Salman Rushdie’s new novel, Victory City, is a return in more senses than one. To state the obvious, it is a symbolic resurrection of his literary genius in the public domain after the grievous attack on him in New York last year. In another sense, the novel signals Rushdie’s homecoming to his signature style: that audacious […]
A True Life Account of Bravery And Sacrifice of An Army Soldier Who Served India For More Than 40 Years. Lieutenant General K.J.S. ‘Tiny’ Dhillon, an Infantry veteran from the Rajputana Rifles with about four decades of military service, has served multiple tenures in Kashmir. In this book, ‘Tiny’ Dhillon opens a hitherto-closed window, not […]
“Life can be too mysterious sometimes and one cannot even imagine what results would occur when those mysteries would be unveiled. One can only hope that the mysteries would result for something sweet and pleasant!” Well, before starting the review of this title, “The Familiar Stranger” by Author Hema Matalia, let me mention that […]
“Each life is precious, much more precious than what we think, if not for self then for somebody else, but each life is incredibly precious. There is a thin line, which exists between life & death and one should be very careful with it and should never cross that line due to some critical scenario […]
Indian Defence Files: Volume 1 (Hindi Edition) For an avid reader like me, who is working in the Birmingham Times, UK as a Columnist, it is interesting to see how the focus towards short stories and poetry is back! India has some of the best poets and the next generation is nurturing this passion. This […]
