Category: Book Review

#Bookreview : An Educated Woman in Prostitution -A Memoir of Lust, Exploitation, Deceit by Manada Debi, translated by Arunava Sinha

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Indian society holds great pride in its rich culture and values and prostitution is one such job which is considered lowly and menial.  Our society looks down upon prostitutes and they are often shunned and considered as ‘lesser beings’. What we fail to realise is that prostitution is also a product of this cultured society which is deep-rooted and took birth from the age-old customs and from the society of the elites. This is an enlightening memoir of such ‘an educated woman’ from the well-off society who embarks in the journey of prostitution after her beloved betrays her.  A great …

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#Bookreview: By My Own Rules: My Story in My Own Words by Ma Anand Sheela

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I was intrigued about Ma Anand Sheela after watching the documentary ” Wild Wild West” on Netflix. I had heard about Osho but never heard about this feisty individual who was instrumental in building the brand of Osho. Osho had moved to West and he was in the process of building a city for his followers called, ” Rajneeshpuram”. Ma Anand Sheela was endowed with this responsibility. She had taken up this project with all her might and she was ready to tackle any hurdle to make this project a success. She said, ‘I was not looking for enlightenment. I was …

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

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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

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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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#Bookreview : Sweet Bean Paste by Durian Sukegawa

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This book is a tale of friendship, love, food, plights of leprosy patients and an ode to the gift of life. Sentaro was a convict who worked in a Doriyaki restaurant. After his boss passed away, his wife became the owner of the shop. The wife didn’t take much interest in the shop due to her ailing health. The sales were not high and Sentaro ran it to suffice for his needs. One day he saw an old lady,Tokue across the street admiring the cherry blossom and smiling at him. Later the lady approached him and requested for an employment to …

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