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    Month: June 2018

    Facets of Love

    How Much the Heart Can Hold by [anthology] Carys Bray, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, Bernardine Evaristo, Grace McCleen, Donal Ryan, Nikesh Shukla, D.W. Wilson; Sceptre (September 3, 2016);… Read more “Facets of Love”

    June 25, 2018July 6, 2018 by bongfrombombay

    Mutual Passion, Death and Liberation

    Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami; Vintage Books (September 12, 2000); 296 pages; INR 587 (Amazon.in) Rating: 4.0/5.0 The title is oddly reminiscent of the very lyrical character… Read more “Mutual Passion, Death and Liberation”

    June 25, 2018July 6, 2018 by bongfrombombay

    The Man and The Politician

    Standing Guard by P. Chidambaram; Rupa Publications India (March 9, 2016); 226 pages; INR (Amazon.in) Rating: 3.0/5.0 Chidambaram is mired in quite a bit of controversy in… Read more “The Man and The Politician”

    June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by bongfrombombay

    Hilarious, Scary and Strange

    The Nose by Nikolai Gogol; HarperCollins Publishers (first published 1836); 31 pages; INR 524 (Amazon.in — Used copies) Rating: 5.0/5.0 I’ve always wanted to read at least one… Read more “Hilarious, Scary and Strange”

    June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by bongfrombombay

    An Emotion, Not Just a City

    Calcutta: A City Remembered by Jug Suraiya; Times Group Book (January 1, 2006); 127 pages; INR 177 (Amazon.in — Kindle Edition) Rating: 3.5/5.0 Being brought up as a probashi… Read more “An Emotion, Not Just a City”

    June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by bongfrombombay

    Genocide and Humanity

    We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families by Philip Gourevitch; Picador USA (September 4, 1999); 356 pages; INR  558 (Amazon.in)… Read more “Genocide and Humanity”

    June 25, 2018 by bongfrombombay

    Of a strident Right

    Gita Press and the Making of Hindu India by Akshaya Mukul; Harpercollins (September 13, 2016); 552 pages; INR 468 (Amazon.in) Rating: 4.0/5.0 If you were looking to… Read more “Of a strident Right”

    June 25, 2018 by bongfrombombay

    Of Irreconcilable love and infidelities

    The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera; Harper Perennial (1984); 320 pages; INR 349 (Amazon.in) Rating: 5.0/5.0 The book picks up words and suffuses them with new… Read more “Of Irreconcilable love and infidelities”

    June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by bongfrombombay

    The History of the World’s Largest Democracy

    India After Gandhi by Ramchandra Guha; Perennial Publishers (April 20, 2017); 912 pages; INR450 (Amazon.in) Rating: 4.0/5.0 If you ever believed in the old adage: ‘history repeats… Read more “The History of the World’s Largest Democracy”

    June 25, 2018June 25, 2018 by bongfrombombay

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