#Book Review: Teen Couple Have Fun Outdoors by Aravind Jayan

“I knew something was wrong when Sreenath wouldn’t come down to see the new car.” The book’s opening provides the reader a sense of unease as well as excitement. The short book Teen Couple Have Fun Outsides explores the unsettling subject of sex tapes and pornography and how it impacts an Indian middle-class family. The story of Teen Couple Have Fun Outsides is narrated from the viewpoint of the unidentified 20-year-old narrator, who becomes entangled in the family strife and his feelings toward various facets of Indian society. He also discusses his reaction to his brother, who was included in …

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#Book Review: More Days at Morisaki Bookshop by Satashi Yagisawa

More Days at Morisaki Bookshop is the second episode of the Day at Morisaki Bookshop series. This book was enjoyable to read because it was about books. Set in Tokyo’s Jimbocho Book Town, the novel digs into the daily transactions of Morisaki, a popular bookshop that sells used books, as well as the lives of the key protagonists Takako, her uncle Satoru, her aunt Momoko, and others whose lives are intertwined by this bookshop. It depicts a moving narrative of love, relationships with loved ones, and the importance of bookstores and books to those who seek sanctuary in them. This …

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#Book Review : How To be Happy by Ruskin Bond

Happiness is ever transient. It is in moments of life that we choose to be happy or submerge ourselves in grief and sorrow. Happiness is a choice, whether we make it consciously or unconsciously. Do we ever take a moment to feel the exact emotion of happiness? Do we frequently say, “I am happy today”? We remember the moments of happiness only during times of gloom and morbidity. What if we could be happy every day? What if we have the power within ourselves to make that conscious decision to be happy and shun all cynicism, grief, sorrows, and anything …

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#Bookreview : The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

I have been grappling to manage my emotions and stay calm in these times of turmoil. Last two months have been difficult times where grief and loss has torn me apart. I was trying to console my loved ones , stay in touch with them regularly, give them comfort and continue my Covid relief work. I have also been using this time to strengthen my spiritual practice and this was an ideal time to pick up this book. This book will easily be one of the best reads of 2021. As stated by the author, Charlie Mackesy (@charliemackesy) this book …

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#Bookreview: Mafia Queens of Mumbai by S. Hussain Zaidi & Jane Borges

I shifted to Mumbai fourteen years back and since then it has been my home. It is a city which teaches you to fight back and become stronger. It is an extremely accepting city and it embraces you if you love it back. My husband who has spent more than two decades often told me stories of witnessing encounters and the underworld during his college days. It sounded no less than a film. But this book has set a new edge. Men as gangsters and dons is common. What makes this book intriguing is the stories of women as gangsters, drug …

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