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Bookasura - Arundhati Venkatesh 1
Arundhati Venkatesh’s latest offering “Bookasura: The Adventures of Bala and the Book-eating Monster” has a catchy title that makes one want to try it and that is what I did. Bala, the bibliophile, is sent to his grandparents’ place in Melagam so that his parents can attend to his infant […]

Bookasura – Arundhati Venkatesh

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Playing it my way – Sachin Tendulkar
“Playing it my way” is the autobiography of India’s great cricketer Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar. Biographies of successful people show the side of him/her that the world does not know of, but has been instrumental in achieving that success. In that sense, I always love to read biographies and pick […]

Playing it my way – Sachin Tendulkar

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Manan – Mohit Parikh
Manan by Mohit Parikh is the story of a 15 year old boy – a late bloomer in the literal sense.  Yet to mature physically and  physiologically. Smaller in size than his peers, he is treated like a kid by his friends, teachers and family. An introspective novel, where the […]

Manan – Mohit Parikh

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Burma Ramani - Azha Valliappa 4
After reading Vidya’s review of her favourite childhood novel “Neela Mala“, I was tempted to revisit some of the classics of the past. In this quest, I discovered “Burma Ramani“, another interesting full-length children’s fiction written by the Tamil poet Azha. Valliappa. The protagonist of the story is a 13-year […]

Burma Ramani – Azha. Valliappa

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Neela Mala - Azha. Valliappa 2
It was during one of my ‘gnabagam varude‘ (recollection of the past) moments that I remembered my favourite childhood novel “Neela Mala“. Written by the Tamil poet Azha. Valliappa, (author of poems like ‘nila nila odi vaa’) this novel was serialised in Gokulam magazine in 1976. After an unsuccessful search […]

Neela Mala – Azha. Valliappa

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Nirmala & Normala - Sowmya Rajendran & Niveditha Subramaniam 2
Do works of art (literature, cinema, music etc) reflect contemporary culture? or is contemporary culture influenced by art? Popular art (particularly formulaic mainstream cinema) has been instrumental in reinforcing traditional stereotypes on gender roles and relationships. Some cinematic stereotypes that have been reinforced in the public mind are, “the-never-say-die-resilient-lover”, “the-funloving-intelligent-modest-girl”. […]

Nirmala & Normala – Sowmya Rajendran & Niveditha Subramaniam

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Battle for Bittora - Anuja Chauhan 2
Anuja Chauhan and her books need no introduction; nor do they need any endorsement. Battle for Bittora is the second book of Ms Chauhan. Published in 2010, this book was again in the news recently, as it is soon to be made into a movie, starring Sonam Kapoor and Fawad […]

Battle for Bittora – Anuja Chauhan

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Happily Murdered by Rasleen Syal is a murder mystery set in the cool locales of Ratnagiri in the Himalayan foothills. A self-confessed disciple of Agatha Christie, the author has followed the AC template in creating a murder mystery, adapting it masterfully to Indian settings. Gulab Sarin is found dead on […]

Happily Murdered – Rasleen Syal

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Devarahasiyam 4
நமக்குப் பார்ப்பதற்கு நிலையாகத் தெரியும் தீபத்தில் பற்றியெரியும் சுடரானது பற்றவைத்த வினாடி முதல், ஒவ்வொரு கணமும் மறைவதும் புதியதாய் உருப்பெருவதுமாய் செயல்படுகிறது. தீபச்சுடர் நிலையான ஒருசுடர் அல்ல, மாறாக ஒன்றன்பின் ஒன்றாகத் தோன்றி மறையும் கோடிக்கணக்கான சுடர்கள். இந்தக் கணப்பொழுதில் தோன்றும் சுடர் அடுத்த கணத்தில் தோன்றப்போகும் சுடரை தோற்றுவித்து மறைகிறது. அடுத்தகணம் தோன்றப்போகும் சுடர், அதனையடுத்த சுடரைத் தோற்றுவித்து மறையும். இவ்வுலகில் உள்ள அனைத்து உயிருள்ள உயிரற்ற பொருட்களும் […]

தேவ ரகசியங்கள் தேடலுக்கல்ல – S.விஜயன்

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6174 – சுதாகர் 3
“தடிதடியா நாலு புஸ்தகங்க நாப்பது நாள் உக்காரவைச்சு நானூறு பக்கங்களுக்கு என்ன  நார்நாரா கிழிச்ச்சதுக்கப்புறம் எந்திரிச்சு வந்தா அங்க திரும்பவும் ரெண்டு தடி புஸ்தகங்க என்ன மொறச்சு பாத்துச்சு… ”  இவ்வளவு கஷ்டத்துக்கப்புறமும் புத்தகத்த படிக்கறத விடாம இருந்தா,  வாங்குன அடியோட வீக்கத்துக்கு ஆறுதலா வெந்நீர் ஒத்தடம் கொடுக்கறமாதிரி ஒருசில புத்தகங்கள் அப்பப்போ சிக்கும். அதுல ஒண்ணு தான் இந்த 6174.  இது மாதிரி புத்தகங்களால கொஞ்சம் உடம்ப தேத்திகிட்டா,  […]

6174 – சுதாகர்

Worth a read Science Fiction by
Quiet - Susan Cain 4
“Quiet – The Power of Introverts in a World that can’t stop talking” is a well-researched non-fiction book by author Susan Cain that talks about introversion and shyness. The book argues that the western culture gives undue importance to what the author calls “the extrovert ideal” and underestimates the introverts’ […]

Quiet – Susan Cain

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