Introduction ISBN:978-9353332686 Genre: Fiction / Mythology Publishers: Rupa Publications Price: Rs. 295/- (I got the book for review from the publisher) Behind the Book Believed to be the liquid manifestation of Shakti and the nurturer of the three worlds with her life-sustaining waters, Goddess Ganga is the epitome of beauty and purity, famous for her indomitable […]

Introduction ISBN: 9780143441199 Genre: Fiction/ Historical Fiction Publishers: Penguin Random House Price: Rs. 299/-  ( I got the book for review from the author) Behind the Book Prithviraj Chauhan was destiny’s chosen one, singled out for glory and greatness. During the course of an extraordinary life, he transcended the limits imposed on mortals and achieved Godlike luster. The conquering […]

Introduction ISBN #978-0-670-08684-9 Category: Fiction Publishers : Penguin India Price : Rs. 399/- Indian Fiction happens to be my all time favourite reads always for various reasons. One easy to connect, understand and most importantly feel the characters with the story. I accidently happened to read a review of this book in The Times of India and fell in […]

Introduction ISBN: 978-1509874262 Genre: Fiction  Publishers: Pan Macmillan India Price: Rs. 599/-  ( I got the book for review from the publisher) Behind the Book Amos Decker, David Baldacci’s unique special agent with the gift of a remarkable memory, returns in The Fallen. Small towns which have seen better times are not unusual. But the mysterious events in Baronville, […]

Introduction ISBN: 9788129144515 Genre: Fiction / Mythology Publishers: Rupa Price: Rs.295/- (I got this book from the publisher for a review) Surpanakha, Ravan’s infamous sister—ugly and untamed, brutal and brazen. This is how she is commonly perceived. One whose nose was sliced off by an angry Lakshman and the one who started a war but was she really just perpetrator […]

Haunting and mysterious are the first two words that strike your mind as flip through the pages of The Japanese Wife, by Kunal Basu. This book has generated a lot of interested especially after Director Aparna Sen decided to make a movie of the same name based on it. The books consists 12 short stories which […]

Introduction ISBN: 978-9382665540 Genre:  Fiction Publishers: Srishti Publishing Price: Rs. 375/- ( I got the book from Writer’s Melon for a review) Ajay believes in living for himself; Bhavna teaches him to live for others. Ajay is a planner for life; Bhavna makes him live in every moment. You are the Best Wife is a story of two people […]

Introduction ISBN:  978-93873-836-78 Genre: Fiction  Publishers: Amaryllis Price: Rs. 399/-  ( I got the book for review from the publisher) Behind the Book Nethra Kaul is sharp, efficient, beautiful and single. A quintessential “good girl”, she believes in doing the ‘right thing’, always. Only, her life isn’t all that right. A broken heart? Check. Misfit at work? Double-check. Hopeless romanticism? […]

Publisher : Aleph Book Company Year of Publishing: 10 October 2020 Genre: Anthology, Translations, Collected Short Stories, Hindi Short Stories, Classic, ISBN-13 : 978-8194735304 Price: INR 699/-  About the Book The twenty-five stories in The Greatest Hindi Stories Ever Told represent the finest short fiction in Hindi literature. Selected and translated by editor, writer, and translator Poonam Saxena, and ranging […]