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A Daughter’s a Daughter by Mary Westmacott Agatha Christie
A Daughter’s a Daughter is a book that I should have read some 20 years back. And I am sure my reaction would have...
The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux
I have always read about Paul Theroux as a travel writer in newspapers and magazines. And had always wanted to read him. The Elephanta...
The Story of My Assassins by Tarun Tejpal
I was really impressed by the ‘Alchemy of Desire’ by Tarun, which I read a few months back. The number of elements and the...
Calcutta – Repossessing the City by Leena Kejriwal
Cliché is that a picture is worth a thousand words. But my dilemma is how do you write about a book where every page...
Innovative India Insights for the Thinking Manager by Parmit Chadha & Radhika Chadha
Innovation in organizations is a topic that everyone talks about. But most people have no clue about what it is. And how to structure...
The Calcutta Chromosome by Amitav Ghosh
The first thoughts that came to my mind after closing the book The Calcutta Chromosome were that the right writer but probably a wrong...
Imagining India by Nandan Nilekani
Nandan Nilekani is someone I admire. Someone I know a bit having worked in Infosys during the days when he was the CEO. After...
That Long Silence by Shashi Deshpande
That Long Silence is a work of fiction for which author won the Sahitya Academy award way back in 1990. These days I am...
Being a Politician
Politicians are one species that most of us like to hate. In my conversations with people from more than twenty odd countries, I found...
Jeffrey Archer in Gurgaon
I happened to attend a book promotion event at Landmark this Saturday, and the book being promoted was, ‘Paths of Glory’ and the author...
