Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Arvinder Singh Brara’s When the Sikhs Conquered Delhi is a compelling historical study that brings attention to a fascinating yet often overlooked period in Indian history—the repeated Sikh occupations of Delhi during the eighteenth century. More than a narrative…
“The Curse That Broke Itself” It all started with a samosa. It came wrapped in an old newspaper, its corners stained with oil. A samosa, just a warm snack, handed to the writer by a vendor walking through the slow-moving train.…
You’re just an old daythat ended in disillusion. Venice—the winter, 2006.When the sun sankover the ocean’s edge,the wind became frigid.The beach—dark and deserted. The dreads, incense, crystals—just mimicry of people you dream of being. Peace Frog—Live at a boardwalk bar.A…
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.5/5) Some novels tell a story. Others create an emotional space that readers inhabit long after they have turned the final page. Based on the excerpts available, Eighteen Inches Apart by Sonia Bahl belongs to the latter category. It is…
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4/5) Published by Rupa Publications, 2026 | 184 pages In Folktales, Myths and Legends from the Deccan, Nitin Kushalappa assembles an engaging collection of folk narratives, myths and oral epics drawn from the vast cultural landscape of South India…
Leela Mad Math and Witchery I met my best friend when I was six. Fell irrevocably in love with him at sixteen. Married him at twenty. Became a mother of two at twenty-two. And a widow at twenty‑nine. When I…
Alpa Arora is a former journalist and content writer with over 25 years of experience crafting articles, poetry, and short stories. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Times of India, Bengaluru Review, Kitaab, Borderless Journal, and 1455 Arts. Deeply interested in human…
Salini Vineeth is a Bangalore-based fiction and freelance writer who transitioned from a decade-long engineering career to writing full-time. Her latest novella, The Tree, The Well & The Drag Queen (2026), adds to her works including Lost Edges, Magic Square, Everyday People, and travel guides…
ABOUT THE BOOK: Life is a mosaic of misery and meaningfulness—it offers both rainstorms and rainbows. While it tests us with setbacks, turbulence, loss, and trauma, it also blesses us with the gift of resilience. Often, when fear, chaos, and…
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5) Alpa Arora’s Floating Worlds is a deeply introspective novel that explores the fragile boundary between reality and imagination, love and longing, sanity and self-discovery. Through the psychological journey of its protagonist Ruby Khanna, the novel examines themes…
Paul Waters is the author of Murder in Moonlit Square, the first novel in his Irish-Indian cosy crime series set in Delhi’s Chandni Chowk. The novel reached No. 3 on the Indian fiction bestseller charts. He also wrote Blackwatertown (Unbound, 2020; audiobook narrated…
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ (4.9/5) Introduction Salini Vineeth’s The Tree, the Well & the Drag Queen is a lyrical, genre-blending novel that moves between folklore and contemporary realism to explore gender identity, shame, inheritance, and the cost of silence. Set against the vivid landscape…