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The Thirteenth Day & A Broken Sun – War & Mythology in Aditya Iyengar’s books

5 years ago Shaili Desai 0

There is something banal about war. So much of the ordinary about death. There is nothing probably more unoriginal than death and destruction. However, numerous writers and poets have written about war and tried to romanticise the essential nature of war. Some have told of love stories, some have written about a coming of age, Read More

Giveaway: Lady, you’re not a man by Apurva Purohit, CEO, Radiocity

10 years ago Shaili Desai 0

UPDATE: The Giveaway is now over. The lucky winner of the book is Ritu Jhajharia. Congratulations, Ritu ! I promised a giveaway of this book when the number of likes on the Facebook Page hit 300. And that’s happened ! 😀 And so, as promised, I am giving away a fresh, new copy of the book Read More

Book Review: Compass Box Killer by Piyush Jha

10 years ago Shaili Desai 6

Probably this was the wrong time to start this book. I shouldn’t probably have started Compass Box Killer by Piyush Jha right after finishing ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ by J K Rowling writing as Robert Galbraith. The book’s in the same genre of crime fiction but they are both so different. If it were to be made Read More

Book Review: Boomtown by Aditya Mukherjee

10 years ago Shaili Desai 1

The review of the newly released debut novel Boomtown by Aditya Mukherjee is finally here! I wanted to read this book for namely two themes that I am always interested in- food and entrepreneurship. About the author: Aditya Mukherjee is a recent graduate of IIM Bangalore and currently working as a strategy consultant in Delhi. Read More