Book Reviews – The Immortals Of Meluha (2010)
What makes a book rise above the ordinary? I’ve often wondered, and realised that what makes for a great book is its timing. That’s a key decision an author has to make. S/he must anticipate what the reader is looking for.
The Immortals of Meluha by Amish arrives with [...]
Book Review – Johnny Gone Down (2010)
This is the book of the year by far. Brilliantly written thriller that you can’t stop reading until the last page and leaves a lasting impact after. What I liked particularly was the deep, dark main character and the extraordinary but believable situations he finds himself in.
Who says that [...]
Review – Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found (2004)
Will Bombay soon become the world’s largest city? Yes, says Suketu Mehta. And what are the implications? His personal portrait of this emerging South Asian megalopolis examines what happens when the incredible mix of modern India converges on a city unable to encompass it.
Mehta’s Bombay (now known [...]
Introduction
They say books are the best gifts you can ever have … but i would rather contradict by saying don’t wait for someone to gift you knowledge .. just do yourself a small favor and seek them yourself .. habits of reading books or newspaper articles or just any readable things should be cultivated [...]
100 novels everyone should read
A Telegraph selection of the essential fiction library
By PRiTESH SHAH
100 The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein
WH Auden thought this tale of fantastic creatures looking for lost jewellery was a “masterpiece”.
99 To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
A child’s-eye view of racial prejudice and freaky neighbours [...]
