Have you ever really bonded with a book? A book you keep going back to time and again? A book which is your comfort in the darkness? “Rain in the Mountains – Notes from the Himalayas” has been one such book for me. I have read many of Ruskin Bond’s work, but this has been […]

A book is the best gift that you can give yourself. It cheers you up on a gloomy day, takes you to places without even moving your feet, and stays with you forever. And if you go back to it after a long time, the pleasure derived from it will always be there. My friendship […]

This book review was first published at “www.boloji.com“. Introduction Our very own resident Wordsworth in prose, Ruskin Bond, recounts the first twenty one years of his life in his memoir ‘Scenes from a Writer’s Life’. They formed the most emotional, impressionable, and vulnerable year of his life. The first twenty one years were his formative […]

This book review was published at “www.boloji.com”. HL: Draupadi’s dilemmas Introline: this book brings her alive through conversations and dreams. unlike the usual stories of Mahabharata, here, the woman is kept in the forefront By Sonalika Arora “Only a fool meddles in the Great Design. Besides, your destiny is born of lifetimes of karma, too […]

*This blog post has also been published at www.womensweb.in. Ever wondered that a comic strip can hold so many secrets to life? When I came across ‘Calvin and Hobbes’, the most popular comic strip worldwide, I was filled with awe and a regret at the same time. Regret that why had I missed such a wonderful […]