May 7, 20235 minMidnight's Grandchild: "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida"In all the years since I first read Salman Rushdie’s Midnight's Children, no book has matched its brilliance, its exuberance and its...
Mar 31, 20234 minRaji's Recordings!I have moderated book discussions and author interviews in the past few years, and even participated in a Readathon! The recordings are...
Mar 29, 20232 min"The Perfumist of Paris" by Alka Joshi -- a Kepler's Books EventThe Henna Artist was released just when the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown began, and author Alka Joshi's book events switched to a virtual...
Mar 5, 20235 min"Independence" by Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniMuch of the literature about India’s Partition has been written around the violence and tragedy in the northwest. The focus is the...