A chic-lit novel tracing the story of a Tam Bram Chennai girl to Mumbai, from a CA firm to a Global bank, from groom hunting by parents to self hunting, from being a good traditional South Indian girl to wannabe bombshell. A lot of it seems autobiographical, as the bio-data of the author meets the protagonist quite a bit. It could also be a typical story of a small town girl in mid-90s, stepping into the corporate world in a [...]
This is the third book that I have read by Gurudev after Gora and Aankh ki Kirkiri. I am amazed at his understanding and hence portrayal of the society as it existed in early 20th century, the relationships within families and extended families and the intense intricate relationships that almost define the identity of women in the society. In this book, story is simple. There are two big Khandaans or families, who had been at loggerheads. One man in one [...]
For some other review that I am yet to post I had written that there is this breed of first generation professionals that at some point in time gets disillusioned by the profession that they were in awe of till the time they actually got into it. It is a journey from dreams to reality. It is feeling the heat when rubber meets the tar. I can’t say that dreams are shattered, but the reality is quite far away from [...]
Incredible book! Journey of a five year old and his mother from a small enclosed room to the outside world, from being captive to being free and from being the only person in the world for each other to meeting a world of people outside. Story begins on the 5th birthday of Jack, the boy who tells his story, his relationship with his mother whom he calls Ma and with whom he shares a small room, which is their entire [...]
First reaction after finishing the first section of the book is to see if we can go back to pre-liberalization era in India and re-gain all the natural resources we have lost or re-gain the level of equity that existed in the society. Given that going back in time is not really a possibility at the moment, you want to know what can you do to stop this race towards consumerism and you read the next section where authors try [...]
A beautifully story of a beautiful bygone era, an era that heralded major changes in Paris, by a Parisian who resisted that change for the love of her house. An old lady writes a letter to her deceased husband when she knows that she is standing next to her death, and this letter is this whole book. She wants to tell everything to him, the secrets she could not share when he was alive and small little things that she [...]
Author of East India Company, Dr Tirthankar Roy talks about the subject of his book: What do you find most fascinating about the East India company and how did you get on path to study it? For the time when it was set up (1600), the idea of crossing two oceans to go to India for trade was an extraordinarily courageous one. I wanted to know who wanted to do this, why, and with what means? What drove me to [...]