Book: Current Show ( 2004) Author: Perumal Murugan Publication: Penguin Random House India Pages: 200 Price: Click the link “Money is money, however, you get hold of it. Same value everywhere, for everyone.” Author Introduction: Perumal Murugan is a contemporary Tamil author. His works mostly focus on the lives of the distressed, disadvantaged, castrated […]
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Book Review, Social IssuesBook: The Pakistani Bride Author: Bapsi Sidhwa Publication: Penguin India Pages: 248Political Price: Click the link to buy it Introduction: Bapsi Sidhwa is a post-modern diasporic feminist writer from Pakistan who lives in the USA. Her pen exposes her rightful experience and concern with the Indian panorama of social dichotomy and women\’s oppression. In
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Political Novel, Social IssuesBook: A Little Life Author: Hanya Yanagihara Publication: Doubleday Pages: 736 Price: Click the link Introduction: American novelist, editor, travel writer Hanya Yanagihara\’s A Little Life (2015) is a modern-day classic tale of despair and brooding sadness. Yes…it is also a telltale story of relationships…male relationships…complicated and intricately cordial. Summary of the novel:
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Book Review, Social IssuesBook Name: Ghachar Ghochar Author: Vivek Shanbhag Publishing House: Harper Perennial Page: 128 Price: Click the link Introduction: It\’s a wonderful journey to read Vivek Shanbhag\’s debut novel, Ghachar Ghochar (2015). Written in Kannada, this novel is translated into English by Srinath Perur. Set in the busy city of Bangalore, India, Ghachar Ghochor, is
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Book Review, Satire, Social IssuesBook: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly Author: Sun-Mi Hwang Pages: 144 Publication – Penguin USA Price: Click the link Introduction: The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly is a novel by Sun-Mi Hwang, an eminent writer of South Korea. The book written in a fairy tale style is an adroit paean of freedom,
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Social IssuesBook: Endurer, A Rape Story Author: Kapil Raj Publication: Write India Pages: 216 Price: Click the link Introduction: With a wimp of mind, I wish to take a look at the trend of contemporary Indian writers who will one day take the side chair of such eminent names like R.K. Narayan, Raja Rao, Mulk raj
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Book Review, Social IssuesBook: The Dark Room Author: R.K.Narayan Publication: Indian Thought Pub. Pages: 162 Price: Click the Link Author: R.K. Narayan (1906-2001), born in Madras, is one of the most prolific Indian writers whose name is well known for his extraordinary competency in drawing the simple legends of everyday Indian life. Introduction: His novel, The
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Book Review, Social IssuesBook: Animal Farm Author: George Orwell Publication: Penguin India Pages: 104 Price: Click the link Author: George Orwell alias Eric Arthur Blair (1903-1950) is an illustrious name in the history of English literature. Generally speaking, his creations are unique and oblique with a deep-rooted tone of satire as well as a protest against totalitarianism and
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Book Review, Satire, Social IssuesBook Name: Invisible Man Author: Ralph Ellison Publication: Penguin Pages: 608 Price: Click the link Author: Afro-American novelist and literary polymath Ralph Waldo Ellison (1914-1994) is best known for his novel Invisible Man. It was published by Random House in 1952. For this book, he won The National Book Award in 1953. Introduction: ‘I
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Book Review, Classic Novels, Social IssuesWhite as Milk and Rice Stories of India\’s Isolated Tribes By nidhi dugar kundalia Publication: Penguin Random House Pages:256 Price: Click the link Review Rate: 4 Introduction: Author of \”The Lost Generation: Chronicling India\’s Dying Profession\”, Nidhi Dugar Kundalia always raises her voice on social, cultural issues, meticulously documenting human lives and struggles. Therefore her
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