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No Mud, No Lotus by Thich Nhat Hanh
No Mud, No Lotus by the famous Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh tries to tell you that pain or suffering is a part of...
The Life Of Hinduism by John Stratton Hawley, Vasudha Narayanan
The Life of Hinduism is a compilation of essays by various scholars who have been studying Hinduism. I picked up this book both as...
How I became a Tree by Sumana Roy
How I Became a Tree by Sumana Roy takes you into the world of trees. Autobiographical nonfiction, where the author talks about her obsession...
Heroines by Ira Mukhoty – Powerful Indian Women of Myth & History
Heroines by Ira Mukhoty takes 8 women from Indian history - women we have always celebrated as empowered women. You would know all these...
The Greatest Bengali Stories Ever Told by Arunava Sinha
I am a fan of Arunava Sinha. While I can't comment on his translation skills as I have not read the originals of what...
Askew – A short Biography of Bangalore by T.J.S. George
Askew – a short biography of Bangalore by T J S George is a really tiny book. Small in size, some 112 pages that...
Me The Jokerman by Khushwant Singh, Maya Dayal
Khushwant Singh has to be envied. He died at 99 while still churning out a couple of books every year. A year after his...
The Patna Manual of Style Stories by Siddharth Chowdhury
The Patna Manual of Style Stories - I quite liked the title. It caught my attention for it spoke about a city that is...
The Black Hill by Mamang Dai – Book Review
Mamang Dai is the most celebrated writer from the state of Arunachal Pradesh. I have visited Arunachal Pradesh once. In my opinion, it is...
Prince of Gujarat by Rajmohan Gandhi
Rajmohan Gandhi, the author, grandson of both Mahatma Gandhi and C Rajgopalachari tells the story of Prince Gopaldas Desai of Kathiawad. He was also...
