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Book Review: Bhaunri by Anukrti Upadhyay

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Book Name: Bhaunri Author: Anukrti Upadhyay Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Can too much love be a dangerous thing? Bhaunri is married, as is the custom in her tribe of nomadic blacksmiths, when she is still…

Westland to Publish RIVERS REMEMBER by KRUPA GE

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#ChennaiRains and the Shocking Truth of a Manmade Flood (Releasing 28 June 2019) PRAISE FOR THE BOOK ‘Krupa Ge’s soon to be published book, ‘Rivers Remember’ (on the 2015 Chennai floods) is an absolute must read. Well written and carefully…

Kelsay Books releases Ebullience and Other Poems by Bhupender K Bhardwaj

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Magnificent Coliseum     Manacled by the rambunctious clematis, tiptoed upon by the rust-speckled pigeons these were the exemplary one-roomed tenements  whose roofs were the upturned coal iron-boxes’ blazing plates that ironed the blue fabric of the sky  with the determination of a one-man army  out to crumble…

Book Review: Maidless In Mumbai by Payal Kapadia

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Book Name: Maidless In Mumbai Author: Payal Kapadia Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Career-driven reporter Anu Narain has a plan for everything till motherhood comes along. The baby poops/cries/pisses/ feeds round the clock. Anu loses her mind/…

Book Review: Karmic Chanting by Sonnet Mondal

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Book Name: Karmic Chanting Poet: Sonnet Mondal Paperback Publisher: Copper Coin (2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 9384109320 ISBN-13: 978-9384109325 Book Review by Deeksha Srivastava Sonnet Mondal’s sixth book ‘Karmic Chanting’ is a sprig of 87  rare verselet.It is a contemporary call…

Book Review: Sanjay Dutt by Ram Kamal Mukherjee

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Book Name: Sanjay Dutt Author: Ram Kamal Mukherjee Genre: Biography Publisher: Rupa Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: What the world knows about Sanjay duty is only half-truths. best-selling author, film producer and renowned journalist Ram Kamal Mukherjee unravels the enigma and…

Book Review: Love and Lust stories and essays

Book Name: Love and Lust stories and essays Genre: Fiction/non-fiction Publisher: Aleph Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: One of the meanings of the word ‘olio’ is ‘a miscellany’. the books in the aleph olio series contain a selection of the finest…

Book Review: Kashmir as I see it by Ashok Dhar

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Book Name: Kashmir as I see it Author: Ashok Dhar Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 3/5 Book Blurb: Stories of the trauma and betrayal faced by Kashmiris have been told, the events retraced and analysis offered. And yet, one of…