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Book Review: Kartikeya by Anuja Chandramouli

by New Asian Writing • 03/01/2018 • 0 Comments

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…

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Book Review: How May I Help You by Deepak Singh

by New Asian Writing • 03/01/2018 • 0 Comments

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…

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Book Review: Shikari by Yashwant Chittal

by New Asian Writing • 01/01/2018 • 0 Comments

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…

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Five terrible writing habits we learn in school – and how to break them

by New Asian Writing • 25/12/2017 • 0 Comments

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…

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Book Review: Super Foods for Awesome Memory by Shipra Khanna

by New Asian Writing • 24/12/2017 • 0 Comments

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.…

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Book Review: The Master Key by Shruti Johri

by New Asian Writing • 24/12/2017 • 0 Comments

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…

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Book Review: The Bengalis by Sudeep Chakravarti

by New Asian Writing • 24/12/2017 • 0 Comments

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…

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Prithviraj Chauhan: The Emperor of Hearts (Book Excerpt) by Anuja Chandramouli

by New Asian Writing • 15/12/2017 • 0 Comments

Anuja Chandramouli is a bestselling Indian author and widely regarded as one of the finest writers in mythological fiction and fantasy. She followed up her highly acclaimed debut novel, Arjuna: Saga of a Pandava Warrior-Prince, which was named as one…

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Little Fish by Masami Mustaza (New Asian Writing Short Story Competition 2017 Prize Winning Entry)

by New Asian Writing • 15/12/2017 • 0 Comments

“Nicholas is reminded of the broken relationships in his life one year after the death of his nephew, Brian, after making a visit to the wet market. He is haunted by the image of the fish, which also make a…

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Book Review: Life Among The Scorpions by Jaya Jaitley

by New Asian Writing • 10/12/2017 • 0 Comments

Book Name: Life Among The Scorpions Author: Jaya Jaitley Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: An Indian politician looks back at her journey and recounts how the going got tougher with her every success, perhaps because she was a woman. Life…

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Book Review: Devi by John Stratton Hawley and Donna Marie Wulff

by New Asian Writing • 02/12/2017 • 0 Comments

Book Name: Devi The Goddesses Of India Editors: John Stratton Hawley and Donna Marie Wulff Publisher: Aleph Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: The monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have severely limited the portrayal of the divine as feminine. But in Hinduism ‘God’…

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