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Rachna Chhabria is a Bengaluru-based children�??s author and a freelance writer

The story starts with the main character Yamuna heading for Banaras, in a train, to visit her maternal grandfather (thaatha). (Image: Amazon)

Book Review | What it means to be a family and other profound secrets

During her visit to Banaras, Yamuna manages to sneak some family letters from her grandfather's files

1 Aug 2021 2:10 AM IST

Cover page of Feral Dreams Mowgli and His Mothers

Book REVIEW | How Mowgli grew up, grew old and loved his mothers

The book chronicles Daniel's journey in life, from the jungle to civilisation, from childhood till his sixties

6 Dec 2020 10:03 AM IST

Publishers are doing everything to keep the book reading culture alive during this pandemic time. AFP Photo

Rachna Chhabria | Will printed word comfort and inform post-Covid?

Book sales in India aren't usually very high and the lockdown further plummeted these sales

14 Jun 2020 4:45 PM IST

Adulting by neharika gupta HarperCollins India pp.216, Rs 299

For millennials with goals

The third protagonist is Aisha Oberoi, one of Delhi's most iconic influencers with her popular lifestyle blog Every...

27 Sept 2019 7:41 AM IST

All the way home, By Archana Mirajkar LiFi Publications, Rs 350.

Mythology-inspired utopia meditates on cycle of life

These pioneers later came to planet Swarg, carrying with them the best of art and literature they had preserved when...

11 Aug 2019 4:11 AM IST

Tune for the Dead: A Detective Dhruv Mystery, By Anshul Vijayvargiya and Debashish Irengbam HarperCollins, Rs 299.

Crisp, atmospheric triple murder mystery has quirky characters

From China following a new set of clues, Dhruv and Misha head to Kolkata. Sadly, they are just in time to see the third...

4 Aug 2019 5:28 AM IST

The Curse of Anuganga by Harini Srinivasan TreeShade Books Rs 399.

Murder mystery set in the 1,600-year-old kingdom of an able but...

The Curse of Anuganga is a historical fiction that transports readers to 403 CE and that too without a time-machine.

21 July 2019 3:30 AM IST

The Beauty of the Moment By Tanaz Bhathena Penguin, Rs 299

Predictable teen romance shaped by emigration, loss

The reason being Susan's parents want to give her better chances in life which studying and living in Canada will...

20 May 2019 6:35 AM IST

Beast by Krishna Udayasankar Penguin, Rs 399

Mythological fantasy thriller that is rich in imagery

The story starts with a gruesome triple homicide in a suburb of Mumbai which keeps the Mumbai police force guessing as...

21 April 2019 9:16 PM IST

The Undoing Dance by Srividya Natarajan, Juggernaut, Rs 499.

A present haunted by the sound of ghungroos from the past

The language is akin to the view from the top of a mountain, breathtaking in its rich imagery.

13 Jan 2019 1:02 AM IST

Ahimsa by Supriya Kelkar, Scholastic, Rs 395

India's freedom struggle told through the life of a little girl

A story relevant for all times. A book I would urge people to read, a book worthy of being read more than once.

28 Oct 2018 12:57 AM IST

The Bollywood Bride by Sonali Dev, HarperCollins, Rs 299.

A touching story of love, longing and sacrifices in showbiz

The book falls short of a literary masterpiece and that is not because of its flawed heroine.

30 Sept 2018 1:42 AM IST