Category: Book Reviews
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› Read more: Book Review: Victory City by Salman RushdieBook Review: Victory City by Salman Rushdie
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rating: 5/5 A narrative poem buried in a clay pot, sealed with wax. Discovered four…
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› Read more: When life takes a turn
When life takes a turn
Working constantly for more than a decade. Morning to night. Enveloped and engulfed by deadlines, submissions, ideas, meetings. And one…
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› Read more: to read or not to read
to read or not to read
You know, sometimes I am faced with a terrible dilemma. Reading a book which I am not enjoying at all…
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› Read more: Book Review: Hyderabad II The Partition TrilogyBook Review: Hyderabad II The Partition Trilogy
Author: Manreet Sodhi Someshwar Publisher: Harper Collins India Genre: Historical Fiction First Publication: 2022 Language: English “Hyderabad” is the story…
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› Read more: Book Review: Letters to Self by Narendra Modi.Book Review: Letters to Self by Narendra Modi.
Translated from the Gujarati by Bhawana Somaaya Publisher: Fingerprint Eloquent and compelling. “Letter to Self” is a potent translation of…
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› Read more: Book Review: Lahore I The Partition TrilogyBook Review: Lahore I The Partition Trilogy
By Manreet Sodhi Someshwar Publisher: Harper Collins India The book begins with fear hanging in the air. And the fear…
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› Read more: Book Review: On the Front Lines: The Collected Journalism of Marie ColvinBook Review: On the Front Lines: The Collected Journalism of Marie Colvin
Publisher: Harperpress (2012) “Bravery is personal” writes Marie Colvin on October 10, 1999. And her bravery sadly cost her life.…
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› Read more: Book Review: The Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesBook Review: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Publisher: Hutchinson Heinemann Emmet. Billy. Duchess. Woolly. Four characters. A studebaker. A travel plan from Nebraska to San Francisco on…
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› Read more: Book Review: Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris PavoneBook Review: Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux “I try to write the book that is unexpected…” says Chris Pavone in an interview…
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› Read more: Book Review: The Silent Coup. A History of India’s Deep State by Josy JosephBook Review: The Silent Coup. A History of India’s Deep State by Josy Joseph
Publisher: Context, an imprint of Westland Publications Pvt. Ltd. “They were not expected to behave like the terrorirsts they were…
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› Read more: Book Review: Atomic Habits by James ClearBook Review: Atomic Habits by James Clear
Publisher: Penguin Random House A small change. A big difference. Atomic Habits dwells on a premise: the smallest of a…
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› Read more: Book Review: On Camera Off Camera by Bhawana SomaayaBook Review: On Camera Off Camera by Bhawana Somaaya
This book is an engaging diary of interviews by Bhawana Somaaya during her journey of decades as a film journalist.…
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› Read more: Book Review: If I Had Your Face by Frances ChaBook Review: If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha
Publisher: Ballantine Books “If I had your face” portrays the life of 4 women living in the same apartment building…
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› Read more: Book Review: The Cellist by Daniel SilvaBook Review: The Cellist by Daniel Silva
Publisher: Harper Collins Another thriller from Daniel Silva in the Gabriel Allon series. The book begins with the death of…
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› Read more: Book Review: Farewell Kabul-From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World By Christina LambBook Review: Farewell Kabul-From Afghanistan to a More Dangerous World By Christina Lamb
What a timely book to read! It took me almost a month to read this book and I am ending…
Preeta Chag 