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Paro Anand’s “The Other”

Award-winning writer Paro Anand’s latest book for young adults is a collection of short stories called No Other: Stories of Difference . These are stories that are
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Reading for pleasure!

20 09 , 2018 No Comments

Dispersal time in school is always a very noisy and crowded affair. Adults milling about waiting to pick up their little children who are released
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“Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns” by John Zubrzycki

19 09 , 2018 No Comments

Historian John Zubrzycki’s latest book Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns is a rich historical account of the history of magicians in the Indian sub-continent. It is a history
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Book Post 10: 9 – 15 September 2018

17 09 , 2018 No Comments

Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. Embedded in the book covers and post will also be
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Book Post 9: 2 – 8 September 2018

10 09 , 2018 No Comments

Every Monday I post some of the books I have received in the previous week. Embedded in the book covers and post will also be
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David Sedaris “Calypso”

06 09 , 2018 No Comments

David Sedaris’s latest collection of short stories Calypso is a wonderful example of his writing philosophy, to “use life material“. To make something out of nothing so
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Frederick Forsyth “The Fox”

05 09 , 2018 1 Comment

Former RAF pilot and master storyteller Frederick Forsyth is back with a new novel The Fox. Die-hard Forsyth fans will pick up the book and
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Alejandro Zambra’s “My Documents” and “Not to Read”, translated by Megan McDowell

03 09 , 2018 No Comments

It’s unhealthy to get stuck in the past. My Documents is a collection of short stories by Alejandro Zambra, the award-winning Chilean writer, that are
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An interview with the fabulous YA writer Supriya Kelkar on her debut novel, “Ahimsa”

03 09 , 2018 1 Comment

I interviewed Supriya Kelkar for Scroll on her debut novel Ahimsa published locally by Scholastic India — “How Supriya Kelkar wrote a novel about Indian independence that
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BRILL launches in India

02 09 , 2018 No Comments

On 29 August 2018 the Dutch international academic publisher BRILL announced its arrival in India with an exclusive dinner thrown for publishing professionals, academics and librarians.
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