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Reviewed by Aradhika Sharma
Bala takes the Plunge
By Melvin Durai.
Hachette India.
Pages 200. Rs 195.
FUNNY
in places, hilarious, rollicking, rocking in some, and kind of
overstretched in some other portions, Bala Takes the Plunge is
an amusing book. However, there are some no-holds-barred moments of
joyous laughter which the reader must beware.
An
emotional roller coaster
Reviewed by Aditi Garg
Secrets and Sins
By Jaishree Misra.
HarperCollins.
Pages 385. Rs 299.
TO
have loved and lost is better than to have not loved at all. Matters
of the heart are complicated by rulings of the head. And at times, it
is indeed advisable to follow your head. But when you are under the
spell of love, it is easier said than done. It is difficult to
describe why we act and behave strangely around certain people. Even
when nothing has been said, the vibes make it all too evident to
ignore. Love does that to you.
Of
love, betrayal and hope
Reviewed by Puneetinder Kaur
Sidhu
Tiger Hills
By Sarita Mandanna.
Penguin Books.
Pages 451. Rs 599.
SARITA
Mandanna’s debut novel, Tiger Hills, is an epic love story
set in the undulating hills of the late 19th-century Coorg. In the
news for reportedly receiving the highest advance ever for a debut
novel by an Indian writer, it was an eagerly awaited book by jurists.
Journey
down the memory lane
Reviewed by Sukhpreet Singh Giani
Day Scholar
by Siddharth Chowdhury.
Picador India.
Pages 161. Rs 250.
OWENS
Lee Pomeroy rightly said, "Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson:
you find the present tense, but the past perfect!" A journey down
the memory lane can be fun if it concerns the time spent in college,
and more so, if it has the boarders playing an active role.
Memoirs
to lift the lid on life under fatwa
Jerome Taylor
SIR
Salman Rushdie has agreed a multi-million pound book deal to write his
memoirs, in what seems likely to be one of the most keenly anticipated
literary autobiographies in recent memory.
Patiala
as peg
Humra Quraishi
Reema Moudgil’s new novel, Perfect Eight, is a tribute to
small-town India, especially her native Patiala city
Journalist-writer-artist
Reema Moudgil grew up in Patiala and now lives in Bangalore.
She has been working as a journalist since 1994. She also worked as an
RJ with World Space and was represented by her paintings at a
multi-media show in New York in November last. She also edited Chicken
Soup for the Indian Woman's Soul ...
Simply
sci-fi
S. Raghunath
NO
one has defined science fiction (SF) to everyone’s satisfaction, but
one way of approaching the genre would be to say that it is a popular
Anglo-American form with predominantly technological interests that
evolved during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Back
of the book
A Metro
Nightmare
by Shiv Kumar.
Frog Books.
Pages 200. Rs 200.
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Benaami
By Anish Sarkar.
Amaryllis.
Pages 360. Rs 250.
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The Year of the
Flood
By Margaret Atwood.
Hachette.
Pages 518. Rs 395.
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A Deadly Trade
By Michael Stanley.
Hachette.
Pages 523. Rs 295.
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