Men, authors, books come and go and yet our country remains filled with angst ridden youth. Sankar’s Middleman is a Bengali novel translated to English and even though it chronicles the life of an unemployed young man in 1970’s Calcutta (as it was called then), it could well have been set in 2014 in any of our country’s cities. Somnath
Read moreShriti Publication is known for publishing stories that are not only fresh in plot, narration, and characterization but also fresh in formulating that perfect memory that takes you on either a joy ride or a philosophical one. Having read the previous titles published by them I picked up The 3-U Turns of My Life thinking it would be an interesting story
Read moreHow much did you know about Voldemort and Snape until you reached that point in the story where you HAD to know about them? You didn’t have to learn about Tom‘s thieving habits and his sly nature from the day one. It was revealed eventually… when it was required in the story. If Rowling hadn’t written about Umbridge recently, or
Read moreI had heard of the Purulia arms drop growing up, without ever fully understanding the context. It is clear that Chandan Nandy – the author of The Night It Rained Guns – was however, fully consumed by it. I picked this book up with great expectation, expecting to finish it in not more than two days, the average time it
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