Book Reviews and Other Love
Alicia Berenson is an artist and Gabriel is a photographer. They seem to have a perfect life together. One day, when Gabriel returned late from the shoot, Alicia shot him five times. It is from that day that Alicia stops talking. She is kept at a forensic unit, the Groove away from the public eye [...]
Daughter. Wife. Mother. Grandmother. Women play different roles throughout their lives. Their roles take priority on themselves and their individuality is buried deep inside their core. Dopehri (Hindi word for Afternoon) leaves us with such thoughts to mull over and introspect ourselves rekindling the spark that is latent within us. Dopehri by Pankaj Kapur It [...]
I'm a Christie fan if you know me at all. The setting of her books has no similarities with each other. Every time a new mystery, a new murder. After reading Poirot stories, this book is a refreshment as we don't have Poirot unfolding the mystery instead this is an open and shut case with [...]
The story starts with a seventeen-year-old girl Sunja, who was smitten by Koh Hansu, a young dynamic, Korean from Jeju island. But, he was already married and had three daughters in Osaka. Madly in love and unknown to the truth, Sunja became pregnant. Koh Hansu offered her to be his mistress as he couldn't marry [...]
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.” We must have heard about To Kill a Mockingbird at some point in our lives. For some, this is an all-time high school favourite. And for others like [...]
A sense of melancholy permeated within me while I was comfortably reading on a Sunday morning, marveling at Adichie's recollection of the struggles of a forgotten time. Set against the backdrop of Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967-70, I felt a constant emotional pull as the story unfolded. It is an account of thousands of innocent, impoverished, [...]
The Kite Runner, set in the politically unstable backdrop of Afghanistan, is a journey of redemption which makes us introspect ourselves and reevaluates the values of life. We have skewed perception towards Afghanistan as a torn, poverty-stricken and wounded country, owing to the stereotypical representation generated by popular media. "If someone were to ask [...]
