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Hyderabad Hazir Hai by Vanaja Banagiri
Hyderabad is my current subject of study. As I can go out and feel what the authors tell me about this aristocratic city where...
Roll of Honour by Amandeep Sandhu
In the second book, Roll of Honour Amandeep continues with his memoirs. Though this time he folds them into a fiction, interspersed with the...
Brick by Red Brick By T T Ram Mohan
Brick by Red Brick - Story of IIM Ahmedabad is the second book that I am reading in quick succession where the biography of...
A Grasshopper’s Pilgrimage by Manjushree Abhinav
A vagabond hops from one ashram to another, crisscrossing the country, falling in love with Guru after Guru till she finds her ultimate lover,...
Capital Vignettes – A peep into Delhi’s Ethos by R V Smith
Capital Vignettes is a small book, containing very small anecdotes that the author remembers from his early days in Delhi, especially the pre-partition days.
This...
Old Delhi: 10 Easy Walks by Gaynor Barton & Laurraine Malone
I have always been a fan of Walking tours. Having done them in various places, it was time to explore Delhi by walking around....
Twilight in Delhi by Ahmed Ali
Ahmed Ali was a Delhi based author poet and diplomat. Born in the first decade of the 20th century, he was witness to the changes...
Sepia Leaves by Amandeep Sandhu
It is a challenging task to review a book when you know it is autobiographical. And deals with the story of the storyteller. Sepia...
2 States The Story of My Marriage by Chetan Bhagat
After reading Five Point Someone, I had decided never to read Chetan Bhagat again. I mean there was hardly anything to read, but his...
Mirza Ghalib – A Biographical Scenario by Gulzar
This is not a typical biography that traces the life and time of Mirza Ghalib. But a more poetic anthology, a few defining scenes...
