Some books arrive when we least expect them, in moments of quiet fatigue in internet’s one of the rabbit holes, YouTube’s glimmering corners led me to Haley Pham, whose irrepressible energy while speaking about Emily Henry’s books was almost cinematic in its intensity. Her passion felt like a dare. Soon enough, I found myself ordering … Read more
In the End, It Wasn’t the Runs, But the Revolution he brought mattered. It was almost mid-afternoon. The kind of afternoon when the country is emerging from a war-like moment, when every eye is fixed on the screen, waiting for the armed forces to speak on the targets hit and damages inflicted. The kind of … Read more
Burnt Sugar’s Bitter Alchemy In the midst of memory and the butchery of betrayal, Avni Doshi’s debut unveils a mother’s disquiet and a daughter’s fractured inheritance In the lilac haze of a Pune morning, Antara stands before a canvas that refuses her brush strokes. She breathes in the oppressive quiet and wonders whether the echoes … Read more
Fifty First Sentences that stays with you long after that book is read 1. The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925) “In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.” 2. To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee, 1960) “When he was … Read more
Introduction The India-Pakistan relationship has shaped South Asian history for more than seven decades. From the trauma of Partition to ongoing war tensions, the story of these two nations is complex and layered. For readers seeking to understand the human cost of division, the political chessboard of diplomacy, or the cultural bonds that transcend borders, … Read more
In Spies, Lies and Allies, Kavitha Rao breathes life into Virendranath Chattopadhyaya and M. N. Roy’s forgotten odysseys. Kavitha Rao’s fast paced prose carries us from Kolkata’s humid dawns to clandestine cafés in Paris. We read about coded letters slipped under hotel doors, whispers in autumnal Moscow, footsteps on rain-slicked London streets. From the first … Read more
The Spoon on the Dinner Table: A Man Unlearning Patriarchy The Spoon on the Dinner Table is an introspective essay about unlearning patriarchy in the most intimate of spaces—home. Through the quiet friction of a dinner-time moment and the influence of books like Lady Doctors, The Day I Became a Runner, and Wifedom, the narrator … Read more
In this Lady Doctors review I felt a fire ignite in my veins. Here were women who would not be silenced. Here were women who claimed stethoscopes when society tried to deny them breath. Each page pulses with their defiance. Each chapter demands that we acknowledge their right to heal bodies, minds and nations alike. … Read more
A literary journey across a sunburned land where absurdity and beauty collide. Bill Bryson and the Art of Wonder There are few writers who can turn absentminded curiosity into an art form. Bill Bryson belongs to that rare tribe. His sentences are like river stones: smooth, flowy, funny, yet quietly weighted with a genuine reverence … Read more
An extraordinary glimpse into the fragility of power and the strength of restraint Being the Accidental Witness: The Unlikely Beginning In the era of encrypted communication, where every conversation floats through a sea of vulnerabilities, one story stands out not because of grand espionage, but because of a quiet accident. Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief of The … Read more