Reviews
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Book Review : The Prince of Providence
I’ll always remember the time I caught a glimpse of Buddy Cianci on the news, bantering and joking with reporters in his trademark booming voice. He was telling them that he was planning on quitting smoking and learning Spanish. At first glance, he looked like he was going on a long vacation. It was only Read more
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Book Review: Veerappan, India’s Most Wanted Man
# Publisher: Ecco (September 1, 2002)Book: Veerappan, India’s Most Wanted Man (Hardcover)Author: Sunaad RaghuramPress: Harper CollinsPages: 320 The fabled, notorious “Sandalwood Veerappan” has been a source of curiosity for me since my college days in India. Some media stories even portrayed Veerappan as a modern-day Robin Hood. In “Veerappan, India’s Most Wanted Man,” Sunaad Raghuram Read more
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Book Review: Anil’s Ghost
‘Publisher: Knopf; 1st edition (April, 2000)Author: Micheal Ondaatje Audiobook Kindle Paperback From the author of the ‘English Patient’, Michael Ondaatje, comes ‘Anil’s Ghost’, a powerful thriller set in Sri Lanka. The monsoon island is the home of 400 varieties of birds, including the Bulbul. It has caves with Buddhist paintings. During both the World Wars, Read more
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Book Review: The Death of Vishnu
Kindle Edition Vishnu, a drunken bum, is dying in the stairwell of a Bombay apartment complex. On the first floor of that building, two petty housewives, Mrs. Asrani and Mrs. Pathak, quarrel, each trying to palm off the responsibility of caring for Vishnu. Their husbands secretly conspire to split the ‘burden’ of the cost of Read more
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Book Review: Desirable Daughters
Paperback Publisher: Theia; 1st edition (March 12, 2003) Lukewarm… and not that desirable. Meet Tara. She is a divorced kindergarten schoolteacher who lives in California with her teenage son and Hungarian boyfriend. Well, she belongs to a rich heritage of Bengali Brahmins. She was once married to an IIT graduate turned millionaire entrepreneur, Bish. Author: Read more
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Book Review: Half a life by VS Naipal
This is a Naipaul gem. Brevity is the soul of wit. In Naipaul’s case, brevity is the soul of literary genius. In this small book, the Nobel Prize-winning author says so much in so few pages. ‘Half a Life’ is the story of Willie ‘Somerset’ Chandran and the forces that shape his life. Though the Read more
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