When I think of our country’s independence, I am drawn towards partition literature. We might be celebrating our freedom today, but the struggle and pain that people on both sides of the border went through, is unparalleled. While we have leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Chandrashekhar Azad fighting at the forefront, there were people like Jawahar Lal Nehru and Jinnah who were drafting a way for the newly free nation, to be divided into two different identities. It was Religion that played people against people, and well, it was not the only time this was done. But let’s forget it fo ..read more

Blurb – Book Review – The lion of Kashmir for me is a tale about Home. I read this book quiet sometime back, but the impact that it had on me is worth mentioning. This is not a regular book about Kashmir and the conflict it is constantly surrounded by, but a book which is remorseful, yet gives hope. Following the life of Zooni, this book has been divided into 3 parts, each very different from each other showing Kashmir from a different perspective. For me, this book was very interesting to read for it does not restrict itself to one sect of ideology revolving around Kashmir. It talks about ..read more

Blurb Calcutta is in political turmoil and it is turning violent. The city is also home to Vasant Sena, a religious cult with a charismatic leader and militant devotees, engaged in drug-fuelled sex rituals. As bodies of girls, their hearts cut out of their chests, start appearing all over Calcutta,ACP Ashutosh and his deputy Pradeep are assigned the case. Soon, they find themselves spiralling into a mesh of double faces and blind alleys, even as the machinery of the state and the police turn against them. Can they catch the killerv before the killer catches them ? Review: Ritual by Uttaran ..read more

Blurb (as on amazon.in) ‘Wonderfully creepy … This is a spectacular debut’ Daily Mail The first in a new Norwegian crime series featuring disgraced ex-Chief Inspector Thorkild Aske, a damaged man with a complicated past Fresh out of prison and a stint in a psychiatric hospital, disgraced ex-policeman Thorkild Aske only wants to lose himself in drugged dreams of his beloved Frei. Wild, unknowable Frei. The woman he loved. The woman he has lost forever. Yet when Frei’s young cousin goes missing off the Norwegian coast and Thorkild is called in by the family to help find him, dead or alive, Thork ..read more

Blurb – ONLY ONE MAN STANDS BETWEEN INDIA AND ITS ANNIHILATION. When a series of deadly attacks carried out by a mysterious weapon strike remote parts of India, it takes the country to the edge of panic and chaos. To make matters worse, the government and its intelligence agencies fear that these attacks are building to something truly catastrophic – a final strike that would bring India to its knees and spell the end of its sovereignty. As the clock runs down, Adit Ohri, an elite operative of the 53 SAG, a strike force buried deep inside the nation’s military infrastructure, is assigned to ch ..read more

I have been an ardent reader ever since my childhood. Archie comics, Panchtantra Tales, The Children story books, Nancy Drew and the Clue crew books, etc. were my first introduction to the world of reading. Over the time, my school library became a great place for me to explore books across various genres and writers and be submerged in my own “wonderland”, where there were lesser problems and more fun. While reading began as a hobby for me, it soon became a daily ritual. Reading helped me in ways hard to put into words. But i’m still going to try telling you how being a reader has been one of ..read more

Blurb – Destiny, the writer of fates, rolls her dice, and the kingdom of Aum plunges into chaos. Forced to flee, General Saahas, heir to the throne and the Crown of Seven Stars, becomes a hunted man. Weaving intricate webs of deceit are savage adversaries Shunen and Manmanni, who will stop at nothing to wrest control of the kingdom from each other. Saahas is forced to acknowledge Destiny’s superior play when the Sadde Saari, or the curse of seven and a half years, overwhelms him. Bitter and full of despair, he vows to vanquish her. Destiny picks up her dice again. She, not Saahas, must decide ..read more

Women in literature have evolved throughout history. Women’s literature has often been defined as a category of writing done by women. But the tradition of women writing has been much ignored and neglected due to the inferior position women have held in male-dominated societies. While the feelings and opinions of women have always played an important role in world Feminist Literature,  it were the men who talked about women and their behavior from their point of view, thus giving the readers a biased outlook. But, we now have many women writers, who talk about their struggles an ..read more

Blurb – THIS IS THE STORY OF THE GREATEST WARRIOR IN THE RAMAYANA. Meghnad was the perfect son of the tyrannical king – Raavan. Ever since his childhood, he was taught one thing: to be ruthless. Honed by the greatest gurus. Meghnad grew up to be the conqueror of Amravati, the capital of the Devastating. He battled Lord Indra. He defeated Lord Ram. But then… he fell in love. Her name was Prameela and she was a Naga princess. And she knew something that no one did: the truth behind Lady Sita’s abduction. But this story is not about the Ramayana. This is about the greatest warrior of all time, wh ..read more

As the year comes to an end, my top reads of 2019 deserved a mention. I read around 33 books this year. It isn’t a big number but it is almost double the number of books i read in 2018, and I’m extremely proud of myself for reading more than 30 books The Top 6 reads for me this year were (in no particular order) – 1. A Man called Ove by Fredrik Backman – This book makes you laugh and cry both at the same time. It is a story of Ove, an old man who has lost his wife and now has no intention of living. This book has such important lessons to teach you. It made me grateful to be alive and health ..read more