The huge playground and many players gathered, scattered, tired and tattered by the exhausting game they played. From one end to another, one could hardly see – long, long and long the ground was never to end and the…
Allen Sal, pen name assumed by an Indian novelist, has done very well in terms of suspense and thriller quotients in his novel Love, Origami. The title might sound cryptic as well (and it is). The content of this…
A bird, a nest on a tree and the sky – emancipation, as free as you could be! Poor little bird couldn't think, couldn't see and as it had in the decree of fate, a dependent home and freedom seemed…
Reading books beyond fiction and general non-fiction has always been a fascinating experience for me. Either religious or philosophical, spiritual or psychological, ancient or contemporary, there are the books that go beyond simply entertaining or engaging you and, believe…
My relation with self-help books has been very archaic. I have read the books by modern-day motivational coaches as well as traditional and ancient motivational gurus. I have also ventured into reading the works by authors who could not…
It was one of those moments that comes in the lives of the readers very rarely. I was expecting Retrace Love to be a novel that might exhibit most what most other novels by contemporary novelists do. However, to…
There are occasions that demand special attention from us – upon things we do or upon things we watch or the books we read. The beginning of this year has been wonderful for me because I got the chance…
Well, getting back on track and reading books again, offering reviews and recommending the best of them to the readers have always been the best experiences for me. Let's begin that once again – and the first book that…
Hello, dear readers! Been a while since I shared something personal with you all. And this is the night when we reflect both the ways – what was there and what will be here. We consider the past and…
Marriage has been at the centre of the discussions when we think about women, girls and even young people irrespective of their sexes. However, marriage in literature, with a focus on Indian literature, has not been that frequent or…
