Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi: Grace is unaware that she has an elder sister. It’s only at her … More
Category: books
Bookmark: The Sense of an Ending & A House for Mr Biswas
The Sense of an Ending: This is an introspective read. Julian Barnes cleverly steers you towards the truth while questioning … More
Bookmark: Love without a story
This is a collection of poetry fermented and aged with love. A love that’s long past the sappy, blinkered vision … More
Bookmark: On Beauty & The Goat Thief
The Goat thief by Perumal Murugan: This collection of short stories from the Tamilian writer takes you into the villages, … More
The Adivasi will not dance
For all its diversity, India bundles up many issues under the hood. In Gujarat, an officer’s family has to contend … More
Bombay, meri jaan
It’s the city of opportunities; the financial capital; the land of migrants. The phrases fall woefully short of describing the … More
Nine Lives and a Summer Requiem
Nine Lives by William Dalrymple In a land where gods and goddesses abound as do their stories, Dalrymple’s search for … More
Books and Berries
The sprawling villas on both sides don’t point to a village. I’m about to double-back when the signboard declares that I’m … More
Small joys
It’s always about the simpler things in life with the boy from the hills. Of brushing off one’s shoes, encounters … More
Becoming a child at Kahani Tree
“Aaaaaaaaccchhhooooooooooooooooooooooooo” Blork! Bluurf! I seem to have caught Gajapati Kulapati’s cold. Just wait till I catch hold of that elephant … More
A bibliophile’s guide to the city’s bookstores
The last time I visited a bookstore (which was just last week), I sat down to read Neil Gaiman’s The View … More
Treasure trove
This time I was in the desert, watching the story of Dodola and Zam unfold from a distance. From the … More
