny, […]
Kalpana Swaminathan’s The Kala Ghoda Affair: A Detective’s Quest through a Gemstone Gambit
Annie Hannah Kuriakose reviews Kalpana Swaminathan’s The Kala Ghoda Affair (Published by Speaking Tiger Books, 2023) In the enthralling world of mystery novels, where secrets and intrigue linger at every turn, The Kala Ghoda Affair by Kalpana Swaminathan stands as a brilliant gem that shimmers with suspense and enigma. This riveting tale, the ninth one […]
Moneywise by Deepak Shenoy: Lessons on Investing
Priyadarshini reviews Moneywise: Timeless Lessons on Building Wealth by Deepak Shenoy (Published by Juggernaut Publications, 2023) Remember when in class 11, we all had to choose streams based on our intelligence, aptitude, and inclination? Science, Commerce, and the Humanities? I chose Science because I knew I wasn’t smart enough for Commerce. Even today, I believe […]
Anthill by Vinoy Thomas- Ties in the name of Cultural Society, Family, and Religion
Haritha T Chandran reviews Vinoy Thomas’s Anthill (Published by Penguin India, 2023) originally written in Malayalam and translated into English by Nandakumar K. In the Anthill, Vinoy Thomas’s world of Perumpadi is extremely reminiscent of the tantalizing tale of the early settlers of Macondo in Gabriel Garcia Marques’s one hundred years of solitude. If you […]
Madhavi Mahadevan’s The Forgotten Wife
Akshaya Ganesh reviews Madhavi Mahadevan’s The Forgotten Wife: The Story of Hidimbi and Bheem (Published by Speaking Tiger, 2023) “Order against chaos, upper against lower, inner against outer, pure against impure, male against female, believers against non-believers. They also set strict limits on what is proper conduct and what is not, especially so for women.” […]
