Manav Kaul
2018
Hind Yugm
pp. 208
Tumhaare Baare Mein is an unconventional piece of work.
Name: Ideal ChildAuthor: The MotherReading Time: 1 metro ride About the Book: The book spells out what an ideal child should be like. Ofcourse everyone is free to have their opinions but this seems to be a book more prescriptive than opinionated. For reasons I cannot even put my finger at, I do not like…
Name of the Book: SiddharthaAuthor: Herman HesseReading Time: about 8 metro rides About the Book:The book is about the journey of a young man towards finding himself. The various people he meets, the places he visits and things he does have been put together in an interesting tale. It has many twists and turns that…
Name of the Book: The Dalai Lama’s CatName of the Author: David MichieNo. of Pages: 216Year of publication: 2012Publisher: Hay House India About the Book:The novel is a first person account of a cat who is adopted by His Holiness, the Dalai Lama. The narrative traces the journey of the cat, called the Snow Lion,…
I am Onir, I am GayOnir with Irene Dhar Malik2022Penguin In this book, filmmaker Onir talks about his journey in media along with his experiences of being a homosexual. In most biographies of people on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum, their sexual identity and the world’s response to them tends to take center stage. In contrast, Onir…
The Book of Laughter and ForgettingMilan Kundera (tr. Aaron Asher)1996 (this edition of English translation, original 1978)LondonFaber and Faberpp. 312The Book of Laughter and Forgetting is a collection of seven narratives that cover a range of issues but have subtle underlying common themes. Part satire, part humour, part realism, the book is best understood in…
Sita: Book 2 of the Ram Chandra Series Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana Amish Devdutt Pattanaik 2017 2013 pp. 361 pp. 316 Westland Penguin Reading two different versions of Sita’s story in quick succession was a deliberate attempt. We have heard and read Ramayana from a male perspective often. I have read…