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Book Review: A fine balance by Rohinton Mistry
Book Review: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

Four people from different backgrounds cross paths, what happens…

Book Review: In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri
Book Review: In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa pens down the story of her decision to master the Italian…

Book Review: We need new names
Book Review: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

Darling and her friends live in poverty stricken conditions in a fictional…

Book Review: Em and the Big Hoom
Book Review: Em and the Big Hoom by Jerry Pinto

This is the story of Em noted down by her son through fragments of her…

Book Review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie
Book Review: Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie

“Why should a novel be about one thing?”- A quote from the book summarizes …

Book Review: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma
Book Review: The Fishermen by Chigozie Obioma

The Fishermen is the story of four brothers coming to terms with a prophecy about the death of the eldest by the local…

The Man with Compound Eyes
Book Review : The Man with Compound Eyes by Wu-Ming Yi

Atile’i is a second son, who must be sacrificed to the Sea God the day he turns fifteen according to the rules of his home island, Wayo Wayo. The story is about …

The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Book Review: The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

This is the story of Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas who struggles in a man’s world to ascertain her likes and dislikes, resulting in few successes and many …

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Book Review: Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood is a love story set in 1960s in Japan. The book is about the complexities of love, death, mental illness, suicide and the struggle of the characters to get past tragedies in their lives and find happiness …