July 19, 2025
Book Review: The Stationery Shop of Tehran by Marjan Kamali
It’s not often that a book brings you to the brink of tears. I think that best sums up The…
Category: Book Review
December 21, 2024
Reza Aslan’s ‘Zealot: A Revolutionary Look at the Life of Jesus of Nazareth’
Reza Aslan’s Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth transports readers back to first-century Judea, a land simmering…
August 30, 2016
‘Association of Small Bombs’ forces new perspectives
Karan Mahajan’s novel “Association of Small Bombs” is simply a wonderful book. A book that you want to give to all…
March 9, 2016
A fully filmy love story by Kalpa
Kalpa Jyoti happens to be my childhood friend and I was very happy when he announced to me that he…
November 28, 2015
Ankush Saikia brings a fresh perspective on how to write a murder mystery
The last three novels by Ankush Saikia is kind of noir and have detective background. The Girl from Nongrim Hills was…
November 17, 2015
Like Smoke : Paro Anand is the wild child of the story telling world
I don’t know, why I haven’t read Paro Anand before. This book is a collection of young adult fiction short…
September 7, 2015
Murder in Bollywood is a highly original pulp fiction
Pulp fiction is a rarity in Indian English writing scene and only few of them manage to deliver a decent…
September 3, 2015
Simple Plane Love is a Poorly Edited Disaster
I have read Priyanka Luthra before also in her blogs and I believe she is a fine writer of micro-fiction.…
August 24, 2015
The Cosmopolitans redefines Anjum Hasan as a writer
It’s always a pleasure to read Anjum Hasan as she always brings a fresh perspective into any topic thus enriching…
July 6, 2015
Flame Tree Road – Book Review
Flame Tree Road is apparently the prequel of Shona Patel’s debut novel Teatime for the Firefly. I haven’t read her previous novel but…
May 20, 2015
Pain will make you feel alive | Book review: No Direction Rome|
I have been sitting in front of my laptop for about an hour or so and I am still not…
March 16, 2015
When three loves meet, you get Dead Meat : Book Review
I am always a fan of thriller novels and after reading Ankush Saikia’s last novel, The Girl from Nongrim Hills, I…
January 10, 2015
Book Review: The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami
What can be better for a Murakami fan when two of his books release within a short span of time…
December 29, 2014
Bloodline Bandra – A bleddy interesting tale
The story of Bloodline Bandra starts in the Pali village of Bandra. Pali village, where everyone has a nickname by…
November 27, 2014
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage : Haruki Murakami
Murakami’s books are something that even the most read people find it difficult to understand even though he is quite…