Happiness is all we want
byIt’s just a co-incidence (or is it?) that I attended a workshop on building happiness and reducing stress the same week I got this…
Books
Teaser Tuesdays: Exit West
byThere are some books that draw you in from the very first sentence itself. Very powerful, and reflects the tone of the rest of…
A Feminist Perspective on Pride and Prejudice: The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough
byThis is the second Pride and Prejudice-related fiction I’ve read recently (see my review of Death Comes to Pemberley). Both books came to me…
Divergent by Veronica Roth
byI finally read Divergent this past week. It had sat on my shelf for ages, looking at me reproachfully. I am not heavily into…
Death Comes to Pemberley
byI never really got the idea of reading all the various sequels/adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. Don’t get me wrong, I love the classic,…
The Girl in the Spider’s Web
byThe Girl in the Spider’s Web is the fourth book in the Lizbeth Salander series. I have read and reviewed the earlier books here,…
7.6 The Constant Gardener: Love, Loss, And Corporate Corruption
byRecently, I read a Quartz article about healthcare and I was stunned by how well it summarized the healthcare problem in the world today….
3 and a half murders by Salil Desai
bySalil Desai is back at it again. After the very successful first two books in the Inspector Saralkar series (Killing Ashish Karve and The…
Teaser Tuesdays: The Constant Gardener
byI saw the movie version of this book – The Constant Gardener a few years ago, and I found it unbearably heartbreaking (in a…
8.2 Unveiling Secrets: A Review of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold
byIf you are a regular reader of this blog, you would have come to know that I am on a bit of a John…