Yudhisthira is the eldest son of the exiled King Pandu and his first wife Kunti. Born in a forest, life is idyllic, until one day when Pandu and his second wife Madri suddenly pass away. Orphaned at a young age, Yudhisthira and his four brothers go back to Hastinapur with their mother, hoping for some…
Rukmini, the princess of Vidarbha is a charismatic woman. Intelligent, inquisitive and strong-willed, she knows how to question the wrong and do the right. When her arrogant brother Rukma and father, the weak King Bhishmaka arrange her marriage with Chedi prince Shishupal, under the pressure of tyrant Jarasandha, Rukmini puts her foot down. She decides…
The battle of Kurukshetra is nearing its end. Bhisma lies, half-dead on his bed of arrows, waiting for death to embrace him. His entire life has been a series of sacrifices, vows, and responsibility. Yet, there is one last task that he has left, which he is determined to finish before breathing his last… It…
Dr. Anjali Joshi is back at Vagator, Goa to settle issues at her family clinic. She has just separated from her husband Rishabh aka Rishi and is looking forward to a fresh start. She wishes for some solace in life, when she stumbles upon her former lover Joe D’Costa on a blind date. 11 years…
The Finance Minister of India is under the radar for committing fraud. To catch him red-handed, Seema Rawat, a young uncover spy in her 20s is sent from IB to work under the minister’s son Adhith in his cybersecurity firm. Seema is feisty and intelligent who has frequent (hilarious) outbursts of the moody, quirky kind.…
It is not often that we come across a book on mytho-fantasy/itihaas-purana genre with a strong female protagonist (other than Sita and Draupadi). In light of that, Abhaya by Saiswaroopa Iyer was always on my reading list the moment I came to know of it. Synopsis: Abhaya is a brave princess of Anagha, a fictional…
Eleanor Vance is a lonely woman of 32. The only people she knows are her obnoxious sister and her equally nasty brother-in-law. Her mother, an ill but cross woman has just died after eleven long years of disease. Having nursed a sick patient within the confinement of her house for over a decade, Eleanor is…
Let me begin with an honest confession. Savi Sharma is no Arundhati Roy or Anita Desai. Or even Chitra Banerjee, for that matter. At least, not yet. Now you ask, why do I begin a review of a debutante author with unjust comparisons? Well, ever since Savi Sharma published her first book Everyone Has a…
Short stories have always been my favourite. The lazy reader that I am, tales that could be finished at one sitting were always my preference. In light of that, And Thereby Hangs a Tale by Jeffrey Archer was a perfect read on a lazy Sunday afternoon. Archer is a well-known name in the literary world, with…
In the past few years that I have been reading Mahabharata, I have come across various modern retellings of the epic. Some are plot-based, some character-centric. Some are heart-touching but atrociously biased, while others are lucid and illustrated with an almost neutral pen. And Now Let Me Sleep by P.K. Balakrishnan is easily one of…