Review

#7 The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy

I was forced to go a brief book hiatus, thanks to a great many changes in my life. In between my last book and this one, I completed college, summit-ed a Himalayan mountain (Roopkund, ~16,000ft), started a new job, applied and was awarded…

#6 Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

When I began my 52 in 52 challenge in January last year, apart from the obvious pursuit of making reading an immutable part of my day, I also wanted to explore genres I had never bothered to try earlier. While I was discussing this with a friend, he…

#5 The Kaunteyas by Madhavi S. Mahadevan

The Kaunteyas is an elegant re-telling of the Mahabharatha, from the eyes of the mother of the Kaunteyas (Pandavas), Kunti. As a huge Mahabharatha junkie, it doesn’t take much to convince me to try a new rendition of it. Furthermore, the fact that Kunti was…

#4 A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

“…things get broken, and sometimes they get repaired, and in most cases, you realize that no matter what gets damaged, life rearranges itself to compensate for your loss, sometimes wonderfully.”