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Antral | Mohan Rakesh
On the surface, Antral looks like a typical novel looking into the relationship of Kumar and Shyama from a glass prism. Their story begins by giving an outsider’s insider perspective on how they both met and started on this tumultuous journey of developing their bond over the next few weeks. However, when you start reading…
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Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition of India through Material Memory | Aanchal Malhotra
What started as an academic project has eventually become a collective of shared memories for all those who have witnessed one of the darkest chapters in the history of the Indian subcontinent. Poignant. Thoughtful. Lucid. Emotional. Balanced. Historical. Personal. This nonfiction book has succeeded in evoking all these emotions from a reader and how. Indeed,…
कृष्णा सोबती लिखित मित्रो मरजानी
एखाद्या पुस्तकाबद्दल तुम्ही खूप प्रशंसा ऐकावी, त्याच्या उल्लेखनीय असण्याची नोंद घ्यावी पण काही ना काही कारणाने ते पुस्तक वाचायचं राहून जावं असं माझं ‘मित्रो मरजानी’च्या बाबतीत बऱ्याच वेळा झालं. कधी कधी तर हि अतिप्रशंसा पुस्तकाच्या दर्जाबद्दल देखील प्रश्न उपस्थित करते कारण सध्याच्या काळातील ओव्हर हाईप्ड चीजा खरोखरचं तितपत चांगल्या असतील याची काहीही शाश्वती नाही. पण…
Siddhartha | Hermann Hesse
From his early childhood, Siddhartha is fond of learning and seeking knowledge. For this reason, he follows his father’s path to study with the Brahmans. However, these studies are unable to quench his thirst for the knowledge. Thus, Siddhartha leaves his home, family and everything known to him behind and chooses the life of a…
From Words To Views | The Great Indian Murder
Based on the best selling novel Six Suspects by Vikas Swaroop, this series deals with a murder and tries to trace the murderer with different storylines presented from the perspective of these different suspects. So far so good as the basic plot of The Great Indian Murder follows the base premise of the book on…
सत्य व्यास लिखित बनारस टॉकीज
बनारस शहराची पार्श्वभूमी असलेली आणि मुख्यत्वे बनारस हिंदू युनिव्हर्सिटीच्या हॉस्टेलमध्ये घडणारी हि कहाणी आपल्याला शेवटपर्यँत गुंतवून ठेवते. हि कथा आहे हॉस्टेलमध्ये राहणाऱ्या कायद्याच्या पदवीधर मुलांची आणि त्याच्या केंद्रस्थानी आहेत तीन जिवलग मित्र- अनुराग डे ‘दादा’, जयवर्धन आणि सूरज. यापैकी सूरज या कहाणीचा सूत्रधार आणि नायक; त्याच्या हॉस्टेलमधील आगमनापासून सुरू झालेली हि कादंबरी अखेरीस त्याच्या फायनल…
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness | Arundhati Roy
This is the second fiction work by Arundhati Roy after her brilliantly written ‘The God of Small Things’, but even after all these years her penmanship retains its capacity to enthral the readers. The novel of such an unusual name carries within its pages equally amusing characters and story, The novels opens with the birth…
A Nostalgic Trip To The Memory Lane With The Oudh Table
From their delectable menu options to the way the chosen dishes are served, all of it is quite impressive. The fairly recent addition on the ever growing home chef horizon, The Oudh Table as the name suggests has Lucknowi cuisine as its USP and they remain true to that from their weekend menu items to…
Valmiki’s Women- Five Tales From The Ramayana | Anand Neelakantan
This is the second book I came across narrating the stories that make the cherished epic called Ramayan which is authored by Anand Neelakantan. Like the earlier book, depicting the details of Ravana’s life, this too successfully manages to capture readers’ attention from the word go. Here the author is specifically talking about the five…
नारायण धारप लिखित संक्रमण
भयकथा आणि विशेषतः नारायण धारपांच्या भयकथांचा एक साचा ठरून गेलेला आहे. एखादी विशिष्ट जागा किंवा व्यक्ती आणि त्याभोवती असलेला अमानवी शक्तींचा वावर हे बहुतेक कथानकांमधील मुख्य सूत्र. संक्रमण हि कादंबरीदेखील याच कथासूत्रावर’बेतलेली आहे आणि त्या अर्थाने ती या विशिष्ट वाचनप्रकारच्या वाचकांच्या अपेक्षा पुरेपूर पूर्ण करते परंतु त्याहीपलीकडे जाऊन ती इतरही अतेंद्रिय शक्तींचा धांडोळा घेऊ पाहते….
Men Explain Things To Me And Other Essays | Rebecca Solnit
Men explain things to me begins with the author narrating an everyday, mundane experience. This anecdote might feel like shocking from a man’s perspective but yeah as women, we are very much used to such “mansplaining”. Although, the author categorically mentions that her brilliantly written essay has given birth to this term, but she would…