Maltese Falcon - Trendsetter in noir fiction
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1930) is one of the most gripping mystery novels I have read. Samuel Spade is the tough private...
The Vegetarian - Winner of MAN BOOKER Prize 2016
The original written in Korean, translated into the English by Deborah Smith, The Vegetarian, is a gripping novel that is disturbing to...
Mata Hari thought spying was just another game she could play
I am a great fan of Paulo Coelho and have read 5 of his novels, but I must add that this one, ‘The Spy’ fell short of my expectations....
To Jodi Picoult for her inspiring novel 'Small Great Things'
This was my first Jodi Picoult, and Jodi, I was simply floored by the power of your story. It couldn’t have been written any better. By...
Political and Business Daily reviewed 'Kavyanjali' in their 01 Nov. 2016 edition
This review appeared in the newspaper – ‘Political and Business Daily’ dated 01 Nov. 2016, under the Headline – “Poetry with a Rare...
Translations and Paulo Coelho
The world would be so much poorer, in terms of knowledge, scientific progress and human values, had there been no translations. How would...
Kavyanjali - released
On the day of Gandhi Jayanti, the translated works of Shri Haldhar Nag, titled Kavyanjali was released at function in Cha cTea,...
The Bonding of Writers
My name is Bond, Ruskin Bond. No, I am not related to James, the fictional character. Yet I was spying around in Bhubaneswar trying to...
Review of The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
I had started reading The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, thinking I should be able to finish it in a couple of days at the most; after all, it...
Review of Palace of Illusions by Chitra Divakaruni
One of the best books I have read based on mythology. Mahabharata retold from Draupadi's perspective (from a woman's point of view)....
