The Book Shelf

Reading a book is related to how fresh one arrives at it. At the same time, if it is put aside for far too long, say a decade or so, it aga...

I am finally picking up a work of one of the doyens of Indian(south) literature, U R Ananthmurthy . Picked up,almost instinctively, from B...

I suppose it is a dream of any writer to weave a story with three key ingredients, first , the relationship between the protagonist and h...

Good writing is one which touches the heart, that is the one which will stay.  There is cliched quote by Toni Morrison which ...

I decided not to review this book and instead learn from what it has to offer. It is a book of details with right amount of back drop, a l...

"The old ways have got to be made irrelevant in such a comprehensive manner that they cease to remain relevant." A brillian...

I think, as an Indian it is very important to read Sen. I find him more of an Indian diplomat who, through facts and staunch arguments pu...

In this new collection of thoughts and renderings Bond come to terms with some philosophical queries. His eccentric style of fitting in b...