There are moments in every reader’s journey when a book sneaks up on you—one you pick up with nothing more than mild curiosity, unaware of the storm it’s about to unleash. And then, it hits you. Page ...

“The war has just begun and will last for centuries. Our enemies will increase and invade like the plague. We shall be the antidote. Many civilizations will perish and many will convert. What will ...

“But obviously if there was no concept of ownership there’d be no concept of stealing, would there? As long as there’s one starving child in the world, all property is theft.” Having read my fair ...

“The book of nature has no beginning, as it has no end. Open this book where you will, and at any period of your life, and if you have the desire to acquire knowledge you will find it of intense ...

Since Sudha Murty is my favourite author, I like to read children’s books written by her. So, one day, I asked my mother to buy me the other books by her that I still hadn’t read. My mother agreed and ...

“Oh, Lucy, we all have problems, we all suffer in our own ways – humans, djinns, demons, the gods. It’s a fundamental aspect of existence, there is no running away from it. And yet, it is through this ...

Japanese Literature is all the rage right now and I have been slowly and steadily catching up to this trend. This is my third Japanese fiction this year, after Heaven from the same author and Satoshi ...

“One day or night, during a high wind and heavy snow, the old tree will topple and perish. Only the monkeys and the boys might miss it. But while it stands, let me celebrate it, for there is nothing ...

“State control of Hindu temples and their property is by far the largest, financially most damaging scam of independent India.” Anand Ranganathan is no unknown figure. An author, and a scientist, he ...

Set in the year 2032, this mind-boggling, politically charged novel about pillage and plunder; power and control, and dominance and rivalry in a surprisingly not-so-far future, centers around the ...

I was on the hunt for a chilling horror short story collection for an Indian horror book recommendation video that I am planning for my YouTube channel. That is when I chanced upon Amitav Ganguly’s ...

“The stories and the poems float in through my window, float in from the magic mountains, and the words appear on the page without much effort on my part. I can see the curvature of the earth from my ...