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Book Review: ‘Above Average’ by Amitabha Bagchi

Book Review: ‘Above Average’ by Amitabha Bagchi

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 8172236530 Pages: 305 Price: 275 Seemingly honest and unwittingly humorous, Amitabha Bagchi’s ‘Above Average’ is a story about a young lad as he makes his way up the academic ladder, graduating from the naiveness of his school days to learning important life lessons at IIT Delhi. Arindham Chatterjee, an adolescent...
Book Review: 'Crowded Rooms' by Prem Nath

Book Review: ‘Crowded Rooms’ by Prem Nath

Language: English Format: Paperback ISBN: 9780143068303 Pages: 165 Price: 199 INR ‘Crowded Rooms‘ is an anthology of nine short stories by upcoming Indian author Prem Nath. ‘Crowded Rooms‘, as the name suggests, looks at the minute aspects of urban lives. The stories are essentially urban, served efficiently with immense creativity and imagination of the author. Prem...
Book Review: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' by Mohsin Hamid

Book Review: ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ by Mohsin Hamid

Language: English Price: INR 250 ISBN: 9780143064244 Excuse me, sir, but may I be of assistance? Ah, I see I have alarmed you. Do not be frightened by my beard I am a lover of America… ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist‘ is the story of a Pakistani man named Changez. Throughout the book, a short one at...
Book Review: 'Solo' by Rana Dasgupta

Book Review: ‘Solo’ by Rana Dasgupta

Price: INR 395 Pages: 357 Language: English ISBN: 0007182147 Solo by British-Indian writer Rana Dasgupta is one-of-a-kind, and worth every prize that it has been awarded (including the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize). The book is divided into two parts, into two novellas – almost called “Dreams” and “Day-dreams” respectively. The first part follows the seemingly pitiable...
Book Review: 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller

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 God Of Small Things' by Arundhati Roy

Book Review: ‘The God Of Small Things’ by Arundhati Roy

Price: INR 250 Pages: 340 ISBN: 0-06-097749-3 Language: English A journey through the pages of Indian history, intense political drama understanding the basics of the Indian Class System, social obligations to love, discrimination and betrayal seen by the eyes of a disabled family based in Kerala is the shortest explanation one can give for The...
Book Review: ‘The Palace of Illusions’, by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

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

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

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

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

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

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...