Can love be everlasting, timeless and magical as featured in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jaynege ? Sounds cliché , I know. Has love found you when you did not go looking for it? Have you tasted the bitterness of innocent love? Not being a big fan of love stories, I had still picked up this book considering it a light read and had loads of faith in Anuja Chauhan’s judgement. I am quite happy, that I have been proved right and indeed it was an excellent read.This book is a compilation of 16 love stories in myriad forms which gives a …

My first acquaintance with Chitra Banerjee Divakurni’s work was through her novel The Spice Mistress.The film had released by the time I had started reading the novel but I opted not to watch the film, as I believe a film adapted from a novel can never entirely capture the essence of a writer’s emotions.Being a Bengali, any story set in Bengal has always fascinated me. The Oleander Girl is aquest of a young Bengali woman and her journey to find her identity. Korobi orphaned at birth, is brought up in  a traditional household by adring over protective grandparents. She spends seventeen years of …