Anita Nair This is Anita Nair’s first novel, and quite a good start. I could identify with it quite a bit, probably because of the Kerala setting, and therefore the familiarity with the kind of characters that appear in the background. Having said that, the protagonist is quite a universal character. Mukundan, a retired government […]
A few days back, I came across a line we had used some time back for a brand campaign, as part of some ambient advertising – “Let’s cut climbing stairs, but not climbing ladders”. That ended up prompting quite a surreal thought. Of starting to climb a ladder from the time we’re kids. The first […]
The letter from his bank spoke about their pleasure at his carrying out a transaction with them after a long time. They looked forward to serving him well in the future too. He doubted that. After a year of stupid procedures that hampered any transaction he attempted, he’d closed the account a few days back. […]
Jeffrey Archer Every time I start an Archer book, I expect to be entertained and to be made to think, and it always happens so. This one is no different. I simply loved the humour that Archer retains throughout the book. But it is a bit different in on another front. It is based on […]
Gramin will go down in archives as the first veg restaurant to written about on this blog. Before going further, let me reassure readers that I’m too chicken to go veg, this is just an aberration caused by super villainess D, who, with a malicious smile, ignored her bitter half , and chose the weekend’s […]