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12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat is an age-gap cross-cultural Indian romance where we see Saket Khurana, a 33-year-old, recently divorced man and Payal Jain, a 21-year-old who comes from a conservative family and has never been in a relationship. Read the review to know more about the book. Continue reading 12 Years: My Messed-up Love Story by Chetan Bhagat–an age-gap cross-cultural Indian romance–Book Review

Game On by Himanjali Sankar is a Sci-Fi Horror Adventure story where we see the siblings Sammy and Simmy getting trapped in a world they have no idea about – a video game. Read the review to know more about it. Continue reading Game On by Himanjali Sankar – A Sci-Fi Horror Adventure story that presents the not-so-dystopian horrors of advanced scientific technology as a setting for a children’s book : Book Review

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie is a murder mystery and psychological thriller where ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island, which has been in the news for quite a while. Things become dreadful for them when they find that they are being murdered one by one. Read the review to know more about the book. Continue reading And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie – My first book by Christie and it blew my mind : Book Review

A disillusioned millennial ghostwriter who, quite literally, has some ghosts of her own, has to find her way back home in this sparkling adult debut from national bestselling author Ashley Poston. Read the post to know more about the book. Continue reading The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

What’s Your Price, Mr. Shivaswamy? is the English translation of ‘Ondondu Talegu Ondondu Bele’ written and translated by the author M.R.Dattathri himself. Read the review to know about the book in detail. Continue reading What’s Your Price, Mr. Shivaswamy? written and translated by the author M.R.Dattathri himself – Book Review

Kalakari: A Journey Through Indian Folk Art by Simran Tapadia is a Mindful Colouring Book that shares India’s rich folk traditions. Read the post to know more about it. Continue reading Kalakari: A Journey Through Indian Folk Art by Simran Tapadia – Colouring Book Review

Animals On The Train by Ruskin Bond is an illustrated short story for children above 6, where we meet a young Ruskin who boards a train for Lucknow with his grandparents, until an unexpected member joins them. Read the review to know more about it. Continue reading Animals On The Train by Ruskin Bond – An illustrated short story for children aged 6+ : Book Review

Sneaker Paati by Anita Nair is the story of an eight-year-old Kittu and how his life takes a turn when her Japanese-speaking, headstand-doing grandmother enters his life. Read the review to know more about the book. Continue reading Sneaker Paati by Anita Nair: Book Review

The Chola Tigers – Avengers of Somnath by Amish Tripathi and The Immortal Writers’ Circle (Ram Sivasankaran and Bhavana Roy) is a historical fiction that takes place during the reign of Rajendra Chola, one of the few kings who expanded beyond South Asia. Read the review to know more about it. Continue reading The Chola Tigers: Avengers of Somnath by Amish Tripathi – Book Review

She Stood By Me by Tarun Vikash is the story of two individuals who belong to different backgrounds and how they cross the differences after falling in love to find each other. Read the review to know more about it. Continue reading She Stood By Me by Tarun Vikash: Book Review

Reaching for the Moon is the story of Valarmathi, who wants to bring snow to to her place in Tamil Nadu after the announcement of the district-wide science fair to celebrate the success of Chandrayaan 3. Read the review to know more. Continue reading Book Review: Reaching for the Moon by Menaka Raman, illustrated by Adrija Ghosh

The Wild by Mahendra Jakhar is a thriller novel that takes the readers on the journey of survival, love and finding oneself. Read the review to know more. Continue reading Book Review: The Wild by Mahendra Jakhar

This is a romance novel between a songwriter who is unable to put down a word on paper and a singer who played the “bad” boy of a boy band once, and now is away from the limelight. Continue reading Book Review: Sounds Like Love by Ashley Poston – A romance story that makes you believe in love, magic and happiness in life!

What happens when you are suppressed so much that the only thing you are left with is to break free? This is the story of Tara. Read the review to know more about the book. Continue reading Book Review: Tara-The Dream Chaser by Nelofar Currimbhoy

This is the story about Chibineko Kitchen, a kitchen which is known for its remembrance meals – meals that can bring someone you’ve lost back to you, for one last time, until the food stops steaming. Continue reading Book Review: The Calico Cat at the Chibineko Kitchen by Yuta Takahashi, translated from the Japanese by Cat Anderson

Swept Away by Beth O’Leary is the story of Zeke and Lexi, who, after their one-night stand, had planned to move on and go ahead with their life until life decided to move on with them, or rather, swept away with them in the ocean! Continue reading Book Review: Swept Away by Beth O’Leary – Where romance stays with you and characters you feel attached to!

