“Bessie Smith” by Jackie Kay

23 05 , 2021 No Comments
Bessie Smith by Jackie Kay, Scotland’s National poet is a biography of a legendary blues singer. It is also a fascinating account of the history
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“How to Raise a Feminist Son” by Sonora Jha

09 05 , 2021 No Comments
Sonora Jha’s How to Raise a Feminist Son: A Memoir and Manifesto is what it sets out to be — to raise a feminist son
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“Legal Fiction” by Chandan Pandey

06 05 , 2021 No Comments
Chandan Pandey’s Legal Fiction, translated from the Hindi by Bharatbhooshan Tiwari, published by HarperCollins India is a devastating novella. The original novella, Vaidhanik Galp, was
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“Madman’s Library”

03 05 , 2021 No Comments
Madmans Library: The Strangest Books, Manuscripts and Other Literary Curiosties from History is an utterly magnificent book. It is a fabulous collection of odd manuscripts
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On Tarana Khan’s “The Begum and the Dastan”

03 05 , 2021 No Comments
Tarana Khan’s debut novel, The Begum and the Dastan, ( Tranquebar, Westland Books) is historical fiction set in the late nineteenth century. A fictional recreation based on broad facts known about a
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On “Consent” and “My Dark Vanessa”

03 05 , 2021 No Comments
I read two books in quick succession — Consent and My Dark Vanessa ( HarperCollins). Both deal with the same subject. Grooming of a young
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Eric Hobsbawm, “On Nationalism”

26 04 , 2021 No Comments
Essential reading. Eric Hobsbawm On Nationalism, edited by Donald Sassoon, published by Hachette India . It is a collection of the eminent Marxist historian’s articles,
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Maurice Leblanc’s “Arsene Lupin: Gentleman-Burglar”

26 04 , 2021 No Comments
May I just say how much I am enjoying reading these short stories about Arsene Lupin, written by Maurce Leblanc! There is a gentle pace
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“The Last Queen” by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

22 04 , 2021 No Comments
Chitra Banerjee Divakarurni’s latest novel The Last Queen is a wonderfully mesmerising account of the last queen of Punjab, Rani Jindan. She was Maharajah Ranjit Singh’s
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“Bene Appetit” by Esther David

19 04 , 2021 No Comments
Award-winning Indian Jewish author and illustrator Esther David was awarded the Hadassah Brandeis Reserach Award (USA) for studying Indian Jewish cuisine. In India, Jews first
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