Every person’s life is in a book, half filled, and half yet to be written. Will you be the author to yours? Books were my companion when, as a child, I had very few interactions with the outside world. The other cool kids always knew the moves to the latest songs, the latest shows, and Read more…

“How could those who had committed Nazi crimes or watched them happen or looked away while they were happening or tolerated the criminals among them after 1945 or even accepted them – how could they have anything to say to their children? But on the other hand, the Nazi past was an issue even for Read more…

Summary:  You know her as a mother, daughter, sister, wife, daughter-in-law. But seldom as a woman… And maybe never as a human.

Books have been my companions since childhood. My parents and teachers encouraged me to read as much as I could. Amar Chitra Katha comics, Chandamama and Champak; soon gave way to Readers’ Digest, mystery novels by Enid Blyton; Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew mystery novels; followed closely by the mushy and romantic, Mills & Boon Read more…

“i want to apologize to all women i have called pretty before i’ve called them intelligent or brave i am sorry i made it sound as though something as simple as what you’re born with is the most you have to be proud of when your spirit has crushed mountains from now on i will Read more…

Reading is a habit that caught me when I was a teeny human being full of curiosity, wonder, and a  sense of not belonging anywhere. I don’t really know who the culprit was behind me getting enamored with reading: my mom, who got me those mini story books from my school fair, or my aunt, Read more…

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…