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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 […]
माध्यमक्रांती आणि त्याचे परिणाम आपल्या सर्वांना आता परिचयाचे झाले आहेत आता मीडिया केवळ वर्तमानपत्रांपर्यंच मर्यादित न राहता, अन्य उपकरणांद्वारे आपल्या जीवनाचा एक भाग बनला आहे. सततच्या खऱ्या-खोट्या ब्रेकिंग न्यूजच्या माऱ्याने सामान्य माणसाला खरचं गांगरून जायला होत आहे, दर्जापेक्षा चमचमीत बातम्यांना महत्व आल्याने आपल्याला जी प्रस्तुत करतात ती खरंच पूर्ण सत्य बातमी असते का? ह्या पडद्यामागच्या […]
This is a perfect family, living the American dream; coming from nowhere and working their way up. They are white, privileged and old money democrats. With freckled noses and square chin they can take on the world; but can they face the demons within themselves? This is the story of Sinclair family, three generations living […]
माणसाला नेमकं काय हवं असतं? हि कादंबरी सुरू होते तामिळनाडूमधील एका गावात एका तामिळ ख्रिश्चन कुटुंबामध्ये आणि आपली ओळख होते वरदा राजनायकशी. कुठल्याही सर्वसामान्य मध्यमवगीय कुटुंबसारखच राजनायक कुटुंबीय; वडिलांचा सचोटीचा स्वभाव, त्यामुळे त्यांना मिळणारा आदर आणि होणाऱ्या बदल्या, आईने एका निर्णायक क्षणापर्यंत कुटुंबावर ठेवलेली पकड, दोन्ही मोठ्या बहिणी आणि ह्या सुरक्षित जगात वयात येणारा वरदा. […]
Everybody has a story to tell. The most fascinating thing about this novel is it’s a book within a book (a future book??!!); more likely a story within a story within a story – something like standing in a room full of mirrors and wondering at reflections within reflections. At a precise point in time; […]
This book came to me as part of prize won for my last year’s readathon of reading 30 books in span of a single year. Since this was my first book by this author; I actually started reading it with a blank mind and on an afterthought it seems to be a wise decision. As […]
This books opens in present tense for both of our protagonists – Ifemelu and Obinze. Where Ifemelu, living in and leaving USA is reminiscing about her life so far; which includes her childhood and adolescent years in Nigeria, being a student in USA, surviving homesickness and solitary life in her adopted homeland, falling in and out […]
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 […]
After hearing tonnes of praises for this book, I decided to finally give it a shot. And was I happy, yes indeed!! It was such a thrilling ride. This book handles a kind of not so developed genre in Marathi literature world called Historical Fiction. Yes, there are tonnes of books based on historical people […]
A compilation of short stories penned by master storytellers and edited by one of the legendary novelist; this was my first attempt to read Hindi literature outside of academic world. And, I’m so pleased with this wonderful compliation put together by the famed Sahitya Akademi. There are 30 different stories penned by the stalwarts of Hindi literatures such as Amritlal Nagar, […]
