Exploring the inner courtyard This 50-year-old classic is a tough candidate for translation but the English version of 'Naalukettu' is
as spell-binding as ever.
Looking East and talking West This book succeeds in explaining the antecedents of political Hinduism, something that the author might not have planned!
Striking the right notes! This book is a coffee table must-have for anyone who is a lover of western classical music.
BROWSER'S NOOK
Tinged with tenderness Nalini Jones explores territory mapped by Jhumpa Lahiri and other immigrant Indians: the world of middle-class Indians, at home, abroad and dangling somewhere in between in her debut collection of nine interlinked stories.
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