The Yellow Emperor’s Cure – By Dr Kunal Basu @ INDIAreads Online Library cum...
Novelistic ambition is a tricky thing; it can be too slight, too grandiose or, worst of all, failed. Dr Kunal Basu has none of these problems in his riveting new novel. The Yellow Emperor’s Cure is the...
View ArticleCharles Dickens’ 200th Birthday @ INDIAreads Online Library cum Bookstore
How would one explain the Kindle to Charlie Dickens…? No wait; that’s a separate blogpost. Let’s get to know Charlie a little better first. Charles Dickens: The name conjures up visions of plum pudding...
View ArticleCelebrating Valentine’s Day; but not quite @ INDIAreads Online Library cum...
Leddies. The Velenntyne Day is here, and louve is in the air. (sniff) Can you smell it? Annyway. Let’s celebrate romance by taking a look at some of the more romantic literary characters to have...
View ArticleWorld Book Fair – Literature meets Cinema @ INDIAreads Online Library cum...
The World Book Fair at New Delhi is about to begin, and INDIAreads will be there. Do visit the INDIAreads stalls – we can’t wait to have you paw our brand new merchandise even as you struggle to manage...
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The Litmus Tests for Books
How many books do you think are published every year? Go on, take a guess. A whopping 1 million! Yes, that’s right, according to statistics on Google, two books are published every minute. Yet, not...
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A Development Travelogue
BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY: Stories from Another India by GUNJAN VEDA & SYEDA SAIYIDAIN HAMEED HarperCollins Publishers India Review by Devaki Jain Boating into the Sunderbans, with Syeda Hameed and Gunjan...
View ArticleTreasure Hunt, the final clue….
Psst!!! Still not figured out the name of the book??? Well, here’s the final clue… Among the dallies I often dally I left a lily in the valley But now and then I ponder And wonder as I wander Among the...
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A celebration of the Sentiment: Book Review of Aerogrammes & Other Stories
Review by Abhilasha Kumar You know this book signifies much more than a few stories strung together, right at the onset. Tania James has achieved an emotional connect with the reader by penning down...
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November: Literally Speaking
November seems to be the month for authors. Here’s a special author calender just for you. Even as we bid farewell to November, check out which of your favourite authors were November born….
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One Hundred Years of Manto by Aatish Taseer
At age twenty-one, I was given a copy of my grandfather’s poems. It was a blue book, with flames dancing on the cover. Those flames stood for aatish, fire in Urdu. The book’s title – and the origin of...
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