Reading & Writing Lounge

I am back with a book review after weeks of procrastination and futile prioritizing. The Booker is on its way again and the reading virus infects us all—the worm in the bookworms.
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Nostalgia grips my senses when I open my book cupboards. Sifting through myriad titles, my fingers curl themselves over and over again around books [...]

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I am still hooked on to Amitav Ghosh, and took up The Glass Palace again. In this brilliant and universally acclaimed novel, the author captures the forgotten memories of our past and present in a fine balance that reflects his meticulous research and carries the cadence of evocative lyricism. The Glass Palace captures the mood, [...]

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It is review time again folks, and I am a day behind schedule this time. Partly because I couldn’t tear myself away from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Half of a Yellow Sun, a novel about love, relationships, heartbreak, and agony, but primarily about war and what it does to people and societies. As Adichie says, it [...]

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