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5 Books by Indian Authors You Should Read
Read more: 5 Books by Indian Authors You Should ReadAs India continues its slide into majoritarianism, books by Indian authors reveal different facets – the good, bad and ugly – of a nation that’s flawed but still encompasses multitude of voices and ways of living. Sakina’s Kiss by Vivek Shanbagh In Sakina’s Kiss, Vivek Shanbagh gives us an insight into the male psyche through Venkataramana…
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Book Review: Orbital
Read more: Book Review: OrbitalSix astronauts rotate in a spacecraft above Earth, conducting experiments and collecting data. They circle the planet sixteen times, seeing sixteen sunrises and sixteen sunsets. The “whip-crack of morning” arrives every ninety minutes. In the span of a day, they cross five continents, see autumn and spring, glaciers and deserts, wilderness and war zones. Harvey…
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Short Book Reviews: Volume 1
Read more: Short Book Reviews: Volume 1Yellowface gives us a glimpse of the publishing industry. It reveals just how skewed it is, how it brackets authors into genres, and how little concern it has for ethics. When Athena dies and June steals her unpublished manuscript, it’s at once a success compared to her forgotten and short-lived debut.
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The God of Small Things
Read more: The God of Small ThingsIt is curious how sometimes the memory of death lives on for so much longer than the memory of life that is purloined… Esthappen and Rahel are just seven at the time of the incident. When their cousin Sophie is found dead by the river, it upends their life and tears them apart. For the…
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Into the Wild
Read more: Into the WildIn April 1992, Chris McCandless set off alone into the Alaskan wild for his great adventure. For two years, the young lad had been on the road, working off odd jobs, wandering across North America in search of new experiences. The great white North, to him, was a way to “no longer be poisoned by…
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