Book Review #78: The Nine Lives of Annie Besant

Name: The Nine Lives of Annie Besant - The Astonishing Story of a Victorian RebelAuthor: Clare PatersonNo. of Pages: 256Genre: Non-Fiction/BiographyPublisher: Penguin Random House IndiaPrice: Rs. 499/-Published in: 2025 How did I get it? From the publisher. THE BLURB SAYS: On Thursday, 5 April 1877, thirty-year-old Annie Besant stood trial in London for daring to …

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Book Review #77: An Uncommon Love

Name: An Uncommon Love - The Early Life of Sudha and Narayana MurthyAuthor: Chitra Banerjee DivakaruniNo. of Pages: 345Genre: Non-FictionPublisher: Juggernaut BooksPrice: Rs. 799/-Published in: 2023 How did I get it? From the publisher. THE BLURB SAYS: Sudha Kulkarni was forging a career as TELCO’s first woman engineer when she met the serious, idealistic and …

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Book Review #76: Failure To Make Round Rotis

Name: Failure To Make Round RotisAuthor: Mehak GoyalNo. of Pages: 199Genre: PoetryPublisher: Juggernaut BooksPrice: Rs. 399/-Published in: 2023 How did I get it? From the publisher. THE BLURB SAYS: In this powerful debut collection, Mehak Goyal writes vividly of the experiences of young Indian women today. She explores the doubt that you carry while adulting, …

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Book Review #75: Mohini the Enchantress

Name: Mohini the EnchantressAuthor: Anuja ChandramouliNo. of Pages: 240Genre: Mythological fictionPublisher: Rupa Publications IndiaPrice: Rs. 295/-Published in: 2020 How did I get it? A PDF copy from the author. THE BLURB SAYS: Elusive as a fragment of a forgotten dream, fragile as a figment from fantasy, Mohini is perfection made possible. Distilled from the essence …

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