The Misters Kuru: A Return to Mahabharata by Trisha Das Book Review
If the Kuru women are all settled in Kalyug, can be Pandavas be far behind? A witty and quirky take on how the Kuru men would react in the modern-day scenario.
Mental Health & India – Essential Reads for Family Caregivers #CauseAChatter
As a final part of the #CauseAChatter mini-series on Mental Health Talks, I share book recommendations for family caregivers. Insightful narratives that provide family caregivers comfort and help them feel included.
Blog Tour: Hana Khan Carries On by Uzma Jalaluddin Book Review + Giveaway
You’ve Got Mail meets Tweet Cute set in two competing halal restaurants. The story of a brave and tenacious woman. A culturally significant rom-com that is a must read.
Book Spotlight – Sister of the Bollywood Bride by Nandini Bajpai
For fans of Morgan Matson’s Save the Date comes a charming novel about one teen’s summer tackling disasters including, but not limited to, family, romance, and weather — as she plans her sister’s Bollywood-style Indian wedding.
Book Spotlight – The Falling Woman by Richard Farrell
Tense, thrilling, and deeply profound, The Falling Woman examines what it means to be singled out by luck or destiny. It explores what we owe to our loved ones in our final days, and what we owe ourselves.
Zoravar: Bollywood Saga 1 by Maharsh Shah Book Review
Zoravar Cheema lives and breathes movies. Half Sikh and half Pashtun, he is a street-smart young man with dreams of making it big in tinsel town. Combining fiction with history, the book follows the struggle, rise, and fall of the superstar. With a generous dose of movie history.
Book Spotlight – Committed: A Memoir of Madness in the Family by Paolina Milana
Committed: A Memoir of Madness in the Family is a memoir detailing what it is like to grow up with a paranoid schizophrenia mother only to discover that the little sister shares a similar diagnosis of mental illness. Milana inspires us with her triumphs and resiliency and offers solace to those burdened with the role of caretaker to a family member with mental health issues.
Mental Health & India – Memoirs and Personal Narratives #CauseAChatter
Literature plays an important role in increasing social awareness and empathy. Throughout history and in recent times, authors have helped remove pre-conceived notions around mental illness. Shattering stereotypes. Busting myths and misconceptions.
Neena Aunty by Anukrti Upadhyay Book Review
An independent woman who charts her own destiny. Neena Aunty is the aunt we all would love to have. A character that stays with you long after you finish reading the book.
Book Spotlight – Libertie by Kaitlyn Greenidge
A breathtaking work of historical fiction set in Reconstruction-era Brooklyn. As we come to the end of Women’s History Month, Libertie is the perfect book to celebrate womanhood, mother-daughter relationship, and above all, freedom.