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Summer by Ali Smith- the end of a journey called The Seasonal Quartet

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Salma’s writing is incisive in Women, Dreaming, and Kandasamy’s translation- seamless.

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Elif Shafak mystifies with her iridescent writing in Honour

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Inheritance by Balli Kaur Jaswal
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Inheritance by Balli Kaur Jaswal

Inheritance by Balli Kaur Jaswal is a family saga that explores multiple dimensions of a stereotypical society and how its implications can change the equations of relationships in a family. This family that is based […]

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  • 10 December 2020
  • 4 mins
  • 2 years
  • 561 words
A Life’s Work is a work of refreshing candor, beautiful
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A Life’s Work is a work of refreshing candor, beautiful

I opened a bottle of scent and the fragrance first lurched at me with urgency. Peculiar, making me think if it is for me. But after a stroll when I sniffed it again I realized […]

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  • 5 December 2020
  • 4 mins
  • 2 years
  • 459 words
The Lonely City(?) or lonely in a city?
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The Lonely City(?) or lonely in a city?

“Cities can be lonely places, and in admitting this we see that loneliness doesn’t necessarily require physical solitude, but rather an absence or paucity of connection, closeness, kinship: an inability, for one reason or another, […]

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  • 28 November 2020
  • 2 Comments on The Lonely City(?) or lonely in a city?
  • 6 mins
  • 2 years
  • 756 words
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Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
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Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami

Breasts and eggs- an exploration of a woman’s body asks a lot of questions, as it narrates the story of Natsuko-the main protagonist of Meiko Kawakami’s novel. The book is divided into two parts. Part […]

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  • 15 November 2020
  • 3 mins
  • 2 years
  • 382 words
How to stay sane in an age of division by Elif Shafak- Need of the hour
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How to stay sane in an age of division by Elif Shafak- Need of the hour

The time I read my first Shafak it felt like being hit by this wave of writing and mysticism that washed me over. Gasping and drenched by this wave I was left a new person […]

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  • 10 November 2020
  • 3 mins
  • 2 years
  • 435 words
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall- Mainstream Vs Marginalised
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Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall- Mainstream Vs Marginalised

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall is a compilation of essays that talks of marginalized feminism comparing them to scenarios where mainstream feminism was/is brought out with a pomp side-lining the former section of people. Because […]

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  • 30 October 2020
  • 5 mins
  • 2 years
  • 620 words
Anxious People by Fredrik Backman- a heartwarming comedy of idiots
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Anxious People by Fredrik Backman- a heartwarming comedy of idiots

Anxious people by Backman is the story of a bank robbery, a hostage situation but mostly it is a soiree of anxious people who show us how the feeling and emotion of anxiousness persists in […]

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  • 20 October 2020
  • 5 mins
  • 2 years
  • 662 words
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Scoot over Sherlock, here comes Enola Holmes!
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Scoot over Sherlock, here comes Enola Holmes!

Sherlock Holmes is probably the first word that comes to mind when you hear the word- detective or mystery. Arthur Conan Doyle’s books have carried the same status-quo and accumulated pools of love all these […]

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  • 6 October 2020
  • 2 Comments on Scoot over Sherlock, here comes Enola Holmes!
  • 6 mins
  • 2 years
  • 852 words
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulwaha
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Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulwaha

History has a strange way of alluring us in its pages. The pages that are full of stories, exuding the vibe of a warm narration by an elderly who has seen it all, filled with […]

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  • 1 October 2020
  • 4 mins
  • 2 years
  • 520 words
Girl in White Cotton by Avni Doshi
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Girl in White Cotton by Avni Doshi

Girl in white cotton by Avni Doshi is like a set of nesting dolls. Layered. With no escape. What remains after you peel every layer and reach the end is a single doll. The end? […]

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  • 23 September 2020
  • 4 mins
  • 2 years
  • 507 words

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