Book Name: The Shooting Star: A Girl, Her Backpack and the World Paperback Author: Shivya Nath Genre: Non-fiction Publisher: Penguin Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Shivya Nath quit her corporate job at age twenty-three to travel the world. She gave up her…
Book Name: Once Upon A Life, Burnt Curry and Bloody Rags A Memoir Author: Temsula Ao Publisher: Zubaan Genre: Memoir Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Born in 1945 in the Assamese town of Jorhat, Temsula Ao lost both her parents in…
Book Name: In the Land of the Lovers Author: Sakoon Singh Genre: Fiction Publisher: Rupa Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: It evoked a feeling in her—of silence and freedom, of riding a bicycle on a dirt track cutting through fields. In…
Book Name: My Selfie with Integrity and the Gujarat NRE Story Author: Arun Kumar Jagatramka Publisher: Rupa Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: My Selfie with Integrity chronicles the life of a middle-class Calcutta boy, who suddenly finds himself at the helm of…
Book Name: Fix It With Food: Superfoods To Become Super Healthy Author: Kavita Devgan Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction/Health Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: What if you could simply eat your way to a longer, healthier life? What if there was a…
Book Name: Backstage: The Story Behind India’s High Growth Years Author: Montek Singh Ahluwalia Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 3.7/5 Book Blurb: Tracing the spectacular trajectory of ahluwalia’s life from its humble beginnings in Secunderabad to the corridors of power…
Book Name: The Fragile Thread of Hope Author: Pankaj Giri Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: In the autumn of 2012, destiny wreaks havoc on two unsuspecting people—soham and Fiona. Although his devastating past involving his brother still…
Book Name: Jennifer Author: Nandita Puri Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction Rating: 4.5/5 Book Blurb: Seattle, Washington, 1990. It was a cold February day when eight-year-old Jennifer ‘Pinky’ Francis stepped on the American soil for the first time, little knowing that…
Book Name: Ghosts of the Silent Hills Author: Anita Krishan Publisher: Fingerprint Genre: Fiction Rating: 3.8/5 Book Blurb: The dead do not rest till they get what they want. You have arrived in the hills. In here, you are surrounded…
Book Name: Cliffhangers Author: Sabin Iqbal Publisher: Aleph Book Company Genre: Fiction Rating: 4.9/5 Book Blurb: On New Year’s Eve, a tourist is raped in Kadaloor, a tranquil fishing village on the southern coast of the country. The chief suspects…
Book Name: Delhi: A History Author: Manisha Choudhary Publisher: Rupa Genre: Non-fiction/history Rating: 5/5 Book Blurb: Delhi: A History is a historical portrait of a city whose past has reference in mythology and whose present is rooted in modernity. A…
Book Name: A Clock in the Far Past Author: Sarabjeet Garcha Reviewer: Rajesh Sharma Publisher: Dhauli Books Review: Sarabjeet Garcha does not worship images. He fathers them, with the hammer and chisel of words. And he is a hard father:…