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
The non-Purdah abiding, science-savy women in Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s Sultana’s Dream Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain was born (in 1880) to an orthodox zamindar during a time
The Blue Women by Anukrti Upadhyay navigates into lived lives of people, their inner demons, and perceived evil. Life is not a victim of reason
Sneha Pathak reviews Tears of the Dragon by Ankush Saikia, a racy edge-of-the-seat thriller that leaves you asking for more. First, there were the gentlemen
Sneha Pathak reviews Nilanjana S Roy’s Black River (Context, 2022) which masquerades as a police procedural, a thriller, and a suspense novel. What attracted me
Akankshya Abismruta reviews Varun Gwalani’s The Only Way Out is Death (Saga Fiction, 2022) Locked-room thriller immediately reminds me of And Then There Were None
Priyadarshini Gauri reviews The Simoquin Prophecies (Part I of Gameworld Trilogy) by Samit Basu On my second date with the guy who would be my
Priyadarshi Gauri reviews Nanda Devi by Sandeep Madadi which reads more like a long-form essay than a thorough textbook exploration of the topic but is
Priyadarshini reviews Very Close to Pleasure, There is a Sick Cat (Originally written in Bengali by Shakti Chattopadhyay and translated into English by Arunava Sinha)
Akankshya Abismruta reviews Riva Razdan’s The Naani Diaries and calls it a satisfying read. The last Indian love story I read by an Indian author
The best stories, straight to your inbox.
Twice a month. No Spam.
Copyright © 2023, Purple Pencil Project. All rights reserved