The Power of the Story
Victory City by Salman Rushdie It is amazing to see how much of real history finds its way into Rushdie's latest novel Victory City. Rush......
9 Months Ago
2023: My year in reading
56 was the number this year. Though I tell myself numbers don't matter, the quality does, I always start with the number. The least it doe......
11 Months Ago
Love, Loss and Renewal
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese An engrossing inter-generational story set in lush Kerala, it is easy to see why this made it to t......
1 Year Ago
The World As A Miracle
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek By Annie Dillard Annie Dillard does a Walden, only this time set in ‘70s Virginia. She describes a year in her life,......
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My Good Reads of 2022
A reading slump in the latter half of the year saw me average just less than a book a week in 2022. There was a good mix of fiction and non-......
1 Year Ago
Shah Rukh as metaphor
Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh By Shrayana Bhattacharya This is an important book, one that documents the lives of a certain generation of I......
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