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| The cover image of Aashisha Chakraborty’s debut novel, ‘Mis(s)adventures of a Salesgirl’ catches the eye as the traditional Chennai landscape reveals a modernity that transports the reader straight into a story that promises to be entertaining. Shobh ...more | |
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My Rating: 4.4 In today’s world, where life has turned into a rat race, and people depend on their devices, using emojis to express their feelings, Manali Desai has used the self-same emoticons to illustrate the forty-five poems through which she has ...more |
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“To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.” Maya Angelou The above quote sets the tone for the narrative that is to follow. ‘Good Innings’ (Penguin) by Shobha Tharoor ...more |
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The red and green cover image leaps out, imbued in joy and festivity, replete with a glorious Gulmohar, and a feisty lady dancing the Giddha with fervour. This sets the tone of the book from the very start. #ChetnaKeer’s #GiddhaOnMyGulmohar’ is a laug ...more |
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The preface has this simple statement by the author. “My attempt is simple – to make people smile and identify themselves with the protagonists in the stories.” The stories revolve mostly around Dwarka, “not Krishna’s Dwarka… the DDA’s Dwarka. A livin ...more |
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The gorgeous cover catches the eye first, followed by the lyrical title – ‘Stars from the Borderless Sea’. Three romantic stories that have equally lyrical titles, each started off by a Rumi quote. What could be more delightful? The first story is cal ...more |
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“Seamen are basically simple men. They have faith in God and their superiors. In that order.” The Hijack The title and the cover image are reminiscent of the shore and the sea; the tagline brings in the salty tang of the blue waters. Twelve stories le ...more |
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The title of the book proclaims it a romance, but the reader is plunged into the tragic backstory of the Devgarh Royals on page one itself through a newspaper report, proving that this is much more than a romantic read. The main protagonists are His H ...more |
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| Dev Bhowmik is a born musician, the boy with a guitar, who gets an offer in life that he cannot refuse. The dreams he had when he began life have dissipated, leaving him with disillusion. Until he meets Clownessa who leaves him with a warm feeling in ...more | |
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Love (Try) Angle by Manali Desai 18-year-old Ayesha Banerjee gets noticed onstage, not only for her hourglass figure and never-ending legs, but her eloquent stories which move people. Viren Joshi, a charmer with a wry humour, bowls her over initially ...more |
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“The well padded astrologer stroked his corpulent belly, as he stared down intently at his cowrie board. There was a frown on his moon shaped face, a face that had always considered good rich food his birthright, even as he strove to read the cryptic messages that the Gods were strewing before him.”
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
“The bubble had subsided, leaving only a tiny scar, but the irrational fear of water never quite left her. I never allowed her to forget, not for a moment.”
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
“The first time Akash took Supriya to view the pool, I rose up in strident protest, and he was astonished by the way she turned her face away, her eyes filled with terror. “I am petrified of water!” she whispered, as he tried to cajole her to at least put her feet in.”
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
“There was a spring in his carefully measured step. He opened the door and let the sunlight in, as if opening himself up, letting pent-up energy out and, letting the world enter inside- letting the light illuminate him. It was strange to see him like that, a tad amusing perhaps. He had thought it over. He had decided to welcome me with happiness and joy and to present his best self to me, whenever I decide to come.”
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
“I went closer this time and touched him. He let out a deafening shriek, as if something had pierced into his heart. I held his hand and sat there, admiring the intricate network of life on them. The creases and folds in his body were testament to the cruelty that he had been subjected to in this world. The watery eyes screamed of the pain, the agonising wait to leave this godforsaken place forever, that had given him nothing but pleadings for mercy.”
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“You see, I don’t go anywhere uninvited, and definitely, not before I am supposed to.”
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
“With every morsel I ate, I looked into her eyes and apologised for not being able to feed her enough. Her eyes, in turn, apologised for not being able to help me in these tough times.”
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“There was a story etched in each wrinkle on his forehead-the stories any long life can amass but that only a lonely life locks forever.”
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
― Chronicles of Urban Nomads
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