Christina Lamb, “Our Bodies Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women”

25 02 , 2021 No Comments
In 2005, I had worked as part of a global team on a seminal report published by UNRISD called Gender Equality: Striving for Justice in
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Kristin Hannah’s “The Four Winds”

22 02 , 2021 No Comments
Mega-selling, lawyer-turned-writer Kristin Hannah’s The Four Winds is set at the time of the Great Depression, in the Dust Bowl era.It is about Elsa Martinelli
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“The Time Of The Peacock” by Siddharth Chowdhury

20 02 , 2021 No Comments
The Time Of The Peacock by Siddharth Chowdhury is fabulous. It is published by Aleph Book Company. Fiction that is thinly veiled account of contemporary Indian publishing is
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“Leonard and Hungry Paul” by Ronan Hession

20 02 , 2021 No Comments
This is an utterly charming, sweet, heartwarming novel about two shy men — Leonard and Hungry Paul. Why he is called “Hungry” is never explained.
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Nikesh Shukla’s “Brown Baby”

20 02 , 2021 No Comments
In 2019, en route to attending the Jaipur Literature Festival, Nikesh Shukla lost his necklace at Heathrow Airport. It was very precious as it contained
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DK Books – Excellent resource material

20 02 , 2021 No Comments
A pile of Dorling Kindersley books that Sarah has amassed over the years. They form the core of her library. An absolutely brilliant set of
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Raza Mir’s “Murder at the Mushaira”

20 02 , 2021 No Comments
Raza Mir’s debut novel, Murder At TheMushaira, is a charming historical fiction set in Delhi, 1857. It is set brilliantly in the midst of the
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“Build This Book” by David Eckold

03 02 , 2021 No Comments
Build This Book by David Eckold has incredible book design to teach young minds the principles of physics. Concepts like lever, bridge ( to defy
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Female Literacy and Empowerment in the sub-continent through Life Writing

03 02 , 2021 No Comments
I have spent an incredible four days (26-29 Jan 2021) in a webinar, spread across four countries and multiple time zones. The participants included 8
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“Gujarat beyond Gandhi: Identity, Conflict and Society”

03 02 , 2021 No Comments
Published in 2010 by Routledge, Gujarat beyond Gandhi: Identity, Conflict and Society, edited by Nalin Mehta and Mona G. Mehta is worth reading a decade
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