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Saundarya Ki Nadi Narmada by Amritlal Vegad
Narmada Parikrama has been on my mind for quite some time now. I read about it in some scriptures and then a lot on...
An Open Letter to Ma Anand Sheela – By My Own Rules
This review is an open letter to Ma Anand Sheela, the author of By My Own Rules. I had earlier read her book Don’t...
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak kept popping up on my social media timelines, in the books-related forum I am part of....
Shadow City – A Woman Walks Kabul By Taran N Khan
Shadow City is a beautiful book that takes us to the city of Kabul. It is in news either from some childhood stories or...
Amuktamalyada – Giver Of The Worn Garland By Krishnadevaraya
Amuktamalyada is a poem written by Krishnadevaraya - the mighty king of Vijayanagara who I better know from the ruins of his kingdom at...
Chandimangal by Kavikankan Mukundaram Chakravarti
Chandimangal is a 16th CE Bengali Poem or Kavya that I now discovered is a genre in Bengali literature. I found this book in...
Goa A Daughter’s Story by Maria Aurora Couto
Goa has many stories to tell. It is an island in more than one ways. Maria Aurora Couto is someone who was born in...
Vanara – Baali, Sugreeva, Tara By Anand Neelakantan
Vanara by Anand Neelakantan is the story of Baali, Sugreeva, and Tara – the three characters from the kingdom of Kishkindha in Ramayana. We...
Finding Radha by Namita Gokhale & Malashri Lal
Finding Radha tries to find the Radha that we all acknowledge and worship, but we hardly know anything about. When you visit Mathura, Vrindavan,...
The Travel Gods Must Be Crazy By Sudha Mahalingam
Travel Gods Must be crazy are author Sudha Mahalingam’s part travelogue and part memoirs. I had the opportunity to travel with Sudha during one...