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    The 7 am Chronicles: An insight into life in India

    By Anshu / December 15, 2019

    For several of us, mornings begin with drinking a cup of chai and reading a slice of life from Indraneel Majumdar’s Facebook page. He writes a piece daily. And we are so addicted to his writing that…

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    I’ve never been (Un)happier: Shaheen Bhatt’s candid story

    By Anshu / May 7, 2019

    This is a short book written by 29-year old Shaheen Bhatt, who has spent most of her adult life dealing with clinical depression. Shaheen Bhatt has an enviable pedigree. She is the daughter of celebrity parents: Mahesh…

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    The Jaipur Literature Festival: A carnival to remember

    By Anshu / February 8, 2019

    Resplendent peacocks welcome you as you enter the gates of Diggi Palace. And then you are subjected to an airport style scan and frisking — only done a lot more politely and quickly. The vibrant colours of…

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    Jeffrey Archer: I’m more a story teller than a writer

    By Anshu / January 30, 2019

    Jeffrey Archer sells more copies of his novels in India than in any other country in the world. He narrates an amusing anecdote where he stepped off the plane in Mumbai and was on a taxi to…

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    Movies are like a kidnapping: Books versus their film adaptations

    By Anshu / January 29, 2019

    Do authors like to see their work portrayed on celluloid? And when that is done, are they satisfied with the final product? Of course, they do want the film based on their book to succeed. But isn’t…

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    The Mad Tibetan: Deepti Naval’s anthology of short stories

    By Anshu / December 18, 2018

    The Mad Tibetan: Stories from then and now is Deepti Naval’s debut anthology of eleven short stories which was first published in 2011. I happened to stumble over it while browsing for books on Amazon now.  Rather late,…

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  • Books,  Reviews

    Dark Circles: A poignant debut novel

    By Anshu / November 21, 2018

    What do your parents bequeath to you? Do you look like them? Behave like them? Think like them? React like them? How intertwined is your present existence with your parent’s pasts? Dark Circles is a novel which…

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  • Books,  Reviews

    If I had to tell it again: A moving memoir by Gayathri Prabhu

    By Anshu / November 5, 2018

    I met Gayathri Prabhu at a workshop last month. She teaches literary studies at the Manipal Centre for Philosophy and Humanities. She was moderator of the most impactful session of the day— not by being at the…

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    Pyjamas are forgiving: Twinkle Khanna’s third book

    By Anshu / October 1, 2018

    The only reason I ordered Twinkle Khanna’s third book ‘Pyjamas are forgiving‘ online in haste, was because a friend had sent me a message saying that the protagonist in this book was called Anshu! Else I would…

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    The Ache of Love: Murakami’s South of the Border, West of the Sun

    By Anshu / August 6, 2018

    Haruki Murakami’s novel South of the Border, West of the Sun is a slow tale of longing. A yearning to belong to a world of your dreams. The novel is set in post-War Japan where the State…

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