Ashwin Sanghi and the secrets of writing a thriller
I remember reading Chanakya’s Chant a few years back and knew then that the time for Indian readers to get high on thrillers written by Indian writers had come. In the years that followed, I read and reviewed The Krishna Key and Private India as well. Obviously then, it was fascinating to finally meet the...
The native digital era is finally here
When I say that the native digital era is finally here I do not mean that the conventional print book is dead. It isn’t. However, reading has been given a power-filled push because books can be read even on the smartphone with all the benefits that the typical Kindle e-reader gives. It isn’t only Sanjeev...
The strength of a zealot. Review of ‘Private India’
Attention is like that ‘fine line between life and death’ transforming a thriller into a readable book or being shelved for some future reading which is as good as it being sentenced to a life in company of millions of unread words. Every book looks for the zealot lurking inside a reader, and who is...
The philosopher is more important than the stone. Review of ‘The Krishna Key’
‘Chhedi and Priya were stumped.’ Well, I’m sure most of the characters even inside this novel must’ve been stumped. As a reader and very much an outsider for all that this book has, even I was thoroughly stumped. Just look at what a reader has to agree to believe. ‘Just take the name Noah and...
