Blurb: The inhabitants of the thousand hells of Yama have broken free from their prison and vowed to wreak havoc across all three realms. With the fiendish Narakamayas and Hatakas teaming up with Naganara, a terrifying necromancer hungry for…
Blurb: For many people, the word director/film-maker is mystifying, holding within its folds spaces inaccessible to most people. In this book, Rakesh Bakshi attempts to demystify the director’s invisible and omnipotent presence in films. He documents the lives and experiences…
Anuja Chandramouli has agreed to hold a contest giveaway to celebrate the launch of her new book, Yama’s Lieutenant. How to Enter? Answer the three questions given below and mail them along with your contact details (Name, Address, phone and…
Mikhail Bulgakov was one of the better writers from Russia, but unlike the more well known Russian literature greats such as Tolstoy, Chekov or the father of Russian literature- Pushkin is not very well known outside his home country. While…
Book Name: The Singles Game Author: Lauren Weisberger Publisher: Simon & Schuster ISBN No.: 978-1476778211 Number of Pages: 352 Rating: 2/5 Blurb: The new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Revenge Wears…
Of course, I hope my losing you will be caused by, or at least around, an event grand enough to be called disaster- it will have to be larger than the feeling of your name under my tongue as I…
Padma Lakshmi was famous for being an arm squeeze of the writer, Salman Rushdie. Hailing from India where her roots lie, little was known about her except for some occasional modelling jigs and some interviews where she talked more about…
Book Name: The Grown Up Author: Gillian Flynn Publisher: Crown/Archetype, 2015 ISBN No: 080418898/9780804188982 Number of Pages: 64 pages Rating: 3.6/5 Blurb- The first part of the story is exactly what one would expect from Flynn. It is all about…
Book Name: Jihadi Jane Author: Tabish Khair Publisher: Penguin Books Limited ISBN No.: 978-0143426424 Number of Pages: 216 Price: Rs. 209 Rating: 4/5 Blurb: High-school best friends Ameena and Jamilla couldn’t be more different: while one smokes cigarettes in their school playground,…
Book Name: A Fistful of Earth and Other Stories Author: Siddharth Gigoo Publisher: Rupa Publications India ISBN No.: 978-8129135094 Number of Pages: 244 Price: Rs. 159 Rating: 4/5 Blurb: Set in a land ravaged by political upheaval and war, A Fistful of…
Shazia Omar is a founding member of two writing groups in Bangladesh – Writers Block and Pen Warriors. Shazia is a social psychologist. She grew up in Saudi Arabia and Canada and got her liberal arts degree from Dartmouth College,…