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Salvation of a Saint

May 24, 2013

WHAT A DRAG! I would begin and end my review with those three words had this not been a review copy. ‘Salvation of a Saint’ by Keigo Higashino landed in my kitty as a book reviewer as a result of fierce PR activity that this writer/publisher is wont to do. I remember the massive noise Higashino’s first book – The Devotion of Suspect X – made in India’s blogging circles. I finally managed to finish the book today after lugging it around for a while. And I call it lugging not for its weight or volume but for its...
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The Other Side of the Table

April 23, 2013

By Urmi Vaz

There are some books where you are part of a respectful audience and then there are some when you are a voyeur. I felt like the latter when reading ‘The Other Side of the Table’, written uniquely as it is in the form of...
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Dozakhnama

April 1, 2013

By Urmi Vaz

Have you ever been burnt by a book? Been trapped between its pages, gasping for air? Have you felt that if you read any more you’d die; but if you didn’t read, you’d die anyway? If you’ve not had the pleasure of such a...
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A River Sutra

March 6, 2013

By Urmi Vaz

The good/bad invention/addiction that is Twitter is perhaps the single most influential sphere of my adult life. I’ve made and parted with friends here, built some real and imaginary...
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Maid in Singapore

February 13, 2013

By Urmi Chanda-Vaz

Despite telling a complex grey tale, Kishore Modak’s is one of the coldest voices I’ve ever read. A lot happens in the 239 pages of this short novel, yet...
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Operation Lipstick

February 13, 2013

By Nabila Tazyeen

The title of the book should have warned me. It should have raised red flags in my head, but it didn’t. I mean, if a book was written by...
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