THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS

AUTHOR – ARUNDHATI ROY PUBLISHED IN – 2017 PAGES – 438 I have been trying to get past this book since the end of August and it’s almost November now it seems. So I am quitting this. I don’t often quit books and put it off for sometime later but this was so so boring […]

ONE PART WOMAN

AUTHOR – PERUMAL MURUGAN PUBLISHED IN – 2010 PAGES – 240 SPOILERS AHEAD. Having previously read two of the author’s books, I was excited to read this one, especially because this has been probably his most popular work till date. To be honest I was not expecting such a theme. The plot is basically that […]

THE INHERITANCE OF LOSS

AUTHOR – KIRAN DESAI PUBLISHED IN – 2006 PAGES – 324 SPOILERS AHEAD. This book was a nightmare for me. I didn’t enjoy it at all. In fact I dragged myself to complete it as soon as I could because it is one of those books which would lie forgotten, gathering dust and if I […]

CHEMMEEN

AUTHOR – T. S. PILLAI PUBLISHED IN – 1956 PAGES – 238 SPOILERS AHEAD. It was beautiful. Loved it. I read it in one sitting. No breaks. The story starts with a simple meeting of Karuthamma and Pareekutty, both of them realising that they love each other. Karuthamma is a fisherman’s daughter while Pareekutty was […]

TRAIN TO PAKISTAN

AUTHOR – KHUSHWANT SINGH PUBLISHED IN – 1956 PAGES – 190 SPOILERS AHEAD. I was first introduced to Khushwant Singh in my 11th grade English class where we had his The portrait of a lady in our course which was his account of his grandmother. Suffice to say that I have been wanting to read […]

THE STRANGE CASE OF BILLY BISWAS

AUTHOR – ARUN JOSHI PUBLISHED IN – 1971 PAGES – 175 SPOILERS AHEAD. I will say one thing: it definitely lived up to it’s name. The story follows the narrative of Romi who recollects his friendship with Billy Biswas and his adventures. Romi met Billy during his stay in America but had to return to […]

UNFINISHED: A MEMOIR

AUTHOR – PRIYANKA CHOPRA JONAS PUBLISHED IN – 2021 PAGES – 256 SPOILERS, KIND OF… I never thought I would end up reading a memoir and that too of a celebrity but when you date someone with entirely different choices of genres, you get to expand your horizons in a way. And that’s what happened. […]

THE CONVERSATIONS OF COW

AUTHOR – SUNITI NAMJOSHI PUBLISHED IN – 1985 PAGES – 106 SPOILERS AHEAD. I just realized that the main character of the book shares her name with the author. I wonder if I have read any more such books where the main lead bears the author’s name. Doesn’t it feel weird while writing it? Or […]

IB’S ENDLESS SEARCH FOR SATISFACTION

AUTHOR – ROSHAN ALI PUBLISHED IN – 2019 PAGES – 209 SPOILERS AHEAD. Before I begin with the book, I need to address the fact that hardcovers are beautiful. And I am not talking about the dust jacket. The real hardcover underneath the jacket, that’s just beautiful. Now, on with the book. I didn’t quite […]

THE MAN-EATER OF MALGUDI

AUTHOR – R K NARAYAN PUBLISHED IN – 1961 PAGES – 205 SPOILERS AHEAD. I am not entirely sure why I had never read anything by the author before. Probably because I keep on adding more books to my list every other day and I never come around to complete it. That’s one list which […]