Book Reviews

Didi | Nirupama Devi | Book Review
Book Reviews, Classics, Fiction

Didi | Nirupama Devi | Book Review

A man having two wives and yet both choosing to live amicably together? It sounds a bit complex, doesn’t it? Well, let me take you through a story that has been around forever, has such a scenario, and yet has formed a place in our hearts. Didi by Nirupama Devi, translated by Alo Shome

Hanging Palande: A Son’s Revenge | Anuj Tikku | Book Review
Book Reviews, Biography, Non-fiction

Hanging Palande: A Son’s Revenge | Anuj Tikku | Book Review

Have you heard of the Arun Kumar Tikku and Karan Kakkad murder case, which gained a lot of attention back in 2012? All the major newspapers and media channels had covered this blood-curdling event, highlighting how Vijay Palande and his notorious gang had committed brutal crimes. Hanging Palande: A Son’s Revenge by Anuj Tikku, a sequel to his previous book, Yes Sir, I Killed my Dad, is an explosive piece of writing decoding the same.

Dancers in the Dark by Ejaz Ahamad: Xenophobia through the Ages | Book Review
Contemporary Fiction, Book Reviews, Fiction

Dancers in the Dark by Ejaz Ahamad: Xenophobia through the Ages | Book Review

An antipathy that will make you sit back, mull, and wonder why colour is such a strongly held ground for discrimination even today, Dancers in the Dark by Ejaz Ahamad is a story that centres around the discrimination based on colour as well as all those so-called societal categories and stigmas that have been there for around centuries now. Yes, unfair behaviour against the LGBTQ+ community—that is what I am indicating here!

5 Reasons Why Durjoy Dutta Is the “Shah Rukh Khan” of Indian Romance Fiction
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5 Reasons Why Durjoy Dutta Is the “Shah Rukh Khan” of Indian Romance Fiction

One of India’s most prolific writers of commercial romance fiction, Durjoy Dutta’s success in the romance trope is not unknown. It takes much more than his dimpled smile, his wide-eyed charm, and his simplicity and exuberance of persona to charm the millions of fans who wait desperately each time for his next work. Hence, today we bring you 5 reasons why Durjoy Dutta is the “Shahrukh Khan” of Indian romance fiction