"Sometimes we feel we straddle two cultures; at other times, that we fall between two stalls." - Salman Rushdie It was a 9 A.M. lecture by Mrs. Chandra Chatterjee (one of the seniormost professors at my college back in 2016) and we were to discuss V.S Naipaul's essay, 'East Indian' when ma'am used the term … Continue reading An Introduction To Diaspora Literature And Authors!
"That's the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet."-Jhumpa Lahiri I have been to Dehra with Rusty, to London with Tridib, to Lahore with Nida, to Lucknow with Amma Bi, to Afghanisthan with Hassan, to Kashmir with Shalini, and to pre partition India with so many that I can't even remember. … Continue reading Books Are My Escape- Here’s Why!
Premchand is a writer I have grown up reading. A fond memory that I have of him is reading his stories in Hindi in my school years. I remember every year there was at least one story by him in my syllabus and although the reason then used to be teaching us morality, his stories … Continue reading Stories On The Village By Premchand
"Later he suspected something else. That they were ashamed, and that they did not yet know that shame, for the displaced, was a common feeling, and that there was, therefore, no particular shame in being ashamed." - Mohsin Hamid, Exit West 'Exit West' for me was a book which I had high expectations from but … Continue reading Exit West By Mohsin Hamid- A Review!
Chai always gives a feeling of coming home. The warmth and the taste reminding us to slow down and helping us to look at the magic that this world around us really is. My earliest memories of Chai and its association with home goes back to my childhood days when I used to be at … Continue reading Chai And The Shadow Lines
It had been a long time since I read a mystery thriller so when the opportunity to read and review this one came I couldn't say no and I am glad that I took it up! Coming to the review, 'Victims For Sale' had elements I liked and others which I did not. To begin … Continue reading Victims For Sale: A Review
In this blog I talk about how and why reading multiple books at a time helps.
Genre: Historical Fiction"For you a thousand times over." - Khalid Hosseini, The Kite RunnerEvery time I see someone captioning their picture with this, the book lover in me, or rather the Khaled Hosseini lover in me almost screams; Do you even frikkin' know what you are referring to. Man! This statement and how its placed in the novel and what … Continue reading The Kite Runner By Khaled Hosseini- A Review!
Genre: Historical FictionNot starting with a quote today for this book is beyond me. I had to study it as a part of a paper, 'Contemporary South Asian Fiction' at the university and I won't lie but I could not make through it without crying. Not kidding, I was depressed for days. Every text in this paper … Continue reading Anil’s Ghost By Michael Ondjaate- A Review!
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