Fredrick Backman’s latest novel Anxious People’s story unfolds within an apartment, where our failed thief takes hostage a real-estate agent and his clients. Lamenting his failure, the robber explains to his hostages, “I’m having quite a complicated day here!” And, so are they.
How To Use Meditation To Ease Anxiety
The opposite of anxiety is mindfulness. Mindfulness is not a bundle of techniques; instead, it’s an attitude, a conscious shift in becoming more present.
Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s new book tells a story otherwise overlooked
After Jharkhand banned his first book The Adivasi Will Not and resulted in his dismissal from work, it is good to know Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar’s uniquely political voice was not quelled.
Sharmila Sen’s Not Quite Not White Challenges #WhiteCulture’s Claim on Americana
Born in Calcutta, Sharmila Sen’s memoir Not Quite, Not White chronicles her metamorphosis from a fresh-off-the-boat girl in White America to a Non-White American citizen.
Anita Nair’s new novel Eating Wasps takes a clear look at the tough choices Indian women make
Anita Nair’s latest novel, Eating Wasps is clear, concise and insightful. The book starts with 30-year-old Sreelakshmi’s suicide on a “Monday.
#BookReview: Half The Night Is Gone by Amitabha Bagchi Is More Than A Review Of Our Past
Amitabha Bagchi’s latest novel is a thoroughly Indian story. The two threads that run through this tale include the letters from a narcissistic author to his loved ones that details life in India in the 1970s and 80s,
Jasoda: An Unrestrained and Poignant Telling of a Survivor’s Story
In his seventh novel, Kiran Nagarkar returns to the Rajput setting that captured our imaginations in his celebrated Cuckold. But Jasoda veers and stutters where the earlier novel sang and danced.
How Women Are Remembered: a review of Nine-Chambered Heart
It is interesting that Janice Pariat’s latest novel suggests that falling in love is easy. In The Nine Chambered Heart,
3000 Stitches: An Easy Breezy (Slightly) Preachy True Tale of Triumph
Three Thousand Stitches is a string of eleven short autobiographical stories penned by the chairperson of Infosys, Sudha Murthy. It depicts challenges she (and one imagines many other women) faced from conservative,
Memoirs of My Body Deals With Difficult Women’s Issues While Retaining Joyfulness
Sharp, hilarious, and relatable are three words that best describe Shreya Sen-Handley’s book Memoirs of My Body. It opens with a seven-year-old Sen noticing her streaked underpants upon waking up after wet dreams about a boy who’s “literally from the wrong side of the tracks.” The young girl wonders what the discharge means?
The Raj At War Focuses on Individual Stories with Details That Will Whisk You Back To That Tumultuous Time
My grand aunt’s husband fought with the Indian National Army (INA).In an era before instant communication or even the black phone most of grew up with,
Letters from Kargil: A Soldier’s Daughter ushers the reader into an Intimate Glimpse into a Frontline Soldier’s Heart as Told Through his Letters.
The 1999 Kargil war altered Ind-Pak relations forever. We know this; we lived it through news media and disappearance of those near and dear.
Of Being Barack Obama’s Deputy Chief of Staff and Having Tummy Troubles on Air Force One
I’m a sucker for books by successful women who are open to sharing the ups, downs and everything in between their journey.