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Book Review: Kashmir by Saifuddin Soz

Book Name: Kashmir: Glimpses of History and the Story of Struggle Author: Saifuddin Soz Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: In Kashmir: Glimpses of History and the Story of Struggle, one of the most prominent voices of Kashmir, Saifuddin Soz takes a passionate…

Book Review: Great Textpectations by Ruchi Vadhera

Book Name: Great Textpectations Author: Ruchi Vadhera Publisher: Rupa Rating: 3/5 Book Blurb: Amaya Kapoor is a Delhi-based intellectually inclined thirty-five-year-old single, financially independent and sexually liberated woman, who wants to open a ‘boutique bookstore’ and live life on her own terms—single…

Book Review: Daughters of the Sun by Ira Mukhoty

Book Name: Daughters of the Sun Author: Ira Mukhoty Publisher: Aleph Book Company Rating: DNF Book Blurb: In 1526, when the nomadic Timurid warrior-scholar Babur rode into Hindustan, his wives, sisters, daughters, aunts and distant female relatives travelled with him. These women…

Book Review: A Higher Loyalty by James Comey

Book Name: A Higher Loyalty Author: James Comey Publisher: Pan Macmillan Rating: 3.9/5 Book Blurb: A riveting inside account of life and leadership at the heart of the FBI and high office in the United States of America. Former FBI director…

Pan Macmillan to Publish Rafina by Shandana Minhas

Pan Macmillan to Publish Rafina by Shandana Minhas Genre: Fiction Literary Contemporary Fiction – Novella Imprint: Picador India Hardback Price: Rs 450 172 pp Brilliantly observed, delightful and heartbreaking, this is the story of seventeen-year-old RAFINA and her big dreams…