Abhinav Agarwal

Reacher Said Nothing: Lee Child and the Making of Make Me, by Andy Martin (minor spoilers) A fascinating premise with the promise to uncover...

Vritrahan, by Ratul Chakraborty Vritrahan is a stunning work in free verse by Ratul Chakraborty that retells the story of Vritra.  When a bo...

Uprising: The Liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, by Neelesh Kulkarni   A freedom struggle with guns, clandestine meetings, and songs. Th...

  The Universe and the Devi: A translation of the unabridged Brahmanda Purana, by Bibek Debroy This unabridged English translation of the...

Bibek Debroy: A Tribute     Shri Bibek Debroy, or "Sir" as I called him, passed away on the 1st of November. Truly a darker Amavas...

  Indian Rennaissance: The Modi Decade. Edited by Aishwarya Pandit B etween 1989 and 1998 India saw five General Elections and six Prime Min...

The Hanuman Chalisa: Tr. Vikram Seth Ego gratification or a labour of love? When Vikram Seth, praised as the ‘best writer of his generation’...

Life, Death, and the Ashtavakra Gita, Bibek Debroy and Hindol Sengupta L ife, Death and the Ashtavakra Gita” is a combination of a translati...

Strange Obsession, by Shobha De As strange confessions go, here is one - I hadn't read a single of Shobha De's books till recently....

Sacred Songs: The Mahabharata's Many Gitas, by Bibek Debroy The Mahabharata, given its encyclopaedic length, unsurprisingly, contains ma...

Shiva Purana, Vol. 1, tr. by Bibek Debroy S hiva Purana, Vol, 1 is the first of a three-volume unabridged English translation of the Shiva...

Soufflé, by Anand Ranganathan A t under 200 pages, Anand Ranganathan’s fiction thriller-mystery novel is an ideal read on a Delhi-Mumbai or ...

This is a fast-paced read, but which comes across more as a Pakistan ISI sponsored pamphlet.  The material is haphazardly put together. The ...

Aryaa: An Anthology of Vedic Women ( Kindle e-book , Paperback ) Ten Women Who Shaped Ancient India. Aryaa is a collection of ten stories fr...

Mahabharata The Epic and the Nation, by GN Devy What gives the Mahabharata its "timeless magic", what about the epic has captivate...

Ajaya: Roll of the Dice, by Anand Neelkanthan A screed and a rant, but not a book or a story. This is a book written with the sole purpose o...

Vishnu Purana, translated by Bibek Debroy ( Paperback , Kindle e-book ) A book that stays close to its definition Why was Drupada, father-in...

Buried (Hush Collection), by Jeffrey Deaver Amazon Kindle 'Buried' is a short novella, at under 100 pages, and runs at a fast clip, ...

Classified: Hidden Truths in the ISRO Spy Story, by J. Rajasekharan Nair  ( Kindle , Amazon India ) A Sharp Look at the ISRO Spy Case. Th...

The Reacher Guy: The Authorized Biography of Lee Child, by Heather Martin (Amazon India, Kindle) Heather Martin’s authorised biography of L...