Chinatown Days
Summary: It is the early nineteenth century. The British East India Company has been bringing in Chinese indentured laborers to work in the tea gardens of Assam and West Bengal. Amidst days of misery and toil, they slowly begin to find contentment in their day-to-day lives. Descended from the slave Ho Han, Mei Lin lives Read more…
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How an elder brother and Jeffrey Archer inspired SuKriti from Delhi to read
“Reading is everything. Reading makes me feel like I have accomplished something, learned something, become a better person. Reading makes me smarter. Reading gives me something to talk about later on. Reading is the unbelievably healthy way my attention deficit disorder medicates itself. Reading is escape, and the opposite of escape; it’s a way to Read more…
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Book Review: ‘Salvation of a Saint’ by Keigo Higashino
“Sometimes it’s as important to prove there is no answer to a question as it is to answer it.” Originally written in the Japanese language, Salvation of a Saint was released in 2008 with its English translation being published in 2012. This book is the fourth in the Detective Galileo series by the author Keigo Read more…
Will You Still Love Me?
Summary: Lavanya Gogoi is from the scenic hills of Shillong while Rajveer Saini belongs to the shahi city of Patiala. Worlds apart from one another, the two land up next to each other on a flight from Mumbai to Chandigarh. It’s love at first flight, at least for one of them. For the other… well, it’s Read more…
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How reading helped Harsha from Pune improve her conversational skills
In this always-on-your-toes life, sometimes it is better to sit back and relax; grab a cup of hot chocolate and a captivating book. The whole purpose of reading, according to me, is to move into your own mind palace, find solace in there; not to forget to improve your vocabulary and reading skills. For me, Read more…