It is understood if legends like Ruskin Bond produce wonderful literature for children. Many other authors are there. Worldwide fame has come to writers like J. K. Rowling only because they wrote books that could be loved by young readers across the globe. And therefore, to mistake children-readers like ‘casual ones’ might be a mistake… Continue reading
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5 Indian Novels you must read – a happy reader’s list
There are many novels and many novelists who remain in our minds for a long time. Inevitably, we tend to share these works and this is what I am going to do in this list. I will be sharing 5 wonderful novels with you that I have read over the year and as the year… Continue reading
Who are the authors to read on Sundays? An opinion
I know there are millions of authors in the world and we cannot read everyone even if we want (in a lifetime? impossible). And therefore, there are categories – authors we often read, authors we keep on standby and authors we generally know about but ignore reading them. How do we create those categories? There… Continue reading
Studying a novel? This approach will help you the most!
Studying a novel is not an easy task to complete. While you can read a novel and enjoy doing the same, studying a novel takes some effort and this is a process that you might not like or enjoy as much as you enjoy reading a novel. Reading a novel yields you entertainment and fun… Continue reading
Ashwin Sanghi – why doesn’t he sell as much as Chetan Bhagat? An inquiry
It is no rocket science for the readers to decide whom to read and whom to ignore. However, it does require a little research, awareness and a sense of literary aesthetics when it comes to selecting the best novels to read from a list of many novels by many popular novelists. And therefore, young readers… Continue reading
The concerns for the country, the homeland and a case of the diaspora literature – an opinion
The world will go on. This is, at least, one thing that everyone believes or (at least) the ones with a sane mind do believe it. Yes, there is no limit to one’s foolishness and there is none for conscious ignorance too. However, without waiting for our grand concerns and schemes, the world goes on…. Continue reading
The Memoirs of a Nobody by P Sam – Book Review
The Memoirs of a Nobody is a novel with a two-layered narrative which has been published recently. This work of fiction is written by a new entrant in the field of Indian English literature, P. Sam. When I read the blurb, I was instantly absorbed. My thoughts were invested in imagining what might be the… Continue reading
Understanding the world of Mythological Fiction – an opinion
In India, which is the biggest market of literature in the world, books carry more than just words. Books become sentiments; books transform into the vessels for ideologies and agendas (positive as well as negative); books are worshipped (the ones which really deserve to be worshipped). So, authors do understand, in India, how to get… Continue reading
The World’s Oldest, Most Powerful Secret Society | Book Review
To be frank, The World’s Oldest, Most Powerful Secret Society is a title that has kept me engaged to the last page without a doubt. There were a few breaking points in between but very few in numbers to be mentioned and highlighted. Otherwise, the novel is a clean and racy track to a conclusion… Continue reading
The Tailor’s Needle | Lakshmi Raj Sharma
Indian English novels with meaningful content have become occasional, if not rare. Though I am not hoping that one comes on my reading desk too frequently, I will say that luck has favoured me many times. This time, I got my hands on this title, The Tailor’s Needle, written by Lakshmi Raj Sharma, a professor… Continue reading