#ChennaiRains and the Shocking Truth of a Manmade Flood (Releasing 28 June 2019) PRAISE FOR THE BOOK ‘Krupa Ge’s soon to be published book, ‘Rivers Remember’ (on the 2015 Chennai floods) is an absolute must read. Well written and carefully…
Magnificent Coliseum Manacled by the rambunctious clematis, tiptoed upon by the rust-speckled pigeons these were the exemplary one-roomed tenements whose roofs were the upturned coal iron-boxes’ blazing plates that ironed the blue fabric of the sky with the determination of a one-man army out to crumble…
Book Name: Maidless In Mumbai Author: Payal Kapadia Publisher: Bloomsbury Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Career-driven reporter Anu Narain has a plan for everything till motherhood comes along. The baby poops/cries/pisses/ feeds round the clock. Anu loses her mind/…
THE COURTESAN, THE MAHATMA & THE ITALIAN BRAHMIN Tales from Indian History MANU S. PILLAI (releasing 24 June 2019) From a Maratha prince who parodied caste to a Muslim deity in a Hindu temple; from a courtesan who became a…
Book Name: Karmic Chanting Poet: Sonnet Mondal Paperback Publisher: Copper Coin (2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 9384109320 ISBN-13: 978-9384109325 Book Review by Deeksha Srivastava Sonnet Mondal’s sixth book ‘Karmic Chanting’ is a sprig of 87 rare verselet.It is a contemporary call…
Book Name: Sanjay Dutt Author: Ram Kamal Mukherjee Genre: Biography Publisher: Rupa Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: What the world knows about Sanjay duty is only half-truths. best-selling author, film producer and renowned journalist Ram Kamal Mukherjee unravels the enigma and…
9789382749|Rs. 300|Paperback ‘A new leaf turns up at your door, you flutter your wings, window a morning opening’. About the book: The hundred pages of this collection give scope enough to show the generosity of Amlanjyoti Goswami’s perception of the…
Book Name: Love and Lust stories and essays Genre: Fiction/non-fiction Publisher: Aleph Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: One of the meanings of the word ‘olio’ is ‘a miscellany’. the books in the aleph olio series contain a selection of the finest…
Book Name: Kashmir as I see it Author: Ashok Dhar Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 3/5 Book Blurb: Stories of the trauma and betrayal faced by Kashmiris have been told, the events retraced and analysis offered. And yet, one of…
Book Name: The Miraculous True History Of Nomi Ali Author: Uzma Aslam Khan Publisher: Westland Genre: Fiction Rating: 4/5 Book Blurb: Nomi and Zee are Local Borns—their father a convict condemned by the British to the Andaman Islands, their mother…
The coming-of-age novel aims to give a voice and raise awareness about discrimination and prejudice suffered in India. NEW YORK, NY–Editorial Trance, a publisher dedicated to empowering women, people of color and marginalized voices through literary works of all genres,…