Remembering Principal Mukarji

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
My great-grandfather, Mr. S. N. Mukarji, was the principal of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University. He was the second Indian principal of the institution. It
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Children’s library, Armenia

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
A couple of years ago, my mother, Dr. Shobhana Bhattacharji, went to Armenia to attend a conference on Byron. It is the annual gathering of
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Ways of Dying

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
It has taken the pandemic for many of us to confront our mortality. Living with the fear of contracting the virus is like living in
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Maya Shanbhag Lang’s “What We Carry”

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
Maya Shanbag Lang’s memoir What We Carry is an extraordinarily powerful memoir about looking after her mother. Dr Shanbag, Maya’s mother, was a doctor and
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“Ickabog” by J. K. Rowling

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
Ickabog by J K Rowling was released in early November 2020 by Hachette. It is a story that she used to tell her children at
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Marilynne Robinson’s “Jack”

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
For Marilynne Robinson devotees, Jack, has been a long awaited novel in the Gilead quartet. Many of the characters, especially the protagonist, Jack Boughton are
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The Dalai Lama and books on Tibet

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
. #reading #Tibet #China #DalaiLama #biography #illustratedbiography #AlexanderNorman #TenzinGeycheTethong #TendzinChoegyal #EatTheBuddha #BarbaraDemick #GazingEastwards #RomilaThapar #JourneyToLhasa #DiaryofaSpy #SaratChandraDas #BellsOfShangriLa #ParimalBhattacharya #TibetWithMyEyesClosed #shortstories #MadhuGurung 2 Jan 2021
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The Invention of Surgery: A History of Modern Medicine: From the Renaissance to the Implant Revolution

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
One of the advantages of making books available across platforms –digital and print– has been the increase in the voracious appetites of readers. It is
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The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: Travellers Among the Collectors of Iceland

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
The Museum Of Whales You Will Never See by A. Kendra Greene is an extraordinary book. It is going to become one of those books
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Rachel Cusk’s Outline trilogy

02 01 , 2021 No Comments
Rachel Cusk’s trilogy– Outline, Transit and Kudos are a curious set of books. Ostensibly it is about a writer/academic. She takes creative writing courses. She
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