Category: Book Reviews

Book Review: Jaffna Street by Mir Khalid

Book Name: Jaffna Street Author’s Name: Mir Khalid Rating: 5/5 Publisher: Rupa Book Blurb: In 1989, an adolescent schoolboy from downtown Srinagar watched as his elders extricated themselves from university campuses, high-school grounds, handloom machines and farms to bear arms and…

Book Review: The Trail of four by Manjiri Prabhu

Book Name: The Trail of four Author’s Name: Manjiri Prabhu Rating: 4/5 Publisher: Bloomsbury Book Blurb: Max Reinhardt, Europe’s most famous theatre director, once adopted the town as home. As the Nazis advanced on his beloved city, he- like many…

Book Review: Living with Tigers by Valmik Thapar

Book Name: Living with Tigers Author’s Name: Valmik Thapar Rating: 4.5/5 Publisher: Aleph About the Author: Valmik Thapar first went to Ranthambhore, in 1976, at the age of twenty-three. He was a city boy, unsure of what lay ahead. When he…

Book Review: Mad Money Journey by Mehrab Irani

Book Name: Mad Money Journey Author’s Name: Mehrab Irani Rating: 4.5/5 Story in a nutshell- The novel opens up with an accident which lands the protagonist, John Pinto in the hospital. He is taken to the hospital by a guy…

Book Review: India Reloaded by Dheeraj Sinha

  Book Name: India Reloaded Author: Dheeraj Sinha Rating -4/5 Dheeraj Sinha gets it spot on with this book that offers an in-depth look at the state of the Indian consumer markets. The book address important issues that the market…

Book Review: Brutal by Uday Satpathy

Brutal is an action thriller which follows a few days in the lives of two broken individuals. They are brave reporters, but their investigation into a case leads them into a deathly spiral. Here is a summary of the book:…