books

All in the Family

Author Judy Balan talks to us in an exclusive interview about her debut novel Two Fates and shares her views on relationships and marriages in India.

Reading Between the Lines

Wouldn’t you rather come home to a library than carry one with you?

Book Review: Hot Tea Across India

Lapse of better judgement or otherwise, Rishad Saam Mehta’s travel stories are a treat to read.

The Right Kind of Waiting

Award-winning young writer Aditi Machado talks to us about her writing and what the future may hold for her.

Book Review: Death in Mumbai

Written by Meenal Baghel, the book ably documents the disappearance and murder of Neeraj Grover.

Book Review: Hansi

If Barbie dressed like an early 20th century European country girl, started overdosing on Nazi philosophy, and wanted to marry Jesus, then you would probably get Hansi.

Book Review: 1888 Dial India

Anuvab Pal’s book takes a long, hard look at modern Indian society through glasses coated with exaggeration, irony, and humour.

Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower

A coming-of-age story, there is something about Stephen Chbosky’s book that is wildly reminiscent of The Wonder Years.

Book Review: Revolution 2020

When Chetan Bhagat’s characters are in love, they don’t just love each other, they own each other.

Book Review: The Girl in the Garden

The predictable plot twists and stonewashed themes are drawbacks, but the subtly etched characters make the book worth reading.

Book Review: The Eighth Guest & Other Muzaffar Jang Mysteries

In her sequel to The Englishman’s Cameo, Madhulika Liddle manages to tell Mughal murder mysteries with aplomb.

Book Review: Slither

Sex, real and imagined, desired and forced, implied and overt, attempted and unfulfilled; a strange spectrum is travelled by reading this book.