A stupendous piece of narrative non-fiction by the Pulitzer Prize winning Katherine Boo, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers”, has at its bedrock the squalor,…
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“Things Fall Apart” is the first in the African Trilogy series by Chinua Achebe and lays down the platform for a story that…
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In 1931, Aldous Huxley wrote his magnum opus ‘Brave New World’ – a prescient masterpiece dealing with what the author termed as ‘a…
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Intrigue, ambition and treachery. Jeffrey Archer’s first volume of the Clifton Chronicles has a story line that is racy, a plot that is…
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The Bill Hodges trilogy reaches the apogee of mystery with the “End of Watch”. A racy thriller, “End Of Watch” has Retired Detective…
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The End of Karma: Hope and Fury Among India’s Young by Somini Sengupta
Taking recourse to seven diverse real life stories or rather strenuous struggles, Somini Sengupta reveals the arc of paradigm shift that is catapulted…
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Endurance: The Extraordinary Life and Times of Emil Zátopek by Rick Broadbent
Grit, Gumption and Greatness. These were the three infallible attributes of the man voted by the Runners World Magazine as the Greatest Runner…
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The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World by Michael Lewis
This is one of the best books that Michael Lewis has ever written! The embellished nature of the book is singularly attributable to…
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If you are looking for the searing and adrenaline coursing book that lays out the blood and gore of the battle for the…
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Reading Haruki Murakami is like sampling the Durian. For the uninitiated, the Durian is an obnoxious smelling, even more obnoxious tasting, ravaged and…