Going to every room, touching every wall— embracing, feeling, absorbing like you can take it away, along some of it at least. You can see yourself little, fragile, undamaged in your summer courtyard of 1998 running, falling, giggling, fighting; now…
The writer Zac O’ Yeah with a team of skilled writers runs a creative writing workshop at the Shoonya Institute, located in Bangaluru, Karnataka, India. To learn more about Zac O’ Yeah and his work, read his interview with New…
Zac O’Yeah is the author of the popular comic thriller Once Upon a Time in Scandinavistan and Mr Majestic! The Tout of Bengaluru which is the first of the Hari Majestic crime and detective series. He has written twelve other…
Book Name: Hinduism and Nature Author: Nanditha Krishnan Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rating: 3.9/5 Book Blurb: The basis of Hinduism is dharma or righteousness, incorporating duty, cosmic law and justice. Five thousand years ago, the Vedas showed a clear appreciation of the…
Book Name: The Inheritors Author: Sonu Bhasin Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Why did Harsh Mariwala leave his family business? What made the entire Dabur management to quit one day? How did Dhingra brothers turn a suffering business…
Book Name: Kartikeya Author: Anuja Chandramouli Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: Unravel the puzzle that is the mysterious and misunderstood son of Mahadeva—KARTIKEYA.Kartikeya was born from the flames of a desperate need, an ardent desire and an utmost devastation. In him…
Book Name: How May I Help You Author: Deepak Singh Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rating: 3.7/5 Book Blurb: In this charming and insightful story, Deepak Singh chronicles his journey as an Indian immigrant in the United States of America. Deepak falls…
Book Name: Shikari Author: Yashwant Chittal Publisher: Penguin Random House India Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Shikari opens a window to a fiercely competitive corporate world where it is often difficult to distinguish between the hunter and the hunted. As the story…
What is good writing? It is a writer’s ability to convey the intended information as clearly as possible. If the reader stays engaged and possibly entertained along the way, that much better. If the reading is easy and effortless, that’s…
Book Name: Super Foods for Awesome Memory Author: Shipra Khanna Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.7/5 Book Blurb: We are what we eat and so our memory is linked to food. The helplessness that overwhelms us when one forgets a name can be embarrassing.…
Book Name: The Master Key Author: Shruti Johri Publisher: Rupa Rating: 3.5/5 Book Blurb: She uncovers incredible and amusing stories from luxury hotels in India. She captures extraordinary episodes of infidelity, bigotry and brings to light the absurdity of travellers. She…
Book Name: The Bengalis: A Portrait Of A Community Author: Sudeep Chakravarti Publisher: Aleph Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: The Bengalis are the third largest ethno-linguistic group in the world, after the Han Chinese and the Arabs. A quarter of a billion…