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Category: Book’ed

  • Today is #BookshopDay

    Well, every day could be #BookshopDay in my case! And if I say I love reading after that euphoric statement, it would be underplaying it, no? So, I will start from the very beginning. As a child, books intrigued me. I don’t know about you, but every time I read a storybook, I’d have a…

  • Have you taken the #BrunchBookChallenge yet?

    If you are a book lover, you must have heard of the #BrunchBookChallenge by Hindustan Times. It is like the awesomest thing ever! So the deal is you have to read 30 books by the end of 2015. And how will HT keep a tab of your score? Simple. You tweet/instagram to @HTBrunch with the #BrunchBookChallenge…

  • Mrs Funny Bones – Not Just a Pretty Face

    October 1995 Whoever names their daughter Twinkle, thought I. Then again, her aunt was Simple, and her mother was Dimple, so there you go. The girl was pretty, no doubt about it. A petite, porcelain face framed by a gorgeous mane, and that unmistakable cleft in the chin; she was her mother’s daughter, alright. Ah, well,…

  • It’s Bloodline Bandra men, bleddy bugger!

    I was tuned in to Radio One, as usual, that morning. Hrishikay welcomed his guest, an author, Godfrey Joseph Pereira. Two minutes into the conversation, I was hooked on to his book Bloodline Bandra and his people stories. He talked about the East Indians, a community I interacted with, almost, on a daily basis, and of Pali village,…

  • Tisca Chopra asks – Acting Smart?

    This one is way overdue, but I had to to give it all the time it needed. Besides what’s the point of churning out a launch cum book review post if you ain’t gonna tell it like it is. So here goes. It all started with a blog interview with Tisca Chopra by the soft spoken Kiran…

  • Half Girlfriend. Full Formula.

    “Would you like to add this book?” he asked. I politely refused. He proceeded to bill the items in my cart. It was Dusshera eve. My shopping cart was overflowing with gifts for the festive season. I noticed the attractive POS (point of sale) display on every counter. The cover was quite pedestrian if you…

  • The Hunt for Kohinoor – Book Review

    When a Tata enterprise asks you to do a review for them, you graciously accept for two reasons. Two, because you assume the book will define the reader’s journey. One, because you trust your instinct. ‘The Hunt for Kohinoor’ by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar is the second book in the Mehrunisa Trilogy, the first being The…

  • Chakra (Re) View

    I had read Ritu Lalit before, once. I interact with her on a daily basis, virtually. Between you and me, I prefer the cybernetic Ritu much more than the author. She can kill you with her wit, and hang you as a trophy on her wall. Oh, and the plaque would have a fitting obituary…

  • Going Bankerupt

    Persistence pays, especially in the present times of social media. Everything and everybody, pretty much accessible. And so it was when an unsuspecting author randomly tweeted that he would like to have a blogger meet, someday. A follower, who was also a blogger, immediately gave a high five to the idea and said she looked…

  • Surfing the Virtual Waves

    Love Virtually was a random book that I picked. Actually, there was that bookstore offer where I could get 3 books for the price of 2. This was the 3rd equally priced book that made it to the cash counter. I came home and picked it to read as it seemed less daunting than the…