Serious Stuff and Some Gossips

Durbar by Tavleen Singh My rating: 4 of 5 stars Tavleen Singh, the writer of Durbar, emerges as a brave journalist with high contacts and privileged access to high profile drawing rooms and she generously used these capabilities to make the book an interesting chronicle of the time when Indira and Rajeev ruled the country and strengthened the root of dynastic politics. Many...

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A Rebellious Heart

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid My rating: 4 of 5 stars “’The reluctant fundamentalist” is everything except about a fundamentalist. I have read first time a book written by a Pakistani about a Pakistani in America. Only reading few pages was sufficient to take it off from the shelf and get it issued on my name and it did keep its promises till the last page....

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Heart and Soul and Love

गुनाहों का देवता / Gunahon Ka Devta by Dharamvir Bharati (धर्मवीर भारती) My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was proved wrong; "Gunahon Ka Devta" is not a crime novel, on the contrary, it is about more tender feelings and kinder characters. It is the story of love and sacrifice, societal norms and self-imposed boundaries, generational gaps and bridging them. For how long, lovers will...

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