
Book Review: ‘The Song of Achilles’ by Madeline Miller
“Name one hero who was happy.” I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason’s children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus’ back. “You can’t.” He was sitting up now, leaning forward. “I can’t.”...

Book Review: ‘The Palace of Illusions’, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780330458535 Pages: 384 Price: 395.00 Plot Discussion: Reading this book is like taking a journey through the epic that is Mahabharata and seeing it all through the eyes of Draupadi. It is a very good read for someone who has never read the actual tale and even a better one for someone...

Book Review: ‘Moving On’, by Jaya Jha
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9788190972093 Pages: 248 Price: 150.00 Plot Discussion: Rarely does a novel knocks at your brain’s door and makes its way to your heart. ‘Moving On’ by Jaya Jha is just one of those.

Book Review: ‘The Ancient Book’ by Parikshit Rane
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9381115039 Pages: 82 Price: 95.00 Plot Discussion: ‘The Ancient Book’, penned by Parikshit Rane is a child fantasy novella oriented for readers who belong to secondary school or beginners in English. Crafted with mystic creatures with the most conventional forms of army that old fantasy minds think of; from dragons to thorns cum...

Book Review: ‘The Off-site Tamasha’ by Abhay Nagarajan
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9789380349534 Pages: 271 Price: 100.00 The Off-site Tamasha is Abhay Nagarajan’s second venture after his very successful first book Corporate Atyaachar which was released earlier in 2011. The book is scintillating, humorous and a light read that will keep you engrossed till the end. Plot Discussion: The book follows the experience of a young,...

Book Review: ‘The Pregnant King’ by Devdutt Pattanaik
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780143063476 Pages: 360 Price: 299.00 Plot Discussion: Yes, the title sounds weird and confusing, but the book is a wonderful journey into Indian mythology and the oddities that it contains. This is the tale of Yuvanashva, a King who is denied his right to sitting on the throne by his...

Book Review: ‘Campus Cola’ by N Sampath Kumar
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9788129117816 Pages: 340 Price: 295.00 Plot Discussion: It is strictly not a regular book, if you have an attention span of a 16 year old teenager. I Would recommend you NOT To read this book! I must add, if you can focus even a little, you would enjoy the subtle humour and philosophy...

Book Review: ‘I Never Thought I Could Fall In Love’ by Chanchaldeep Singh Sandhu
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9780143415022 Pages: 164 Price: 100.00 Plot Discussion: A breezy 154 page reciting tales of an uncontrollable hormonal flush in a boy is a perfect remedy if you feel overtly sophisticated by the numerous classics available for consumption. A pop fiction with no intentions of becoming a literary artwork, “I Never Thought I Could...

Book Review: ‘Shiver’ by Maggie Stiefvater
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 978184774028 Pages: 400 Price: 550.00 Plot Discussion: Supernatural romances have been done and done again, and I am not ashamed to say that I have read and enjoyed a few of them but Maggie Stiefvater brings something extra to hers. Shiver is the first book in the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy...

Interview: Paritosh Uttam, author of ‘Dreams in Prussian Blue’
Paritosh Uttam is a well-known name in the current Indian English literature scenario. Today we have him on ‘Between The Lines’ on a quite detailed interview session with one of our team members. Let his words speak more of him. Biography: Pune-based software engineer and now a published writer. Author of ‘Dreams in Prussian Blue‘, published...

Book Review: ‘Tea – 20’ by Vinod Kumar S
Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 9789381576991 Pages: 125 Price: 125.00 Plot Discussion: Not every day one comes across a book that makes one think, smile, cry and laugh altogether. When I started with this collection of twenty short stories, I was reluctant about the same, but I am now glad that I was wrong. It’s a...