Book Review — Banaras Talkies
Banaras Talkies by Satya Vyas (Author), Himadri Agarwal (Translator) My take on the book: As the academic year began in the bustling Bhagwandas Hostel at Banaras Hindu University, Suraj, our...
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Book Review — If Then Else by Sandhya Ranganathan
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If Then Else by Sandhya Ranganathan My take on the book: Karthik, a software engineer in Bengaluru, India, whose life is turned upside down when he is laid off from...
Book Review — The District Cup by Mallika Ravikumar
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The District Cup by Mallika Ravikumar My take on the book: In the quaint town of Maulsari, Siraj along with his partner Chung ran the Eagles Football Club and coached...
Book Review — Songs of Freedom: Postcard from the Lushai Brigade by Hannah Lalhlanpuii
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Songs of Freedom: Postcard from the Lushai Brigade by Hannah Lalhlanpuii My take on the book: In 1942, in pre-independence India, in the Lushai Hills in Aizawl of Mizoram, a...
Book Review — Ladies’ Tailor by Priya Hajela
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Ladies’ Tailor by Priya Hajela My take on the book: In September 1947, few weeks after India’s independence from the British rule, after the country has been partitioned, Gurdev moved to...
Book Review — Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal
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Now You See Us by Balli Kaur Jaswal My take on the book: Corazon, Donita, and Angel are Filipino domestic workers who worked in three different households in Singapore. When another...
Book Review — I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta
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I Kick and I Fly by Ruchira Gupta My take on the book: Fourteen-year-old Heera lives in a makeshift house near the railway track in Bihar’s Red-Light District, with her parents...
Book Review — Sinbad and the Rise of Iblis by Kevin Missal
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Sinbad and the Rise of Iblis(Book Three in the Sinbad Series) by Kevin Missal My take on the book: Sinbad and the Rise of Iblis is the third and final...
Book Review — The Blue Monsoon by Damyanti Biswas
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The Blue Monsoon(Blue Mumbai Thriller Book 2) by Damyanti Biswas My take on the book: On a day when the Mumbai monsoon was lashing the city fiercely, a dead body...
Book Review — The Zamindar’s Ghost by Khayaal Patel
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The Zamindar’s Ghost by Khayaal Patel My take on the book: In 1933 in the quaint town of Ooty, the late Zamindar Digvijay Rana’s son Arjun Rana is back from being...