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Brave New World : Aldous Huxley

Posted on May 24, 2020 by book_blog_admin

🥂 Book Review : Brave New World by Aldous Huxley The book, Brave New World ( BNW) was first published in 1932. It is a dystopian novel often compared with George Orwell’s 1984. It is always fascinating to guess where … Continue reading →

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The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

Posted on May 11, 2020 by book_blog_admin

Palace of illusions falls in the genre of “No man’s land” . Historical fiction ? Mythology ?, History ? Or just fiction?  Amazon groups most of  such literature under main head Science Fiction , Horror and Fantasy and subhead Fantasy … Continue reading →

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This House of Clay and Water – Faiqa Mansab

Posted on November 18, 2019 by book_blog_admin

Some how, I have  a predilection for stories set in Pakistan as I find in them a curious mix of awesome liberal ideas and  absurdly medieval ones; total feminism and extreme male domination; rigid religious beliefs and the fluid, mystic  … Continue reading →

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Poor Economics by Abhijit Bannerjee and Esther Duflo

Posted on October 17, 2019 by book_blog_admin

The book Poor Economics by Abhijit Bannerjee and Esther Duflo was released in the year 2011. No doubt ,it was a best seller but it’s popularity was mainly restricted to academic circles in the field of economics and NGOs. Now … Continue reading →

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Gora – Rabindranath Tagore

Posted on July 11, 2019 by book_blog_admin

I have been spending the past couple of months or so bingeing on some serious retro reading about stories set in Kumaon , Bengal and Tamil Country of 19th Century. What surprises me is that the core issues debated then … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Living Close to Nature

Posted on July 1, 2019 by book_blog_admin

While browsing through some TED talks , I stumbled on a talk by Jon Jandai of Thailand. It was a simple talk , delivered in a gentle voice . Life is Easy ! Why are we making it difficult ? … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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