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Mumbai Noir

edited by Altaf Tyrewala 14 stories, divided into 3 sections, edited by Altaf Tyrewala, that’s Mumbai Noir. A completely different version of the city from the usual grandiose, glamorous ones that most fictional works create, it definitely lives up to the title. For some reason, I saw more of Bombay in this than the current […]

Quarantine Papers

Kalpish Ratna This book was an impulse purchase, a rare thing for me. The ‘trailer’ (not a synopsis) on the jacket hooked me, and thankfully, unlike a couple of cases earlier, this book didn’t disappoint. I think what takes it beyond a ‘thriller’ set in two ages is the layering and detailing, and that starts […]