Of all the books I have read for the past few years, this has taken me the longest time to complete. Half the size of a Game of Thrones book but longer it took for comprehending and understanding the connections, the stories, the emotions, the actions and the consequences andContinue Reading
In the laziness of an afternoon after a heavy lunch, I turn the last leaf of the book that shaped my final few days of 2016, now with hope of reshaping 2017 to be meaningful. Amidst a daze in thought, the book physically lies in front of me, questioning, “WhatContinue Reading
From the God’s Own Country Where the rain is born: Writings about Kerala Edited by Anitha Nair A long narrow state at the south of the subcontinent, sharing the tip with Tamil Nadu, is the state that the tourism bodies claims to be “ God’s Own Country ! “Continue Reading
After roaming in Tamil Nadu through short stories, it was a huge leap that I had to take to reach Maharashtra. The state that felt had only Mumbai written all over, now through this book, it is evident that life in Maharastra is more than what Mumbaikars have to say. Jejuri, aContinue Reading
My joinery across India through its pages as part of the “Increadable India” started off in my “home-state”. Tamil Nadu is not new to me. I was born here and have been living here for the past 22 years, education included. So naturally I pretty much know how and whatContinue Reading