The World Of Butterfingers: The Halloween Adventure And Other Stories is a 3-in-1 comic where we meet Amar Kishen aka Butterfingers for his ability to drop things, and his bunch of friends on different adventures. Continue reading Book Review – The World Of Butterfingers: The Halloween Adventure And Other Stories by Khyrunnisa A., Illustrated by Abhijeet Kini

Left-Out Paru by Bijal Vachharajani, illustrated by Rajiv Eipe, is the story of Paru, a student in the 5th grade and her struggles with being a left-handed person. Continue reading Book Review: Left-Out Paru by Bijal Vachharajani, Illustrated by Rajiv Eipe – A children’s book that’s an essential read for adults as well!

Voices In The Waiting Room is a debut novel by Mayank Gupta, where he takes the readers to the corridors of the hospital and introduces the lives of five doctors and their struggles. Continue reading Book Review: Voices In The Waiting Room by Mayank Gupta

The Wall Friends Club by Varsha Seshan is an epistolary novel that shows the story of Sriya and Anandi, the members of wall friends club who haven’t met each other and communicate through letters thay they tuck in the crevice of a wall! Continue reading Writing a letter to the author Varsha Seshan for the book The Wall Friends Club – An Epistolary Novel that celebrates the beauty of friendship!

Through Festivals of South East Asia, author Anita Bose takes the readers to the vibrant and distinct cultures of Thailand, Indonesia, Burma(Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. Continue reading Book Review: Festivals of South East Asia by Anita Bose

Set in Mumbai, this bilingual book in English and Marathi not only takes the readers to the city of dreams, it shows their value in day-to-day life and relationships. Continue reading Book Review: It’s Me by Vinay Narayan – Tiny tales celebrating the mundanity of Zindagi!

Xenagogue is someone who guides strangers or new arrivals and I feel that books can be one of the best Xenagogues. And thus, here I am recommending 3 books that will guide you when you feel lost and loveless and that can make you more inclusive and more human. Continue reading Books that can be your Xenagogue – who will guide you in the journey called life : Part 2

On the eve of his 90th birthday, Ruskin Bond pens down a letter for the readers in the form of ‘Hold On To Your Dreams’. Mr. Bond pens down a heartfelt letter that emerges from his experiences. Continue reading Book Review: Hold On To Your Dreams by Ruskin Bond – A heartfelt letter that emerges from his experiences

Wuhan: Not Quite A Love Story by author Razi is a Science Fiction that delves into the theory of the origin of the COVID virus through the protagonists Celina Chan, a Harvard molecular biologist. Continue reading Wuhan: Not Quite A Love Story by Razi – Book Review

In “But What Does Science Say?”, Dr. Manan Vora debunks 101 common health myths with science and humour. Continue reading Book Review: But What Does Science Say? by Dr. Manan Vora

Unexpectedly by Maithree Wickramasinghe is a poetry collection that captures life in Sri Lanka from the 1970s onwards. Continue reading Book Review: Unexpectedly by Maithree Wickramasinghe

Tides Of Being by Tanvi Agarwal is a collection of 100 poems that takes the readers on the evolved form of basic childhood emotion – curiosity, into the questionnaire. Continue reading Book Review: Tides Of Being by Tanvi Agarwal, illustrated by Ruchi Sinha – Poems that will take you on the journey of introspection

The Spice Gate by Prashanth Srivatsa is a debut fantasy novel that takes us to the world of eight far-flung kingdoms, each separated from each other by a distant spice but connected through the Spice Gates, which are accessible only to the ones who are born with a special mark. Continue reading Book Review: The Spice Gate by Prashanth Srivatsa – A debut fantasy novel showcasing the deeply-rooted historical baggage of marginalization, untouchability, oppression and dominion

Ram C/O Anandhi, an enemy-to-lovers romance, Akhil P. Dharmajan webs a story full of dreams, delight and drama, translated from Malayalam by Haritha CK. Continue reading Book Review: Ram C/O Anandhi by Akhil P. Dharmajan, tr. by Haritha CK – An unconventional enemy-to-lovers romance!

