The fault in our stars: A poignant yet funny book
I was at at the airport book stall searching for something to gift my friend’s daughter, when I found this book by John Green in the fiction for young adults section. I picked it up, but wanting…
Irawati Karve’s ‘Yuganta- The end of an epoch’
Just finished reading Irawati Karve’s ‘Yuganta– The end of an epoch‘. It is an English version of the original Marathi book written in the 1960s. In a series of compelling essays, she draws sketches of the most prominent…
Em and the big Hoom: Jerry Pinto’s poignant novel
“Imagine you are walking in a pleasant meadow with someone you love, your mother. It is warm, and there’s just enough of a breeze to cool you…… Suddenly, your mother steps into a patch of quicksand. The…
Selection Day: Aravind Adiga’s third novel
‘Selection Day’ is Booker Prize winner Aravind Adiga’s third novel. Published by Fourth Estate, the book is set in Mumbai with cricket as its backdrop. Like his first novel, ‘The White Tiger’, Adiga successfully delves into the…
Khullam Khulla: Uninhibited Rishi Kapoor
From one Bollywood biography to the next. Just finished Khullam Khulla—Rishi Kapoor’s ‘uncensored’ biography written with Meena Iyer. The comparison is unnecessary, but this one is a certainly more interesting read than KJo’s book. For one, Rishi Kapoor…
An Unsuitable Boy: Karan Johar’s autobiography
Finished reading Karan Johar’s autobiography ‘An Unsuitable Boy’. Like KJo’s Koffee with Karan, the book doesn’t pretend to be remotely cerebral. It is chatty and you almost feel as if Karan is talking to you. Like he says- he…
