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The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay- Indian literature at its best
Book Reviews
  • 3 September 2020
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  • 4 mins
  • 8 months

The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay- Indian literature at its best

The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay is a book that puts the reader on a remarkable journey of exploration. Entwining the political and the personal is a story that makes you grief with the grieving […]

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Kaizen by Sarah Harvey
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  • 20 August 2020
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  • 4 mins
  • 8 months

Kaizen by Sarah Harvey

My first tryst with Japanese tradition took place when I was introduced to Nichiren’s Buddhism Philosophy by my mother. As I reveled in the fact of how much calmness it could provide, I came across […]

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Book review of Bhaunri and Daura by Anukriti Upadhyay- magical fables from the state of Rajasthan
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  • 19 August 2020
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  • 8 months

Book review of Bhaunri and Daura by Anukriti Upadhyay- magical fables from the state of Rajasthan

The state of Rajasthan in India is well known for its art, myths, folklore, and grandeur. The mystical stories that travel the length and breadth of these deserts and forts speak volumes about the state’s […]

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Know my name by Chanel Miller
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  • 27 July 2020
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  • 5 mins
  • 9 months

Know my name by Chanel Miller

In 2015, one January night she was found half-naked and unconscious on Stanford grounds. The next day she learned about her sexual assault. In a dilemma and almost believing of this as farce she rendered […]

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Why be happy when you could be normal? by Jeanette Winterson
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  • 20 July 2020
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  • 9 months

Why be happy when you could be normal? by Jeanette Winterson

Why be happy when you could be normal, a memoir by Jeanette Winterson is a canvas that explores the profundity of life, loss, and love expansively painting a picture with bold strokes of colors; the […]

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Son of the Thundercloud by Easterine Kire
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  • 17 July 2020
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  • 2 mins
  • 9 months

Son of the Thundercloud by Easterine Kire

Some books are meant to please and satisfy in a very calming way and if I make a pile of some such books, Kire’s books will definitely secure a spot in it. While I was […]

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  • 15 July 2020
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  • 3 mins
  • 9 months

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi

Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi held me just like a python holds its prey- striking out first, grasping and rendering it immovable, holding tight by coiling around. What it just wants is respite. Held in prey […]

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  • 3 July 2020
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  • 3 mins
  • 10 months

A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler

It was like winding a spool of thread that had come out, messily gathered in knots, and here I was separating them with my fingers as I made my way through this multi-generational story by […]

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  • 2 July 2020
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  • 10 months

The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka- Your entry point to the “Kafkaesque” world

The Metamorphosis is Franz Kafka’s bizarre world that entwines fantasy and reality and hides the dark portrayal under the blanket of his seemingly floating writing style. For the longest time, I assumed this short story […]

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  • 10 June 2020
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  • 3 mins
  • 10 months

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

I thought I had prepared myself well to meet Humbert Humbert. I thought I had shielded myself enough to not be apprehensive of the theme Lolita dwells in. But is there anything that prepares you […]

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