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On translations of the Bible, Diarmaid MacCulloch

[bwwpp_book sku=’97802412540040000000′] Professor of the History of the Church at Oxford University, Diarmaid MacCulloch’s latest book All Things Made New: Writings on the Reformation is a
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Elizabeth Strout “Anything is Possible”

28 03 , 2018 No Comments

It seemed the older he grew–and he had grown old—the more he understood that he would not understand this confusing contest between good and evil,
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Stephen Alter’s “The Cloudfarers”

27 03 , 2018 No Comments

‘…At Paramount, they put a lot of ideas in your head, all of which sound as if they’re true, but actually it’s just a way
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Ruskin Bond “A Time for All Things: Collected Essays and Sketches”

26 03 , 2018 No Comments

Ruskin Bond’s latest book — A Time For All Things is a collection of his essays and sketches or he would prefer to refer to
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Surendra Mohan Pathak “Na Bairi Na Koi Begana: Volume 1”

24 03 , 2018 No Comments

Popular Hindi pulp fiction writer Surendra Mohan Pathak has written his 298th book. It is the first volume of his autobiography called Na Bairi Na Koi
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Jordan B. Peterson “12 Rules for Life”

21 03 , 2018 No Comments

[bwwpp_book sku=’97803458160230000000′] Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos lays down rules for a better living in a noisy modern world. There is an
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Khushwant Singh selects : Best Indian Short Stories ( Vols 1 & 2)

21 03 , 2018 No Comments

20 March is recognised as the International Storytelling Day. It is also the day that the grand old man of storytelling, Khushwant Singh passed away
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Taslima Nasrin’s “Split: A Life”

19 03 , 2018 1 Comment

…the director general [ of the Bangla Academy] raised his eyebrows and turned to me…’Despite being a woman why do you try and write like
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Press Release: Launch of “Bibliobibuli” my column on Times of India

19 03 , 2018 No Comments

From March 2018, I will be contributing blog posts to Times of India. The column is called “Bibliobibuli“. Bibliobibuli means “to be drunk on books”.
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Panel on “The Business of Books: Is there a Gender Gap in Publishing?”

13 03 , 2018 No Comments

( Update: An expanded version of this blog post was published by Times of India on their website on 16 March 2018.) To celebrate Women’s
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