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We have written before about Philip Pullman’s most popular work, the “His Dark Materials” trilogy. The majestically vast canvas of the worlds and peoples described in His Dark Materials along with its central idea of questioning the concept of human consciousness, spirituality and the role of religions left many characters and questions in reader’s memories. We all wanted to hear ... Read More »

We have admired Jhumpa Lahiri’s acclaimed work “The Namesake” and tracking back her previous work led me to the collection of short stories that counts as her first publication in book format – Interpreter of Maladies. The stories were universally admired and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Hemingway Foundation / PEN award for the author. Since then, ... Read More »

Sometimes the real world is either too bleak if you are old, or too limited if you are young, and so you want the flight of fantasy to take you to the lands where life is more magical. Not simpler by any means, but richer in terms of adventure, in terms of drama, where every life doesn’t necessarily end in ... Read More »

As we have written before on this blog, mankind has been trying to resolve the mysteries of its own existence for thousands of years. We have been continuously looking for the guiding intelligence or divine force or the ruling conscience that drives this universe. We are desperate to know whether our life has a meaning or is it just a ... Read More »

Vikas Swarup’s debut novel “Q & A” does not need any introduction thanks to the historical success of “Slumdog Millionaire” that made it a household name. The central thought of “Q & A” can be summarized as: A human life is a journey where knowledge comes from unforeseen and unwarranted places. But, this knowledge is the power that someday may ... Read More »

Ever since his rise to fame with The Day of the Jackal (Published in 1971), Frederick Forsyth has created a niche and fan following. The theme of his stories has travelled through post world war era – to cold war – to troubled Middle East and now international terrorism. Published in 2013 by Random House, The Kill List is latest ... Read More »