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Book Review – The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida – You’re Dead. You Have Seven Days. And Sri Lanka Is Still a Mess.
Okay, so imagine this You wake up. You’re confused. Everything’s hazy. And then you realize—oh crap, you’re dead. Not just dead. Dead dead. Gone. Finished. But here’s the weird part: you’re still… around. You can see things. Hear things. You’re in this strange in-between place with a bunch of other dead people who are just…
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First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami
I did not know what to expect when I picked up First Person Singular. I had heard about Murakami for years. People talked about his surrealism, the talking cats, the wells, the women who disappear. I thought I was ready for something wild and strange. What I got instead was something much quieter. And somehow,…
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The Painter of Signs – RK Narayan
Before you even get to the love story, before you meet the painter or the woman who turns his world upside down, you meet Malgudi. And Malgudi, as anyone who has spent time with R.K. Narayan’s writing will tell you, is not just a backdrop. It breathes. The streets are noisy and full of life….
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Vanara by Anand Neelakantan — Book Review: The Vanaras’ Side of the Ramayana
You know the Ramayana. Everyone knows the Ramayana. Rama is the perfect hero. Hanuman is the devoted servant. And somewhere in the background, there are these monkey warriors—Vanaras—who help Rama defeat Ravana and rescue Sita. That’s the story we’ve all been told. The story where Rama is right about everything and anyone who opposes him…
