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Rachna Chhabria is a Bengaluru-based children�??s author and a freelance writer

Cover Image of Incantations over Water by Sharanya Manivannan. (By arrangement)

Book review | A mermaid's story told in poetic prose, with eye...

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

6 March 2022 2:38 AM IST

Cover image of the book Cat People Edited by Devapriya Roy. (Twitte)

Book Review | Feline mystique! How one cat can change your world

It's a collection of essays and fictions by cat lovers

20 Feb 2022 2:02 AM IST

Coverpage of The Startup Wife By Tahmima Anam

Book Review | Geeky startup ideator cheekily observes patriarchy

Anam's pen has a flair for infusing humour into the storytelling, which jogged at a steady pace

25 Sept 2021 11:26 PM IST

Coelhos characters are neither black nor white, rather they revel in being various shades of grey, yet they end up making the readers root for them. (Twitter)

Rachna Chhabria | Spooky treats that aim to please

By the time I finished reading the first story, I had built up a voracious appetite for the remaining tales

11 Aug 2021 1:42 AM IST

The story starts with the main character Yamuna heading for Banaras, in a train, to visit her maternal grandfather (thaatha). (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | What it means to be a family and other profound secrets

During her visit to Banaras, Yamuna manages to sneak some family letters from her grandfather's files

1 Aug 2021 2:10 AM IST

Cover page of Feral Dreams Mowgli and His Mothers

Book REVIEW | How Mowgli grew up, grew old and loved his mothers

The book chronicles Daniel's journey in life, from the jungle to civilisation, from childhood till his sixties

6 Dec 2020 10:03 AM IST

Publishers are doing everything to keep the book reading culture alive during this pandemic time. AFP Photo

Rachna Chhabria | Will printed word comfort and inform post-Covid?

Book sales in India aren't usually very high and the lockdown further plummeted these sales

14 Jun 2020 4:45 PM IST

Adulting by neharika gupta HarperCollins India pp.216, Rs 299

For millennials with goals

The third protagonist is Aisha Oberoi, one of Delhi's most iconic influencers with her popular lifestyle blog Every...

27 Sept 2019 7:41 AM IST

All the way home, By Archana Mirajkar LiFi Publications, Rs 350.

Mythology-inspired utopia meditates on cycle of life

These pioneers later came to planet Swarg, carrying with them the best of art and literature they had preserved when...

11 Aug 2019 4:11 AM IST

Tune for the Dead: A Detective Dhruv Mystery, By Anshul Vijayvargiya and Debashish Irengbam HarperCollins, Rs 299.

Crisp, atmospheric triple murder mystery has quirky characters

From China following a new set of clues, Dhruv and Misha head to Kolkata. Sadly, they are just in time to see the third...

4 Aug 2019 5:28 AM IST

The Curse of Anuganga by Harini Srinivasan TreeShade Books Rs 399.

Murder mystery set in the 1,600-year-old kingdom of an able but...

The Curse of Anuganga is a historical fiction that transports readers to 403 CE and that too without a time-machine.

21 July 2019 3:30 AM IST

The Beauty of the Moment By Tanaz Bhathena Penguin, Rs 299

Predictable teen romance shaped by emigration, loss

The reason being Susan's parents want to give her better chances in life which studying and living in Canada will...

20 May 2019 6:35 AM IST