Book Reviews

The Shadow of Darkness by Priyanka Baranwal

There is a lot that goes into getting a story in the form of a book. For someone looking to self-publish, after your first draft

Prakruti Maniar January 23, 2018

Book Reviews

Before, and Then After by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

Pablo Neruda, that famed poet of love, has a lesser-known collection titled ‘Ode to Common Things’. Here, he takes commonplace objects like onions or spectacles

Prakruti Maniar October 22, 2017

Book Reviews

Maps for a Mortal Moon by Adil Jussawalla

Maps for a Mortal Moon is a collection of journalistic writings by Adil Jussawalla on a sprawling range of subjects – from the importance of

Pranita Pandurangi October 5, 2017

Book Reviews

The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

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

Prakruti Maniar September 22, 2017

Book Reviews

On The Road by Jack Kerouac

Some books are known more by their quotes, snippets of awesome that become bigger than the author and the source and find their immortality in

Prakruti Maniar July 20, 2017

Book Reviews

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

There is something, not quite serendipity, about reading a book of contemporary relevance, with jingoistic headlines spamming my background, the noise of hyper news anchors

Prakruti Maniar July 15, 2017

Book Reviews

The Royal Game and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig

Sometime last year, I started painting again. Seeing my art teacher in his element, oblivious to all distractions, I wrote a short story about the

Prakruti Maniar June 20, 2017

Book Reviews

The Princes by Manohar Malgonkar

Let one thing be known; most contemporary Indian fiction (in English) is a waste of paper. It is written in ‘simple’ English, as if literature

Prakruti Maniar June 14, 2017

Book Reviews

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

If you haven’t read The God of Small Things yet, you may still have heard all about how the novel grabbed the 1997 Booker, while

Jeanona Dias June 6, 2017

Book Reviews

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Imagine rich, creamy dark chocolate, with bits of walnut and a hint of mint, layered with caramel, whipped till ultra-smooth consistency is achieved and moulded

Prakruti Maniar May 23, 2017

Category: Book Reviews

The Shadow of Darkness by Priyanka Baranwal

Before, and Then After by Meenakshi Reddy Madhavan

Maps for a Mortal Moon by Adil Jussawalla

The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

On The Road by Jack Kerouac

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

The Royal Game and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig

The Princes by Manohar Malgonkar

The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

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