Djamila Morani’s The Djinn’s Apple is a captivating YA historical mystery novella that reminded me of Arabian Nights. Set in 8th century Baghdad, commonly…
How often do you judge a novel by its cover or title? Well, I have done it quite often and might continue to…
Decades ago, when I started working, one of the sweet splurges from my first salary was Amitav Ghosh’s masterpiece, Glass Palace. An excellent…
February is the month of love, right? But guess what I did instead of cozying up with a romantic book? I dove into…
I read Etaf Rum’s debut novel, A Woman Is No Man, two years ago, and despite a few shortcomings, I found it captivating.…
Fakir Mohan Senapati’s Chha Mana Aatha Guntha was first published in Odiya in 1897. Six and a Third Acres, translated in English…