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Book Review: I Still Love You by Joyita Basak
About the Book “Some people are very good at making new decisions, Armaan is one of them. Being a son of a celebrity industrialist, everything was at his doorstep. Still he wants to pursue his dreams for satisfaction and success. Indu, a common girl from Charanpur village is struggling to create her existence as aContinue reading “Book Review: I Still Love You by Joyita Basak”
New Release: I still love you by Joyita Basak
A message showed up, “I Still love you. I Still care for you.” She murmured to self, “I know.” Some people are very good at making new decisions, Armaan is one of them. Being a son of a celebrity industrialist, everything was at his doorstep. Still he wants to pursue his dreams for satisfaction andContinue reading “New Release: I still love you by Joyita Basak”
New Release : The Prospect of Miracles – A Novel by Cyrus Mistry
ABOUT THE BOOK Pastor Pius Philipose, a charismatic priest from a small town in Kerala, is dead. As his adoring flock gathers around to mourn their ‘morally unblemished, upright, drenched-inthe- milk-of-human-kindness’ Pastor, his wife, Mary Agnes, at last free of her husband’s domineering presence, begins to recreate for the reader, in vivid detail, the terribleContinue reading “New Release : The Prospect of Miracles – A Novel by Cyrus Mistry”
New Release: How to Become Rich by Devdutt Pattanaik
ABOUT THE BOOK Lakshmi is worshipped as the goddess of wealth. Her arrival is considered auspicious, while her departure is bad and inauspicious. In temples, gods are bedecked with jewels; during festivals, our houses are decorated with flowers, lamps and Lakshmi’s footprints. Clearly, she is a much-desired goddess.
Book Review: The Lady in the Mirror by Charu Vashishtha
About the book Do you know what you really are? Or has life not tested you yet! 8 stories 8 situations 8 emotions Lata is quintessential Indian housewife. How come her blissful life got disturbed by all but a gentle sermon? The handsome Piyush had the world at his feet and yet his world wasContinue reading “Book Review: The Lady in the Mirror by Charu Vashishtha”
Upcoming Release: The Silence and the Storm- Narratives of Violence against Women in India by Kalpana Sharma
ABOUT THE BOOK From the rape of Mathura, a young tribal girl, by two policemen in Desaiganj, Maharashtra, in 1972, to the brutal sexual assault and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua, Kashmir, in 2018, the narrative around violence against women in India has barely changed. While laws have been reformed, societal structures thatContinue reading “Upcoming Release: The Silence and the Storm- Narratives of Violence against Women in India by Kalpana Sharma”
Excerpt: The Merman and the Book of Power – A Qissa told by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
The Merman and the Book of Power brings into the English the classical qissa genre, a fabulist storytelling form common to the oral and written literatures of rdu, Persian and Arabic. Written by none other than the prolific author Musharraf Ali Farooqi, this book is a must read. For those who don’t know, he isContinue reading “Excerpt: The Merman and the Book of Power – A Qissa told by Musharraf Ali Farooqi”
New Release: The Merman and the Book of Power – A Qissa by Musharraf Ali Farooqi
ABOUT THE BOOK The Merman and the Book of Power brings into the English the classical qissa genre, a fabulist storytelling form common to the oral and written literatures of Urdu, Persian, and Arabic. The book begins with the Mongol armies laying siege to Baghdad in 1258. Their attack does not cease from the earlyContinue reading “New Release: The Merman and the Book of Power – A Qissa by Musharraf Ali Farooqi”
Excerpt: The Lady in the mirror by Charu Vashishtha
From story “The Last Confession” I had everything fate could bestow upon. Money, great family and good looks. But I didn’t earn any of it. Sometimes when others related their struggles to me, I felt very shallow. I admired them for their journey, but I hadn’t experienced any of it. At college, I was quiteContinue reading “Excerpt: The Lady in the mirror by Charu Vashishtha”
