New Asian Writing will be giving out five books as prizes. The first five to reply correctly to the following questions will get a free copy of Payal Kapadia’s book: Maidless in Mumbai. Contest is valid only in India. The…
DIVORCE IS MURDER A Toby Wong Novel (Seventh Street Books — August 20, 2019) Toby Wong visits her quiet hometown in British Columbia, where nothing ever happens–until her old high school rival is found murdered. Shortly after returning to her…
Book Name: Fight With Fat Author: Dr. Kamal Mahawar Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Fingerprint Rating: 3.9/5 Book Blurb: Are you overweight? You are not alone. Globally, approximately two billion people fall in this category. Closer home, India too battles this pandemic…
Author Salil Desai’s best-selling Inspector Saralkar Mystery Series published by Fingerprint Publishing has been picked up by Times Studio Originals to be adapted into a web series. The titles in this series include Killing Ashish Karve, The Murder of Sonia…
Remembering India’s perennial ‘Young Turk’ and the country’s most unassuming and successful prime minister, Chandra Shekhar, on his death anniversary on 08 July 2019 About the book: This is the story of an ordinary man who did not inherit a…
Book Name: Bhaunri Author: Anukrti Upadhyay Genre: Fiction Publisher: Harper Collins Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Can too much love be a dangerous thing? Bhaunri is married, as is the custom in her tribe of nomadic blacksmiths, when she is still…
#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…