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May 20, 12 • 233 Views • Books, Reviews • Naomi Sarah • 1 Comment
Books are a revelation. They take you away from your comfortable surroundings and lift you off to an alien world with alien sensations. According to me, if a book cannot teleport you elsewhere (to a strange, delightful, scary or any other place), other than...
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Apr 25, 12 • 231 Views • Books, Reviews • Apoorva Gavarraju • 2 Comments
Light-hearted, lucid and easy to read – Urban Shots Crossroads is none of that. A book I picked up with the intention of breezing through in a day’s time had me think again just after the first few stories. Edited by Ahmed Faiyaz, this anthology of 30...
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Apr 5, 12 • 167 Views • Books, Reviews • Lipi Mehta • No Comments
At first glance, Blinkers Off might seem like a pleasant read, an easy story. However, it is neither. Contrary to my expectations (which maybe, I shouldn’t have had), I couldn’t finish this book as fast as I had wanted to. Neither did the story...
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Mar 23, 12 • 254 Views • Books, Reviews • Neha Joshi • 1 Comment
This edition of Urban Shots is the fourth edition of the series published by Westland-Grey Oak. It marks the debut of Sneh Thakur as Editor who has tastefully compiled these stories. The book is filled with colourful short love stories from the by lanes of...
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Feb 5, 12 • 230 Views • Books, Reviews • Priyam Ghosh • No Comments
Hot Tea Across India by Rishad Saam Mehta is probably one of the best travelogues that one can come across. He writes with great detail and portrays images in a resplendent manner with his writing. In this book, Mehta has conjured every detail of his...
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Jan 25, 12 • 200 Views • Books, Reviews • Neha Joshi • No Comments
American author Ronald Malfi brings out the first of his books to be published in India – The Canyon of Souls. The aptly-titled book takes the reader on a journey across continents, scaling Himalayan peaks and dealing with ghosts from the past. Tim...
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Jan 16, 12 • 278 Views • Books, Reviews • Lipi Mehta • 4 Comments
As the title suggests, The Newsroom Mafia is a book about the on-goings of a newspaper or newsroom as such. However, this is not only what the book focuses on. It paints a vivid picture of how news is planted, manipulated and played with. With money, comes...
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Dec 16, 11 • 224 Views • Books, Reviews • Lipi Mehta • No Comments
Welcome to yet another book in the ‘confessions’ series. Only this time, the title is one that will take you by surprise. Scammed is the story of Hitesh Patel and his tryst with being an accountant. For some, this book might be a good break from...
