Paanwalas and writers
Writers love transforming even plain words into metaphors that threaten to tell the truth as it really is. This breed loves staring boldly (well, sometimes meekly) into a blank sheet of paper until ideas are forced to get in line and begin marching to the tune that they whistle or hum or sing… or just...
Verzeih mir! This book isn’t just a thriller
Verzeih mir! This book isn’t just a thriller Review of ‘The Trail of Four’ by Manjiri Prabhu When you read a book where ‘shadowy shapes splashed with twilight orange’, interiors ‘scintillate under the stucco ceilings’, the banks of the lake has ‘lit torches perched like sentinels’, and one of the characters realises that ‘jealousy...
Tabla and Dagga. Review of ‘Stellar Signs’
It isn’t just Jatin, the astro-investigator’s assistant in ‘Stellar Signs’ written by Manjiri Prabhu, who dreams to hit it off like table and dagga, we see examples of twosome awesomeness all around. Readers and writers need to hit it off like table and dagga if you want to get away from the clichéd husband and...
A Note for the Future
What would anyone want a smartphone for? Will it be simply to talk to friends and relatives? Obviously no. There is a lot one can do with smartphones. If this be the case, what would a person do best with the smartest of smartphones today? Obviously, do a lot more than merely talk. So now...
A chuckle of amusement. A review of ‘The Cavansite Conspiracy’
Koyal couldn’t hide her surprise. ‘As far as I remember, you had a fantastic collection of classics. When and how did popular literature replace your taste?’ ‘When I knew you, I was rather selective in my habits. Over the years, I have matured enough to understand that good fiction can come in any cover and...
