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The Other Side of the Table

April 23, 2013

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 letters. Letters, those wonderful things from a bygone era few from this time will know of. Those blue-brown things that smelt of sweat and perfume and musty mailboxes. Those things that made you to learn to wait and be happy with one little piece of love at a time. In her debut novel, Madhumita Mukherjee...
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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 relationships, had some genuine camaraderie unnecessary fights; I’ve generally allowed it to dictate big chunks...
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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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The Other Boleyn Girl

January 30, 2013

By Nabila Tazyeen

Meet Henry VIII, king of England, opulence and young, nubile women. Spoilt, pampered, and in need of constant reassurance of his masculinity and superiority. Betrothed to Queen Katherine but...
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