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Rachna Chhabria

Book Review | An old woman’s odd quest to find her co-wives

Antony’s prose is so lyrical that it can be set to music

23 Mar 2024 1:44 PM

Book Review | Old-fashioned heist thriller goes down to the wire

Can the thieves get the better of the police or will the police force outsmart them?

07 Jan 2024 12:00 AM

Book Review | Women in WW2 prison camp stick by one another

The novel is based on a true story.

18 Nov 2023 11:20 PM

Four lonely female immigrants struggle in Paris

Seventeen-year old Russian model Dasha dreams of walking the ramp for the biggest fashion moguls

03 Sep 2023 9:08 AM

Book Review | Elephant fable packs an environment message

This story of good and evil is also the story of finding one’s hidden strength in the midst of trying times.

18 Jun 2023 7:04 AM

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Book Review | So many reasons to love these proud women of Jasmine Villa...

Wajid puts her heroines through emotional turmoil. The writing is decent with good surprise twists in the plot that take the readers unaware

28 May 2023 12:10 AM

Book Review | The cut-throat world of momfluencers

Raichand has taken a contemporary theme, that of the fiercely competitive world of social media influencers, and weaved a neat story.

30 Apr 2023 12:15 AM

Book Review | Florid, lurid, turgid mountaineering fantasy

The Forsaken Wilderness is the story of Barkat Singh Randhawa, a civil engineer by profession.

09 Apr 2023 12:25 AM

Book Review | A captivating account of India’s biggest museum heist

Review of 'The Hyderabad Heist' by Sharmishtha Shenoy.

19 Feb 2023 12:44 AM

Book Review | Fast-paced noir thriller hard not to enjoy

Review of 'Manjhi’s Mayhem' by Tanuj Solanki

29 Jan 2023 12:51 AM

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Book Review | Hefty and immersive, whydunit leaves questions in wake

Review of 'Lady Joker, Volume One' by Kaoru Takamura

11 Dec 2022 1:40 AM

Book Review | Zarifa’s compelling story rips Taliban’s Iron Curtain

Zarifa’s childhood memories consist of watching videos with the volume turned off and curtains drawn

15 Oct 2022 10:49 PM

Book Review | Mazda & the allure of Persian mythology...

The story starts with a thief breaking into the British museum to steal the Cyrus Cylinder, a relic of Cyrus the Great who ruled Persia

11 Sep 2022 1:51 AM

Yusuf of Peshawar who spotted talent, changed lives...

A few chapters into the book I had warmed up to the man people called the thespian

14 Aug 2022 12:02 AM

Book Review | Vivid, madcap stories with open endings

Mauzo’s stories not just embrace unconventional themes, they also border on the bizarre, but the best thing is their open-endings

03 Jul 2022 5:11 PM

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24 startling stories begging to be reread...

'Over the Edge' is like having an entire meal of short-eats or starters, each snack is fulfilling and tasty by itself

18 Jun 2022 11:56 PM

Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie

The mirror is not just a something to see one’s reflection in, it’s also symbolic of looking deep into one’s soul

08 May 2022 11:59 AM

Book Review | Soulful debut holds mirror to fragile mom-daughter tie

The main character Noomi Wadia is a sharp-tongued, quick-tempered, bright Parsi woman

08 May 2022 11:22 AM

Book Review | Unflinching look at custom and caste

Never has a book affected me as much as Vultures did

10 Apr 2022 12:15 AM

Book review | A mermaid’s story told in poetic prose, with eye catching artwork

The story is told from the point of view of Ila, a half-woman, half-mermaid

06 Mar 2022 2:38 AM

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