I first read about Bajirao as part of a history lesson in school. Very recently Film maker, Sanjay Leela Bhansali recreated and romanticized Bajirao to etch a memory that would stay in mind for some time to come. Now you have Author Ram Sivasankaran who makes his debut with yet another version of Peshwa Bajirao….
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Book Review – Behind The Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo
Not another book about the slums and poverty of India/Mumbai, I grimaced as I read the synopsis on the back of the book. But the cheerful cover and beautiful title caught my eye and I picked up the slim volume. The book is based in Annawadi, a slum near Mumbai airport, and around it’s varied…
Book Review: The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
Pages: 368 Genre: Romance. Fiction Available in: Paperback and E-book Format The Plot: Ella Rubinstein is a 40 year old stay-at-home mother and wife with a beautiful home, 3 children and a prosperous husband. Outwardly, Ella has everything one could wish for, despite which she still feels an unnamed sense of discontent. Agreeing to…
Twin Book Reviews – The Last Queen of India AND Nefertiti
The Last Queen of India AND Nefertiti by Michelle Moran Historical fiction is not a genre that would interest me. Or so I thought, till a friend introduced me to Michelle Moran’s books. I was reluctant to start reading the first book but when I did start I couldn’t put it down! The…
Book Review : Before We Visit The Goddess by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
I have been a huge fan of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ever since I read her first book of short stories, Arranged Marriage. Sister of My Heart and The Palace of Illusions have been amongst my constant favourites among all of her books I’ve read so far. When ‘Before we visit the Goddess’ was released I…
#BookReview : Dying To Be Me by Anita Moorjani
Pages: 216 Genre: Non-Fiction Available in : Kindle Edition, Hardcover, Paperback and Audio CD Each of us has grown up listening to, believing in, and following certain ideologies which have been passed onto us from our parents, our religions, our cultures, and later got firmly entrenched into our being from our experiences. More often than…
Book Review: The Pearl That Broke Its Shell by Nadia Hashimi
With her debut novel, Nadia Hashimi takes us to Kabul where women were child brides to men thrice their age, were rarely the first or only wives, and was treated depending on the number of sons they gave birth to. Rahima is the 3rd of 5 sisters. Of a father who fights…
Book Review: The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
What I know of the Mahabharata is courtesy of the much-revered epic telecast on the small screen years ago. Sunday mornings meant sitting in front of the television watching the majestic Bheeshma Pitamah exuding power, the valiant Arjun skillfully battling his enemies, the enigmatic and wily Krishna using his clever words, sometimes as a soothing…
Book Review: The Diary of a Social Butterfly by Moni Mohsin
In her own words, Butterfly is ‘sophisty, smart and socialist.’ Her friends, Mulloo, Flopsy, Furry and Twinkle are ‘always doing competition’ with her. According to Butterfly, those who’ve studied at Oxford come back ‘three years later an Oxen.’ She laughs till she becomes ‘historical’ says ‘Thanks God’ to not have been ‘knocked up by a…
Book Review: My Friend Sancho
Dear Jasmine Shah Varma, I just finished reading, correction smiling, through Amit Varma’s debut book, ‘My Friend Sancho’ In his acknowledgments Amit Varma credits you for the existence of this book, and adds that if the reader doesn’t like it, it’s your fault. So I guess if the reader (me) did like the book, it’s…