My Beautiful Shadow by Radhika Jha
Beginning on a high note, My Beautiful Shadow, the book by Radhika Jha settles into a monotone of brands and finally scatters all over the...
Love and Lust by Pavan K Varma & Sandhya Mulchandani
If you thought Kamasutra represents ancient Indian erotic literature, read this book Love and Lust to know that it is just a small speck...
Shaping the World Edited by Manju Kapur
In the book Shaping the World, 23 women writers of Indian subcontinent origin share their writing journeys. More precisely trying to answer - why...
Malavikagnimitram by Kalidasa – Srinivas Reddy
Malavikagnimitram is one of the earliest works of Kalidasa. And critical analysts have always called it a bit raw. And those who are good with...
Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh – Book Review
I met Amitav Ghosh in Hyderabad at the launch of River of Smoke, the sequel to this book Sea of Poppies. And I remember...
Why I’m Still Married by Karen Propp & Jean Trounstine
24 women writers talk about being married - to be more precise why they still continued to be married to the man they are currently...
Kingdom Come by Aarti V Raman – Book Review
Is it a romantic fiction or a crime thriller - is a question that I kept asking as I read the 300 odd pages...
Travelling In, Travelling Out Ed by Namita Gokhale
Travel can mean so many things to so many people. It essentially means getting out of your surroundings - internal or external. Stepping into...
The Sea of Innocence by Kishwar Desai
I picked up this book The Sea of Innocence to read at a leisurely pace. But ended up reading in 2 straight sittings in...
Cat out of Hell by Lynne Truss – Book Review
Ages ago I had read Lynne Truss’s Eats, Shoots & Leaves - a zero-tolerance approach to punctuation. And I still remember reading that. So...