Category: Book Reviews

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…

Book Review: Keshava by Bhawana Somaaya

Book Name: Keshava Author: Bhawana Somaaya Publisher: Fingerprint Rating: 4/5 Book Blurb: Everyone associated with Sri Krishna believes that their relationship with the deity is unique, which explains why every gopika felt that the Lord was dancing with her at the Maharaas.…

समीक्षा: गुनाहों का देवता लेखक धर्मवीर भारती

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 Review: Why I Am A Hindu by Shashi Tharoor

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 Review: Strangers No More by Sanjoy Hazarika

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…