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    The fault in our stars: A poignant yet funny book

    By Anshu / July 22, 2018

    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…

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    Irawati Karve’s ‘Yuganta- The end of an epoch’

    By Anshu / October 18, 2017

    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…

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    Em and the big Hoom: Jerry Pinto’s poignant novel

    By Anshu / May 21, 2017

    “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…

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    Selection Day: Aravind Adiga’s third novel

    By Anshu / May 2, 2017

    ‘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…

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    Khullam Khulla: Uninhibited Rishi Kapoor

    By Anshu / January 26, 2017

    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…

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    An Unsuitable Boy: Karan Johar’s autobiography

    By Anshu / January 21, 2017

    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…

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