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“Indian Christmas”

Indian Christmas is a truly well produced book by Speaking Tiger Books . It is a hardback with a magnificent range of essays reminiscing on
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“Blue Sky, White Cloud: Three Novellas” by Nirmal Ghosh

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

I enjoyed reading Blue Sky White Cloud by Nirmal Ghosh. So much so, as soon as I finished reading it, I tagged a friend, tea-estate
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“Miracle at Happy Bazaar” by Ruskin Bond

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

Although this book has been announced in the inaugural list of Aleph Book Company’s children’s literature imprint, it was first published in 2020. At that
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“It’s Time to Rhyme: Poems for Kids of All Ages” by Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

What is not to like in this book! It is utterly brilliant. Stupendous! With offerings from sonnets in iambic pentameter, to limericks, acrostics, and villanelles, It’s
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“Great Indian Children’s Stories”, edited by Stephen Alter

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

On 30 March 2022, Aleph Book Company announced the launch of its children literature imprint. Stephen Alter’s edited volume of Great Indian Children’s Stories is
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“In Search of a River” by Saroj Mukherjee

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

I am deeply unhappy with this storybook for children. In Search of a River is about the friendship between a tribal boy, Hanumant, and a
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“Beasts of a Little Land” by Juhea Kim

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

Accessing micro-histories via fiction is probably “easy” for the reader but challenging for the writer to produce. Inserting characters and creating bridges between fact and
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Aleph announces children’s literature list

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

30 March 2022
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Benjamin Labatut, “When we cease to understand the world”

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

I finally finished reading this fabulous book. Most of the essays in award-winning Chilean writer, Benjamin Labatut’s incredible book, When We Cease to Understand the
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Roli Books Catalogue 2022-23

03 05 , 2022 No Comments

Thank you, Priya Kapoor and Kapil Kapoor for an incredibly stunning Roli Books catalogue! Congratulations, for a fine list. 1 May 2022
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