This is the first time I’m reviewing a book of short stories. It’s so different from reviewing a novel or even a novella. You don’t get the time to develop a relationship with the characters. In a book of short stories like this, the characters are like people you pass by on the street, people […]
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Book Review: His Drunken Wife by Sundari Venkatraman
A bride who drinks herself into a stupor at her wedding reception when the bridegroom is everything she has wanted in a husband, rich, rich and rich. It makes for an interesting story. As the Maggi ketchup ad says, “It’s different!” ‘His Drunken Wife’ is the second novella in the ‘Marriages Made in India’ […]
Book Review: Fighting For Tara by Sunanda Chatterjee
It has been a long time since a book actually made me so impatient to know what was going to happen, that I skipped pages and went ahead and then came back to read the pages I had missed. But I could not leave Hansa alone with her baby Tara, while the author took us […]
Book Review: The Smitten Husband by Sundari Venkatraman
Okay, so I am a writer. Or rather, I should say, a writer in training, because there still seems to be such a lot that I have to learn. I still have to learn the difference between a novel and a novella for instance and other stuff like that. And so I blithely sat down […]
Book Review: “Dancing with Demons” by Nidhie Sharma
When a Writer-Director who is an adventure sports enthusiast comes out with her first novel, which is soon to be made into a Bollywood movie, expectations are high. And Nidhie Sharma’s debut novel, “Dancing with Demons” definitely lives up to those expectations. “Dancing with Demons” is written in a language that is raw. Nidhie Sharma […]
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Book Review: Colours of Life by Inderjit Kaur
Book Review of Kaleidoscope: Colours of Life by Inderjit Kaur Kaleidoscope : Colours of Life is such an apt title for this book because the author, Inderjt Kaur, has used the colours of the rainbow as metaphors for the various qualities needed to live a fulfilling life e.g Spiritual Violet, Compassionate Orange, Confident Blue. The […]
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Book Review:"The Face At The Window" by Kiran Manral
“The Face At The Window” by Kiran Manral. Synopsis: The story takes us back in time, to the life of Mrs. McNally, who is at the fag end of her life. Her life has held many secrets and she is wondering whether she should document her life story for her daughter and granddaughter to know […]
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Book Review: “Voyagers into the Unknown “ by Ruchira Khanna
Voyagers Into The Unknown by Ruchira Khanna Synopsis The story is about Raj, the owner of a tourist firm who believes he can change the lives of his clients for the better. So he only takes on those clients who have suffered some personal loss or trauma and need emotional healing. It is the […]