The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri: Book Review
The Namesake is the debut novel written by American novelist, with Indian origins, Jhumpa Lahiri. Though the novel is a classic example that we might name when it comes to…
One Night at the Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat | Book Review
It was, perhaps, the very first title written by any Indian novelist that tried to bring forth the issues related to youths in India to the mainstream writings in the…
The Palace of Illusions – Chitra Banerjee – Book Review
Book: The Palace of Illusions Author: Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni ISBN: 9386215659 Publication: 2012, Picador Pages: 360 Price: 205 RS (Ebook) Reviewed by: Nidhi Parikh for Indian Book Critics Indian English…
Asura: Tale of the Vanquished – Book Review
Book Review: Asura: Tale of the Vanquished written by Anand Neelakantan. This review will be very unique and it will begin with an account of a conversation between Anand, the…
Few Things Left Unsaid | Sudeep Nagarkar | Book Review
Few Things Left Unsaid was the first novel by Sudeep Nagarkar that later on became a best seller in the contemporary romance genre. The novel came out first in 2011…
Chanakya’s Chant | Ashwin Sanghi | Book Review
Chanakya’s Chant by Ashwin Sanghi, perhaps, continued what was started by Amish Tripathi in his successful series Meluha. However, in the beginning, we must agree that there is a huge difference between…
The World’s Oldest, Most Powerful Secret Society: Book Review
The World’s Oldest, Most Powerful Secret Society is a novel by Anand Arungundram Mohan, an Indian novelist. The novel is purely a result of the novelist’s imagination. It is loaded…
The Tailor’s Needle by Lakshmi Raj Sharma – Review
Lakshmi Raj Sharma’s novel, The Tailor’s Needle, is set in the early 20th-century when the freedom movement was gaining momentum. The scent and feel of India prior to Independence compelled me to…
The Girl in the Dream by Pravin Agarwal – Review
Pravin Agarwal’s novel, The Girl in the Dream, is subtitled a love story planned 500 years ago and this, the subtitle, gives away a lot about what the readers will…
The Penthouse by Niraj Sharma – Review
Niraj Sharma’s novel The Penthouse is a work that compresses human emotions and ambitions together and creates an amalgam that lets the readers sympathise with the central protagonist – Vito…
Ladies Coupe by Anita Nair – Review
Ladies Coupe is a novel by Anita Nair that has offered the space for varied interpretations by critics, reviewers, scholars and nincompoops alike. Though the author has been denying any…
No Country for Old Men: Cormac McCarthy: Review
“The dead man was lying against a rock with a nickelplated government .45 automatic lying cocked in the grass between his legs.” Well, if you have watched the movie No…