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 By 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…

The Girl In The Spider’s Web | The Alice Network

Some feisty women those were! Mu summer reads comprised of two books of strong willed, spirited women. Although they belonged to different times and professions, reading them one after another was sheer pleasure. Had to admit that this was first encounter with Lisbeth Salander- the hardened, determined & intelligent girl of the Millennium Series. Considering…

The Girls

Been to Himalayas too many times has certainly opened my eyes to wandering cults/ hippies’ groups. They find the magnetic pull of Indian spirituality so irresistible; that they come to the Himalayas, find one such group and settle down for at least few months. Sometimes they come as followers of some mystic/ guru who is…

The Lowland By Jhumpa Lahiri

A book penned by Jhumpa Lahiri is a promise to enter a wonderland of humane tales. This book too traverse into the usual territory of her previous writings- that of lives of immigrant Indians (specially Bengalis) in U.S.A. What makes The Lowland different is it’s venturing into territory of Naxalbari, the uprisings thereafter in Kolkata…