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“Krishna in Rhyme”

Krishna in Rhyme is a fabulous retelling of the story of Krishna by Kairavi Bharat Ram and Ananya Mittal, published by Scholastic India. It is in couplets.
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Interview with Ashok Kumar Banker

21 08 , 2019 No Comments

Ashok Kumar Banker began writing stories at the age of nine. He is the author of over seventy books, including the internationally acclaimed Ramayana Series
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Interview with Siddhartha Sarma: “I have found no greater joy in life than in the process of writing a story”

17 08 , 2019 No Comments

Siddhartha Sarma is a journalist, writer and historian. He has covered insurgency, crime and law in the Northeast and other parts of the country and
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Book Post 42: 21 July – 6 Aug 2019

12 08 , 2019 No Comments

Book Post 42 includes some of the titles received in the past few weeks. Wherever available Amazon’s Kindle widget has been embedded in the blog
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Gorgeous selection of picture books from Scholastic India. Incredible illustrations. Fantastic stories. Lucia And Lawrence by Joanna Francis celebrate friendship, respecting boundaries and differences between gregarious
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Tuesday Reads ( Vol 6&7), 23&30 July 2019

30 07 , 2019 No Comments

Dear Reader, This is a double issue as time whizzed by before I knew it, the week was over! As the book fairs, literature festivals
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Book Post 41: 6- 20 July 2019

23 07 , 2019 No Comments

Book Post 41 includes some of the titles received in the past few weeks. Wherever available Amazon’s Kindle widget has been embedded in the blog
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Tuesday Reads (Vol 5), 16 July 2019

17 07 , 2019 No Comments

Dear Reader, Choosing a book or two to write about always throws me into a pother. The three mentioned in today’s post are not to
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An interview with Chitra Banerjee Divakurni about “The Forest of Enchantment”

10 07 , 2019 No Comments

Chitra Banerjee Divakurni and I first met some years ago when I had to interview her at CMYK bookstore, Mehrchand market, New Delhi. Ever since
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Tuesday Reads ( Vol 4), 9 July 2019