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By Vikas Datta, Title: Red Sky at Noon; Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore; Publisher: Century/Penguin Random House UK: Pages: 416; Price: Rs 699 If you think all the common plots of war novels — the mission behind enemy lines, usually by ...
Read More »From broken wings to soul healing, tale of a dysfunctional family (Book Review)
By Mayabhushan Nagvenkar, Book: Trail of Broken Wings; Author: Sejal Badani; Publisher: Lake Union Publishing, Seattle; Price: Rs. 399; Pages: 370 At a time when sordid tales of sexual abuse and wanton chauvinism emerge from Hollywood and other locations, Sejal ...
Read More »The troubled childhood of Trevor Noah and how his mother saved him (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: “Born A Crime”; Author: Trevor Noah; Publisher: Hachette India; Price: Rs 399; Pages: 288 The immensely popular host of “The Daily Show” on American network Comedy Central may come across as a funny and startled character ...
Read More »This horror novel will pull the rug from under your feet
By Saket Suman, (Book: The Silent Companions; Author: Laura Purcell; Publisher: Bloomsbury; Price: Rs 599; Pages: 364) Set in Victorian England, the offering at hand is an extremely creepy and menacing Gothic horror novel. Just released in the Indian market, ...
Read More »A comic salute to Omar Khayyam: The Rubaiyat and its parodies
By Vikas Datta, If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, even in literature, then what about parody? We can call it ingenious imitation though deft adaptation or skillful improvisation would be more apt, and it can either mock the ...
Read More »‘Traitor’ a chilling account of Partition (Book Review)
By Sheikh Qayoom, Book: Traitor (Translation of Krishan Chander’s classic Urdu novel ‘Ghaddaar’) Translator: Rakhshanda Jalil; Publisher: Tranquebar Press by Westland; Pages: 107; Price: Rs 250 (Also available as an ebook) Krishan Chander’s ‘Ghaddaar’ is set against the backdrop of ...
Read More »Exploring flavours, tastes of the ‘bhansa ghars’ of Bihar (Book Review)
By Saket Suman, Book: The Bhojpuri Kitchen; Author: Pallavi Nigam Sahay; Publisher: Westland; Price: Rs 499; Pages: 166 Biharis love their food, don’t they? Why else would they carry their “achaar” to far off cities where many of them migrate ...
Read More »Of Sindhis, patriarchy, mythology and love
New Delhi : Take a close look at the Sindhi way of doing business; know the stories of women resisting the patriarchal rules of the society; go through an illustrated retelling of the Mahabharata that is sure to enthrall the ...
Read More »Kolkata based short stories is a page-turner (Book Review)
By Somrita Ghosh, Title: The House and Other Stories; Author: Amit Dasgupta; Publisher: Yoda Press; Pages: 128; Price: Rs 295 There’s always something appealing about short stories — narrating a tale within restricted pages and yet perfectly delivering thrill or ...
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