Legacy by Sudha Menon

This book is not an epistolary novel but is just a collection of short letters written by eminent parents to their daughters. The book does not feature classic parents who have written to their daughters like say Nehru to Indira Gandhi as one would expect. But what the book definitely does is that it brings together parents who

The Homing Pigeons by Sid Bahri

The title of  the book is what drew my attention when I first heard of the book. To be honest I had almost begun the book on the premise that Indian writers are of no good, they have nothing new to offer and more often than not deliver a predictable story line. I stand corrected. The Homing Pigeons by Sid

Bombay Stories by Saadat Hasan Manto, Matt Reeck (Translator), Aftab Ahmad (Translator)

I am a major Manto fan, so this will be a biased review. Manto is easily one of the best writers of our country has ever seen. What sets him apart is the way he writes. He uses minimum words to make the maximum impact. I had read Khol Do one of his short stories

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi, Anjali Singh (Translator)

Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi and Anjali Singh is truly an entertaining read. The only other graphic novellist I have read is Samit Basu and his The Simoqin Prophecies, The Manticore’s Secret and The Unwaba Revelations I thought were brilliant. With Embroideries what struck a chord was that it was witty and the theme featured women centric problems which is