Storywallah by Sam Selvadurai (Editor)

Writers in English from South Asia(India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh) have found a niche in the contemporary literary scene. They have their own stories to tell regardless of which part of the world they have migrated to. Many live in the West, some straddle continents while [...]

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Tibet, key to Asia by Amaury de Riencourt

Title: Roof of the World Tibet, Key to Asia Author: Amaury de Riencourt Read: June 2007
Map of Tibet thanks to savetibet.org
I have always been intrigued by Buddhism. When I first visited Sikkim, I had a chance to visit the Rumtek monastery and was immediately in awe of it. The land too [...]

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The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Title: The Da Vinci Code Author: Dan Brown Read: June 2007
The movie (2006, directed by Ron Howard) was what prompted me to read this book in the first place. I wouldn’t exactly classify it as a literary gem, but it would be unfair to take credit away from where it is indeed successful: as an [...]

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The Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh

Title: The Hungry Tide Author: Amitav Ghosh Read: April 2007
A young Indian American marine biologist, Pia, travels to the Sunderbans to study the Orcaella dolphin. She encounters Kanai, a successful translator, who is visiting his aunt Nilima, a social activist running a hospital in the delta. Nilima passes on a legacy to Kanai, her [...]

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