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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...
Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity by Sam Miller
This book Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity was launched almost at the time when I shifted my base from my favorite city Bangalore to...
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts
This book Shantaram had been a bestseller for years now. Every other day you hear about the Hollywood movie being made on the book....
Fugitive Histories by Githa Hariharan
Fugitive Histories is the first book by Githa Hariharan that I read. After reading the book the first thing that strikes is the author’s...
Yayati: A Classic Tale of Lust by V S Khandekar
Tales from Mahabharata have this quality that you can read them over and over again. Every time you read them you get more drawn...
The Zoya Factor by Anuja Chauhan
The Zoya Factor is a first book by the author, who happens to be from the corporate world. And that too from a flamboyant...
The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Mahabharata is probably the most complete text in the sense that it contains all possible human emotions. All possible complex situations and dilemmas that...
Invincible Mind by Arati Katre
Arati Katre happens to be a friend’s friend. And this is how I got to read this privately circulated book Invincible Mind. The book...
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Why is it that when you read a bestseller, more often than not, you are disappointed? This book Eat, Pray, Love also is not...
