Author: shilparsonkar@outlook.com

Winter Memories

Here’s the photo which I clicked few years back on my travels to the princely state of Rajasthan. These are elephant rides going up to the majestic and magnificent fort called Amer. Reaching the fort in such a fashion is an exquisite experience, offering the tourists to feel like the Maharajas for few minutes at […]

My Sister The Serial Killer By Oyinkan Braithwaite

How do you define love? What makes a family? What breaks it? And more importantly what do you mean by loyalty? Is it defined by love, morales, faith or utter disbelief in any/ all of them?

The Great Alone | Kristin Hannah

Yes, it’s been a while since I wrote or read or listened to a good book. So, here I am now; with a book which talks much about one’s survival & will to live life fully rather than mere existence. This book by Kristin Hannah, which I heard in audiobook format was one such significant […]

एन्कीच्या राज्यात आणि काळेकरडे स्ट्रोक्स

विलास सारंग आणि त्यांची लेखनशैली ह्याबद्दल मी एकूण होते; पण कधीही वाचण्याचा योग आला नव्हता. त्यामुळे एन्कीच्या राज्यात हे त्यांचं मी वाचलेलं पहिलचं पुस्तक, पण अनोळखी लेखक असल्याचं अजिबात जाणीव करून देत नाही. पुस्तकाचा नायक हा एक प्रोफेसर आहे, अमेरिकेत राहून आपली डिग्री पूर्ण करण्यासाठी त्याची धडपड सुरू आहे. पण ती पूर्ण झाल्यावर तो नोकरीच्या […]

A Gentleman In Moscow | Amor Towles

The storyline is quite simple and without much plot twists; but what makes it engrossing is how the story is told. On face of it, it seems like it’s confined within the four walls of the Hotel Metropol just like it’s leading man Alexander Ilyich Rostov. Oh, the charms of getting pleasantly surprised!!!

Three Books of Short Stories

Collection of short stories is actually one of my favourite forms of fiction; primary because in one book you get to read about more than one set of characters. The real power of these stories depends on how much punch they pack in span of few pages. So, with some expectations I’ve picked these three […]

दंशकाल |ह्र्षीकेश गुप्ते

पुस्तकाच्या पृष्ठभागावर दिसणारी विहीर हि फक्त ह्या घराचंच नाही त्या घरामध्ये राहण्याऱ्या माणसांचं देखील प्रतिक आहे. थांग न लागणारी विहीर आणि एकमेकांना धरून तगू पाहणारी माणसे खरंतर माणसाच्या अथांग मनोव्यापाराचं रूपक म्हणून सामोरी येतात.

ठकी आणि मर्यादित पुरुषोत्तम |कविता महाजन

ब्र आणि भिन्न ह्या अतिशय उत्तम आणि लोकप्रिय कादंबरी लिहिण्याऱ्या लेखिकेची अजून एक कादंबरी म्हणून मला ह्या पुस्तकाबद्दल खूप उत्सुकता होती. पण आश्चर्य म्हणजे मला ह्या पुस्तकाचा रिव्ह्यू कुठेही नजरेस पडला नाही, त्यामुळे कदाचित मी हे पुस्तक वाचताना माझ्या मनाची अपेक्षा पाटी अगदी कोरी होती. पुस्तकाचं कथासूत्र थोडक्यात सांगायचं तर ही कहाणी आहे पदमजा सप्रे […]

Origin | Dan Brown

I picked up this book with some expectations about the author – unusual subject choices for his novels, ability to seamlessly mix reality with fiction (fictional reality?) and the wonderful geek hero of his books – Robert Langdon. To be fair, would like to clear out that I’ve read only The Da Vinci Code so […]

Silent House | Orhan Pamuk

Anguish….. in all its forms possible out in the open, hidden in plain sight, buried in daily mundane things, implied by peers or familial members or sitting at the bottom of one’s heart recoiling like poisonous serpent. This book is a journey through all of these forms of angst by delving deeper into inner circle […]