Namak Swadanusar Nikhil Sachan 2017 Westland pp. 160 Namak Swadanusar is a collection of short stories that revolve around the most common theme that I read : Life. In the initial few stories, I was wondering why I picked up this book. I know why I picked it up: I was craving Hindi. It is…
The Unceremonious Revenge Arpit Shrivastava 2018 Half Baked Beans The Unceremonious Revenge is a fictional account of the trials and tribulations of a college drop out. The female lead falls for the young, responsible gentleman who is a victim of circumstance, having had to shoulder family responsibilities at a young age, at the cost of…
All That Could Have Been (Humari Adhuri Kahaani) Mahesh Bhatt with Suhrita Sengupta 2015 Speaking Tiger pp. 142 I picked up this book looking at Mahesh Bhatt’s name and for all the months that I have had it, I was quite sure it was his biography. It was ten pages into the book that I…
KRISHNA: The Sovereign of 2050: A Sci-fi Adventure of a GodA Nolan2018AmazonKindle edition The story revolves around what it would be if Lord Krishna was our future, instead of our past. The concept is great. There is science fiction mixed with environmental concerns and some futurism. It is The story has tremendous potential, sadly the…
Musafir Cafe Divya Prakash Dubey2016Westlandpp. 144Musafir Cafe by Dubey is the story of everyone who is in their late twenties and early thirties, or maybe even older. It is the story of everyone who has found a stable career but is in search of peace and meaning. Of everyone who is looking not for romantic love…
The Legend of Lakshmi PrasadTwinkle Khanna2016Juggernautpp. 233The book is a collection of four stories, each one completely different from the other. The first and the last focus on social issues and talk about the struggles of people who choose to tread the difficult path of starting a revolution. The last one, The Sanitary Man from…
Love Kills Ismita Tandon 2014 Harper Collins pp. 235 One of the many books that I had picked up at Harper Collins Garage Sale, Tandon’s Love Kills has redeemed my faith in young adult fiction. I had almost written off young writers from India as not to my taste, but Tandon has come to the…
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…
The AmericansChitra Viraraghavan2014Fourth Estate (Harper Collins)pp. 287 Viraraghavan writes about life in America. It is a story of people of all age groups, all social classes, different learning abilities, different professions. There is drama of every kind. Problems in relationships, parenting, finances, crime, morality, career, uncertainty. Everything is happening together. Much like it is in…
A Smidgen of Greed (Seven Sins to Mister Right #2)Sharath Komarraju2016Readifypp. n.a (kindle edition)Read in quick succession, and I am glad I did, the second book is the series is head and shoulders above the first. While maintaining the same simplicity as the first, there is a lot more to read in the second book….
