BOOKS AMEYA

If God was a Banker by Ravi Subramanian

[Book Review] ‘If God was a Banker’ by Ravi Subramanian

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ravi Subramanian is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore. He works with a leading foreign bank and has had a career spanning 14 years. If God was a Banker is his first book and was published in 2007. It has sold more than 260,000 copies and has been a national bestseller. The book Read more…

Book review of John Grisham's Legal Thriller 'A Time To Kill'

[Book Review] ‘A Time to Kill’ by John Grisham

ABOUT THE AUTHOR John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American novelist, attorney, politician, and activist, best known for his popular legal thrillers. His books have been translated into 42 languages and published worldwide. Grisham graduated from Mississippi State University and received a J.D. degree from the University Of Mississippi School Of Law in 1981. He Read more…

How Priya Swaminathan's eighth standard English teacher motivated her to start reading

Priya: The transformation of an avid reader into a renowned author

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…

HOW RIA MISHRA FROM BHUBANESWAR STARTED READING

Ria’s journey from a Libra to a “libraria”

Since the fateful day when Johannes Gutenberg pressed the first book, the fate of the whole world changed for the better. Now, fast forward a few centuries and you’ve got a quintessential middle-school girl being forced to read a book in a hobby class tailor-made to make some troublesome and hormonal kids read for fun. Read more…