Malayali Memorial by Unni R., translated from Malayalam by J. Devika is a collection of 17 stories written over more than a decade. Read the review to know more about the book. Continue reading Book Review: Malayali Memorial by Unni R., translated from Malayalam into English by J. Devika

Folk Tales from Meghalaya is a collection of sixteen folk tales, that explores the rich tradition of folktales from the mentioned region, written with the intent of preserving it and spreading it to other people as well. Read the review to know about it in detail. Continue reading Book Review: Folk Tales From Meghalaya by Sobhona Bhattacharjee, translated by Utsa Bose

A Place Called Home by Preeti Shenoy is the story of Alka, Subbu and Krish, and how their life is entangled with each other. Read the review to know more about the book. Continue reading Book Review: A Place Called Home by Preeti Shenoy

Naam Namak Nishan 2 is “The Ultimate Indian Armed Forces Quiz Book” written by a team of quizzer doctors from the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. It is the sequel to India’s first quiz book on Indian military trivia, Naam Namak Nishan. Read the review to learn more about the book. Continue reading Book Review: Naam Namak Nishan 2 – The sequel of India’s first Quiz Book on the Indian Military Trivia!

Children’s books remind us again and again that they are not exclusively for children! And thus, here I am with 5 book recommendations that can and should be read by Adults and Grown-ups, to not only keep the child in you alive, but at the same time, talk to you personally about different things. Read the post to learn about them. Continue reading 5 Children’s Books that would help to keep the child in you alive – Books that can and should be read by adults and grown-ups!

A Touch of Salt by Anita Agnihotri tries to break this tradition where she incorporates the famous Dandi March of Mahatma Gandhi as a central theme, and waves a multi-generational saga. Read the review to learn about the book in detail. Continue reading Book Review: A Touch of Salt by Anita Agnihotri, translated by Arunava Sinha

Originally published as Khuda Ke Saye Mein Aankh Micholi in 2011 in Urdu, the book that awarded Rahman Abbas with the Maharashtra State Urdu Sahitya Akadami Award for the year, which he returned in 2015 against the wave of intolerance, is now translated by Riyaz Latif in English. Read the review to know what the book is about in detail. Continue reading Book Review: On the other side by Rahman Abbas, translated by Riyaz Latif

Jyotirlingam: Shiva and the Twelve Columns of Light is a compilation of four narratives/essays/columns that try to capture the essence of Jyotirlingams through different perspectives – spiritual, mythological, artistic, and Western. Read the review to know about it in detail. Continue reading Book Review- Jyotirlingam: Shiva and the Twelve Columns of Light by Amit Kapoor, Bibek Debroy 

World’s Best Ex-Girlfriend by Durjoy Datta is a romance fiction that takes the story forward from ‘World’s W̶o̶r̶s̶t̶  Best Girlfriend’. Read the review to know more about the story. Continue reading Book Review: World’s Best Ex-Girlfriend by Durjoy Datta

Rama: A Man of Dharma by Priya Arora is a retelling of Valmiki’s Ramayana that brings alive the Sanskrit epic for a wider audience without diluting the intent of the original. Read the review to know more about the book. Continue reading Book Review: Rama – A Man of Dharma by Priya Arora

When two friends are separated from each other for four years and are trying to keep their friendship going with the messages and calls, it becomes overwhelming at times and the essence of it might start to fade away. And thus, it’s important to keep the essence of it alive, by keeping the thread of it intact. The Getaway List by Emma Lord just provides for the same. Read the review to know more about the book. Continue reading The Getaway List by Emma Lord – A romance that brings out the magic of coming together and finding oneself : Book Review

Set in the late 2000s, the novel shows the changing dynamics of the economy and the nation through Maya, who finds herself at some unsettling crossroads, where she needs to find a way for herself beyond her anger, grief and past! Read the review to know about the book is detail. Continue reading Book Review: The Enclave by Rohit Manchanda

एक कविता जो दर्शाए प्रेम में दूसरों के साथ खुद को समझना, प्रेम में प्रेम को सहेजना, प्रेम में स्वयं को समझना। Continue reading कविता: प्रेम में ‘स्वयं’ होना – जयनंद गुर्जर

Hotel Arcadia by Sunny Singh is a Crime Thriller/Suspense book that is set in Hotel Arcadia during a terrorist attack. What will happen to Abhi, the hotel manager and Sam, the war photographer when they are forced to work together, to not only save their own life but of Billy, a five-year-old as well who is found alive under the bodies of his parents, because if they make it out alive, they would never be the same? Read the detailed review to know more about them and the story. Continue reading Book Review – Hotel Arcadia by Sunny Singh: A book that shows the psyche of people facing the repercussions of terrorism directly

Vigil Aunties by Richa S. Mukherjee is a thriller-mystery that shows the game of cats and mice of the group of ‘Aunties’ with Bhartendu Bandopadhyay, the most unusual investigator! Read the detailed review to know more about the book and why you should check it. Continue reading Vigil Aunties by Richa S. Mukherjee : An engaging, dramatic, humourous mystery-thriller that integrated some important themes through the story – Book Review