Book Reviews

Sometimes you pick up a book not for any epic revelation, or soul-stirring emotion, or paradigm-shifting discovery… but just because you’re intrigued by the premise of a question that begins with “What if…?” That’s also why I expected ‘The Gorgeous Dozen‘ to be a light, light-hearted read. Vivek Aiyyar’s debut novel was that – and … Read more

Among books that describe the arc of events and developments over a time frame, Pooja Mehra’s ‘The Lost Decade‘ is a worthy contemporary inclusion. It deals with a contentious period of ‘growth’, and puts into the right perspective a slew of seemingly diverse and disparate events and policies. History is one of my deep-seated passions … Read more