Born in 1960, Jamil Urfi completed his schooling from Delhi and later studied at the Aligarh Muslim University, University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and in England. As a campus correspondent for Youth Times – a youth magazine published by…
Whatever love it’s love. It’s a bonfire An autodafe’ Unrequited, Untamed it burns. Filial, familiar. Like earthquake It shakes the house Tears down buildings Hides in the closet Or under the bed. Doors shut. Regrettable, forgettable Wrinkled bed…
समीक्षा: गुनाहों का देवता लेखक धर्मवीर भारती किताब का शीर्षक: गुनाहों का देवता लेखक: धर्मवीर भारती मूल्य : १ ६ ० प्रकाशक: भारतीय ज्ञानपीठ मूल्यांकन: ४. ९ /५ संक्षेप में: धर्मवीर भारती के इस उपन्यास का प्रकाशन और इसके प्रति पाठकों का…
Book Name: Skin In The Game Author: Nassim Nicholas Taleb Publisher: Allen Lane Rating: 4.3/5 Book Blurb: “Skin in the game is the ultimate BS filter and the engine of evolution. Do not pay attention to what people say, only to what they…
resplendent Goddess when you become we will worship you with flowers, the best roses we shall decree lotuses, pink-gold, fifty-five petals no less incense mesmerising intoxicating only the pure can visit they must fast a whole day and half pine,…
Book Name: Why I Am A Hindu Author: Shashi Tharoor Publisher: Aleph Rating: 4.7/5 Book Blurb: In Why I Am a Hindu, one of India’s finest public intellectuals gives us a profound book about one of the world’s oldest and greatest religions.…
Book Name: Strangers No More Author: Sanjoy Hazarika Publisher: Aleph Rating: 4.6/5 Book Blurb: Over twenty years ago, Sanjoy Hazarika’s first book on the Northeast, Strangers of the Mist, was published to immediate acclaim. Hailed as an exciting, path-breaking narrative…
Book Name: Digital VS Human Author: Richard Watson Publisher: Amaryllis Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: This is one book you need to read to prepare for the world of tomorrow. On most measures that matter, we’ve never had it so good. Physically, life…
Book Name: A Broken Sun Author: Aditya Iyengar Publisher: Rupa Rating: 3.5/5 Book Blurb: In the bloody aftermath of the thirteenth day of the Kurukshetra War, the Pandavas and Kauravas look to avenge their losses. In the Pandava army, a grief-stricken Arjuna…
Keshava, A Magnificent Obsession are folklores associated with the legend of Lord Krishna. This is a book of all whom Krishna loved and imbibed life into, be it the Tulsi plant, the flute, the tree where he romanced with his beloved…
Rummaging through their dead parents’ letters, Manjula, a second-generation Indian-American, and her sister Nilima make a startling discovery—their mother, an immigrant scientist from India to America in the 1940s, had had a twin sister with whom she had been estranged…
Book Name: Please Let Me Go Authors: Please Let Me Go by Caitlin Spencer with Linda Watson-Brown Publisher: Amaryllis Rating: 3.5/5 Book Blurb: From the age of 14, Caitlin was completely controlled, repeatedly raped, provided with alcohol, given drugs, sold and passed on…