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WINNOWED: Book Review: Captain Hawk by SJ Garland
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Book Reviews, Articles and Original Short Stories. Wednesday, 22 July 2015. Book Review: Captain Hawk by SJ Garland. Is attacked and destroyed by a so-called ghost ship and Seb seems to have met a watery grave. Once Nate starts the hunt for his father’s killers, he realises that he may have bitten off more than he can chew. The captain of the so-called ghost ship is a master of his craft and the first battle results in the sinking of the Falcon. Singapore is a cruel place where brothel-keepers use their ...
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WINNOWED: November 2014
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Book Reviews, Articles and Original Short Stories. Monday, 24 November 2014. Book Review: The Colonel Who Would Not Repent – The Bangladesh War and its Unquiet Legacy, by Salil Tripathi. 8217; It would be an understatement to say that I was shell-shocked. To be honest, I did not fully believe that story, traces of which can be found on the internet, such as here. As I grew older, I kept looking for answers to my questions. I found some answers, but until I read Salil Tripathi’s. Is not just about Mujib&#...
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WINNOWED: June 2015
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Book Reviews, Articles and Original Short Stories. Monday, 22 June 2015. Book Review: Death in Mumbai by Meenal Baghel. At the beginning of her 230-odd pages book, Baghel gives us a hint of what to expect when she says that ‘ large swathes of Mumbai have been ‘reclaimed’, as if the sea were an encroacher against whom a case had been filed and won. Why did Emile kill Neeraj? Was it an unplanned act carried out in the heat of the moment or was it preplanned? Or was it an act of rape? Links to this post.
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WINNOWED: September 2014
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Book Reviews, Articles and Original Short Stories. Tuesday, 30 September 2014. Book Review: Birth of the Bastard Prince by Anurag Anand. Best-selling writer Anurag Anand has come up with a sequel to his novel, The Legend of Amrapali. When The Legend of Amrapali. Since time immemorial, consorting with the enemy has been considered to be an offence. After the Nazis were thrown out of France, there was large scale retribution against French women. Links to this post. Friday, 26 September 2014. Book review: ...
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Drowning Shadows: a Novel | 'mair
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Writings, musings, philosophies and randomness! Drowning Shadows: a Novel. Drowning Shadows: a Novel. Set in the world of fashion in Karachi, Drowning Shadows is a thriller with a spiritual angle. As the protagonist, Hyder Waseem, battles for life, the book retraces his journey at two levels the physical where he is a successful fashion photographer, and the metaphysical where he is trapped in the haze of his obsession, and forced to confront his failings. LIKE the Facebook page! Enter your comment here.
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WINNOWED: April 2015
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Book Reviews, Articles and Original Short Stories. Thursday, 23 April 2015. Book Review - The Tailor's Needle by Lakshmi Raj Sharma. Prof Lakshmi Raj Sharma’s. Has been on my reading list for a while now. Recommended by many, The Tailor’s Needle. Had a smell and feel of a grand novel and I couldn’t bring myself to read it in bits and bytes as I normally do with most books. As a result, the enjoyment was delayed by a fair extent. Nevertheless, when I got around to it, I was not disappointed. I was therefo...
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WINNOWED: March 2015
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Book Reviews, Articles and Original Short Stories. Thursday, 26 March 2015. Book Review: Forgetting by Devashish Makhija. What makes one forget the past? Because one doesn’t give a damn? How easy is it to read about a new dam being built and not think of the consequential displacement of the people living in the hamlets that will soon be submerged? In one of Makhija’s stories, an adivasi boatman is asked where his village is, as he rows a boat across the waters of a dam. ‘ Right below us. 8217; he murmurs.
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WINNOWED: Book Review: Death in Mumbai by Meenal Baghel
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Book Reviews, Articles and Original Short Stories. Monday, 22 June 2015. Book Review: Death in Mumbai by Meenal Baghel. At the beginning of her 230-odd pages book, Baghel gives us a hint of what to expect when she says that ‘ large swathes of Mumbai have been ‘reclaimed’, as if the sea were an encroacher against whom a case had been filed and won. Why did Emile kill Neeraj? Was it an unplanned act carried out in the heat of the moment or was it preplanned? Or was it an act of rape? My novel, ". Reading &...
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WINNOWED: February 2015
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Book Reviews, Articles and Original Short Stories. Tuesday, 17 February 2015. Book Review: Miles To Run Before I Sleep, by Sumedha Mahajan. Our ancestors used to run to survive, to hunt food and to escape from predators. Human beings can run for sustained periods of time, unlike all other animals. I found Mahajan’s Miles to Run Before I Sleep. Covering a distance of 1,500 kilometres, in a bid to highlight the importance of preserving the environment. Mahajan’s daily struggle on account of her vario...
