The Summing Up

If you are aroused by the ring of words, the turn of a phrase, by a great epigram, and the inexhaustible treasure of ideas contained in books, then you might just find yourself at home here

24 October 2025

Returning to Words: Gentle Conversations and Literary Delights

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 Dear Followers, Hope you are doing well and enjoying your literary pursuits. I know it's been a long time since I've posted a revie...
07 January 2016

Who We Are: A Citizen's Manifesto

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Author : Rudyard Griffiths Year of publishing :2009 Like most book lovers, I enjoy the idea of discovering a country, its natio...
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05 October 2015

The Hungry Ghosts; interview with Shyam Selvadurai

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Shyam Selvadurai's novel, released in 2014, The Hungry Ghosts, marks a gigantic leap in his craft and writing. The auth...
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11 March 2015

The Weight Loss Club

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The Weight Loss Club The Curious Experiments of Nancy Housing Cooperative Author :  Devapriya Roy Published in : 2013 Publisher : R...
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28 February 2015

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea

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Author :  Shyam Selvadurai Penguin Books Year of Publishing : 2005 When a writer is part of two worlds – Sri Lan...
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21 March 2013

Their Language Of Love

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Publisher : Penguin Viking Price: Rs 499 Year of Publishing : 2013   It was despair and unhappiness that drove Pakistani auth...
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30 January 2013

Maugham and India

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Maugham was a great traveller, who considered journeying as indispensable to his career as an author. Most of his inspiration came to him...
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24 January 2013

Conversations with Mani Ratnam

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Pages: 305 , Price: 799 Author: Baradwaj Rangan       Knowing how reticent filmmaker Mani Ratnam can be, one has to congr...
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29 December 2012

Christmas Holiday by Somerset Maugham

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Among all his works, Christmas Holiday published in 1939, counts as Maugham's most political novel. It still has all the central...
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