Category: Fiction

Dec 25 2023

2023, Book Review, December, Fiction

Book Review — A Little Bit of Love 

by kiranmayi

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A Little Bit of Love by Arva Bhavnagarwala Buy here: Paperback: https://shorturl.at/lsNWX Kindle Edition: https://shorturl.at/fkxFV My take on the book: On Jul 26th, 2005, while returning back from a job interview, Afrah...

Dec 17 2023

2023, Book Review, December, Fiction

Book Review — The Fast and the Dead by Anuja Chauhan 

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The Fast and the Dead by Anuja Chauhan My take on the book: In Habba Galli of Shivajinagar, Bengaluru on the auspicious evening of Karwa Chauth, as the women eagerly waited...

Nov 15 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, November

Book Review — Banaras Talkies

by kiranmayi

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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...

Nov 10 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, November

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...

Oct 29 2023

2023, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, October

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...

Oct 02 2023

2023, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, October

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...

Sep 27 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

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...

Sep 21 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

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...

Sep 16 2023

2023, Book Review, Fiction, September

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...

Sep 14 2023

2023, Book Review, Children Book, Fiction, September

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...