A Small Fortune by Rosie Dastgir
A Small Fortune by Rosie Dastgir is a novel with a simple plot. The debut author manages to transport us literally to the Asian neighbourhoods of North England. During my visits…
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For God’s Sake by Ambi Parameswaran
Promise – large promise – is the soul of advertising; Samuel Johnson (1709-84). For God’s Sake: An Adman on the Business of Religion by Ambi Parameswaran is an interesting read….
Devil does care
“Devil does care” is a book by my good friend Pravin Shekar, which got released on 4th November at the TiECON Chennai 2016 event in ITC Grand Chola. Pravin‘s book is…
Behind Closed Cubicles
BCC is one of the books that got released on 4th November at the TiECON Chennai 2016 event in ITC Grand Chola. I have known the author of this book…
Akkarai Seemaiyil
திரு.சுந்தர ராமசாமி அவர்களின் “ஒரு புளியமரத்தின் கதை” நாவலுக்கு அடுத்து அவரின் இந்த சிறுகதைத் தொகுப்பைப் படித்தேன். அபாரம். ஒரு எழுத்தாளனால் இப்படியெல்லாம் கூட வாசகனை கவர்ந்துவிட முடியுமா?. அதற்கு சாட்சி இந்த சிறுகதைகள். நிச்சயம் படிக்கவேண்டிய கதைகள் இவை. 1950களில் அவரால்…
Facebook, Twitter & A Pair of Shoes
I just realised I haven’t posted a review of a book that I enjoyed reading some time back – “Facebook, Twitter and a Pair of Shoes” (FTAPOS) by G.Sankaranarayanan, here it…
Ten kings by Ashok Banker
I have been avoiding reading any more of Mythological fiction, I have had enough of that genre after reading many of them – Shiva Trilogy, Sita’s Ascent, Gind and Scion of…
Tamil Handbook by G.U.Pope
Today while going to Higginbotham’s bookshop in Anna Salai, Chennai I spotted this book. Titled “A Handbook of Tamil Language” by Rev.G.U.Pope and published by Asian Educational Services, the black…