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Fast Fresh Flavourful by Natasha Celmi Publisher: Notion Press (2020) I would like to preface this rambling review of Fast Fresh Flavourful by Natasha Celmi with a...

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The Tale of Makkhilal by Geeta Dharmarajan (Art by Charbak Dipta) Publisher: Katha Books (2020) Makkhilal is a fly in a place called Makkhipuri. He is like...

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Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov Publisher: Olympia Press (1955) Vladimir Nabokov’s magnum opus Lolita created ripples in the literary world, and with good reason. The book follows middle-aged...

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The Henna Artist by Alka Joshi Publisher: Mira (2020) ‘The Henna Artist’ is a beautiful and eloquently written novel by Alka Joshi which follows the life of...

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Colour Matters? The Truth That No One Wants To See by Anuranjita Kumar Publisher: Bloomsbury India (2019) Colour Matters is the best book I read in 2019. The...

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The Complete MAUS (Maus, #1-2) By Art Spiegelman Publisher: Pantheon Books (1980, 1991) As a history geek with a special interest in World War II and...

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Kill Me With Love by Srividya Srinivasan Publisher: Juggernaut Books I read Kill Me with Love in one sitting, even as my long to-do list lay pending....

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Yagna by Preetha Vasan Publisher: Notion Press (2019) Yagna is a refreshingly new take on many of the untold stories from Mahabharata- a text that is often...

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Before We Visit the Goddess By Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK (2017) Mothers and daughters have become a favourite trope for literary fiction writers,...

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Equestria Girls: Sunset Shimmer's Time to Shine by Perdita Finn Publisher: Orchard Books (2016) Sunset wanted to impress her friends by studying magic of the other dimension...

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Writers & Lovers by Lily King Publisher: Black Cat (2020) I have always had an intimate relationship with reading. Recently I discovered the joy of narratives of...

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Fever by Samaresh Basu (translated from the Bengali by Arunava Sinha) Publisher: Penguin Random House India (2012) “Those who had shared this belief had destroyed everything around...

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Undertow by Jahnavi Barua Publisher: Viking Penguin Recognizing a Common Humanity of Vulnerability: Reading Undertow by Jahnavi Barua. Published earlier this year, Undertow is Jahnavi Barua’s third work...

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Coming Out As Dalit by Yashica Dutt Publisher: Aleph Book Company (2019) In `Coming Out As Dalit – A Memoir', Yashica Dutt, has revealed her Dalit identity...

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Pyre by Perumal Murugan (translated from the Tamil by Aniruddhan Vasudevan) Publisher: Penguin India (2016) “Young love pitted against chilling savagery”, reads the description on the cover...

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The Small Town Sea by Anees Salim Publisher: Penguin Random House India (2017) To The Reader The cozy reading spot, Or the rigid work desk Dear Reader, The reason behind...

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the easiness and the loneliness by Asta Olivia Nordenhof (translated from the Danish by Susanna Nied) Publisher: Open Letter (2018) “all the love I have can...

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The Girl Who Couldn't Love by Shinie Antony Publisher: Speaking Tiger Books (2017) Shinie Antony’s novel “The Girl Who Couldn’t Love” begins its journey in a deceptively...

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