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book review of the Namesake by jhumpa lahiri
Book Reviews
Prakruti Maniar

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Books have a way of finding you. The Namesake was originally written in September 2003, and is bound to be on any list of recommendations

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Prakruti Maniar November 1, 2020
Yakshini
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Akhila Menon

Yakshini by Neil D’Silva

There is something so heartbreaking about the frailty of human lives and Neil D’Silva’s Yakshini weaves together a tragic tale of what happens when two

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Akhila Menon October 26, 2020
Blood
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Ilona Dam

Blood by Sunil Gangopadhyay

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

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Ilona Dam October 23, 2020
Short Story Thursday
Book Reviews
Rupal Vyas

Short Story Thursday : August 2020

Short Story Thursday is a weekly series dedicated to highlighting the short-stories from Indian literature. In August, we focused on the theme of #WomenInTranslation. First

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Rupal Vyas October 16, 2020
kintsugi book review
Book Reviews
Dhanya Linaraj

Kintsugi by Anukrti Upadhyay

Not all vessels are meant to hold water, some are for allowing water to seep away. Haruko trailed a finger over the photograph, “Broken things

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Dhanya Linaraj October 16, 2020
Undertow
Book Reviews
Divya Shankar

Undertow by Jahnavi Barua

Undertow by Jahnavi Barua, a family saga spanning three generations, explores love, kinship ties with a mother-daughter relationship at its fulcrum and loss – of

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Divya Shankar October 12, 2020

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