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#bookreview : Padmavati The Harlot & Other Stories by Kamala Das

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Some books leave a lasting impression on your heart and make you yearn for more. This book was such which I never wanted to get over. This collection of 19 short stories is one of the best work of Das. This collection as usual is bold like any other work of Das and spans unflinchingly over themes like communalism, lust, sex, marriage, family, love, relations, et all. All the stories are extremely well researched and strictly conforms to the structure of a short story. The brevity and the tightness of the stories keep you hooked and the climax of each …

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#Bookreview: Evidence of the Affair by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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What is marriage about? Is it about companionship? Is it about unwavering trust? Is it about a bond like ’till death do us apart’? Is it about respect? Is it about unconditional love? And does it come with an expiration date? All these thoughts rumbled my mind after I finished reading Taylor Jenkins Reid’s epistolary novella ” Evidence of the Affair”. One more question which perturbed me was, can a love relationship be stronger than the bonds of marriage ? Rather can it bloom without any expectations and its fragrance reinstate the faith in the purity of love for eternity? …

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#Bookreview : Those Delicious Letters by Sandeepa Dutta Mukherjee

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Durga Puja is the biggest emotional association with the roots for any Bengali across the globe. But this year things are different. The celebration is lacking the pomp, revelry and most importantly the joy of uniting with your loved ones during this pandemic outbreak.  But ‘Those Delicious Letters’ by Sandeepa Dutta Mukherjee has helped in reducing this melancholy in the air. Here is a book which brought with it the niff of Bengal which we all yearn for being ‘probashi’ Bengalis and try to immerse in it during this celebration. The plot revolves around a forty year NRI Shubha Sengupta, …

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#Book Review : Happily Ever After & Everything in Between

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I saw my life playing out of the two initial graphic novels of Debbie Tung, Quiet Girl in the Noisy World andBook Love and her third novel Happily Ever After & Everything in Between was the most anticipated book of the year for me.  It is said marriages are made in heaven but that heaven evolves in all different forms, especially takes birth from friendship. This is the book about Debbie’s journey in finding a loyal friend, Jason and later the most trustworthy and loving companion with whom she ties the knot for a lifetime.  Debbie is an introvert person whereas Jason is an extrovert. …

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#Book Review : Bhaunri by Anukriti Updhyay

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“She who is brave is free”- Anukrti Upadhyay’s  novella, Bhaunri perfectly epitomises this thought. Built on the theme of romantic envy, Bhaunri ( the protagonist) is a character with whom you will fall in love with for her fierceness, wit and strength. Bhaunri belongs to a nomadic blacksmith clan of Rajasthan. She is raised by a fierce and righteous mother who had the courage to break all social norms to seek her happiness. As a child Bhaunri is married off to a wealthy family of blacksmiths. Bhaunri believes in equality between a husband and wife as opposed to her mother-in-law who …

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