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LATEST ARTICLES ( 560 )
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Kamadeva: The God of Desire – Anuja Chandramouli – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: Kamadeva, the charming wielder of the sugarcane bow and the flower-tipped arrows, born out of the wellspring of Brahmas latent passion, has... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
Breach – Amrita Chowdhury – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: How secure are your secrets?Weeks before Acel is ready to file the global patent application for Colare, a wonder drug for pancreatic cancer,... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
Sita’s Sister – Kavita Kane – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: As Sita prepares to go into exile, her younger sisters stay back at the doomed palace of Ayodhya, their smiles, hope and joy wiped away in a... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Black Hill – Mamang Dai – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: Set in the mid-nineteenth century, the action takes place in the Northeast—the region that spreads from Assam to Arunachal today. Read more
Posted on 13 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Night It Rained Guns – Chandan Nandy – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: On the night of 17-18 December 1995, an aging Russian Antonov-26 plane dropped three weapons-laden wooden pallets over Purulia, a backward,... Read more
Posted on 08 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
Item Girl – Richa Lakhera – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: Sunheri and Suhana—twin sisters who share a horrific childhood—get caught up in a vortex of pain and deceit when Sunheri, a popular item girl i... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
Now, Returned to India – Amar Vyas – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: Moving back to India was the last thing on Amol Dixit’s mind when he was leading a carefree life in Chicago. Then one day, he found himself... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Colonel Who Would Not Repent – Salil Tripathi – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: ‘Salil Tripathi brings together the narrative skill of a novelist and the analytical tools of a political journalist to give us the story of a... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2015 SELF EXPRESSION -
Warrior – Olivier Lafont – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: In Mumbai, driven to its knees by a merciless blizzard, Saam the watchmender is cornered into an intolerable position. As Shiva’s only earthly... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Citizens Rising : Independent Journalism and the Spread of Democracy – David...
Goodreads blurb: From the fall of the Soviet Union to the Arab Spring to today’s continuing conflicts, media have played a decisive role in political affairs... Read more
Posted on 24 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
A Good Bargain
While I had clearly been informed that under no circumstances would I be allowed to meet the person who received the kidney I had donated, curiosity got the... Read more
Posted on 18 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Teresa’s Man and Other Stories from Goa – Damodar Mauzo – Book Review
Rupa Publications blurb: Peter wheels his bicycle out. Mounting it, he puts one foot on the pedal, the other on the threshold, and waits for Teresa. This was ho... Read more
Posted on 17 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Winner’s Curse – Dee Walker – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: A political thriller about national ID numbers, power and greed.Orphan Harsh makes it to the billionaire club with a burning vision, sheer... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
My Day
The date is 10th of January, it is The Supreme Ruler’s Day today.As is the norm, my faithful minions would have worked around the clock to ensure that all... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
CLAIR = Clean Air
Disclaimer: The following post is a work of fiction; science fiction even, given that neither am I technically qualified enough to be making these assumptions... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Equilibrium – Paras Joshi – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: WHERE DARKNESS EXISTS SO SHALL LIGHT“…a great crusade shall ensue,Manking will fight its greatest war,At that time shall light shine through;an... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
A Three Faced Coin – Bhalindra Singh – Book Review
Book Blurb: “We are moving back to India.” Leaving a highly successful corporate career, Zubien convinces his wife Mehak to move back to India where he could... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
End of the World
Friends, fellow humans, who are listening to me today, pay heed to this important message.We stand here today on the brink of extinction and despite all that yo... Read more
Posted on 05 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
Five Items
A favorite party-game question remains what are the five items that you would want with you on a deserted island? And through this post I will try and put... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION -
The Nidhi Kapoor Story – Saurabh Garg – Book Review
Goodreads blurb: Two dogs and a cat are butchered at the home of Nidhi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actress. Left behind is a mysterious letter threatening... Read more
Posted on 03 December 2014 SELF EXPRESSION