It is a colorful tiny creature Nature marking clear its feature. Drinks nectar, flies every acre Helping flowers to breed better. Up it goes, spreading wings awide Leaving one breathless behind. It is soft silky to touch One cannot say too much. After all its a tiny creature Nature marking […]
Anita Desai is a master of tragedy. She portrays her characters so realistically that you start feeling their pain, their suffering rubs onto you for sometime. Fasting Feasting is one of the earliest books of the author that I read. It moved me emotionally, pricking a needle in one of […]
Sister of my Heart by Chitralekha Bannerjee is the story of two young girls, unrelated by blood, but united by a string of heart. They were born at almost the same time, but to different mothers. Basudha and Anjali are the two young girls of Chatterjee clan who are different in […]
Queen of Dreams by Chitralekha Banerjee is one of those few books that I read twice to decipher the true meanings of symbols, dreams and reality interwoven so fantastically that it simply leaves you bewitched each time, egging you to read on till you reach the very end so that […]
I took a fancy for Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee, the moment I saw it lying on a dusty library shelf. I could relate to her fancy for mythological stories of Ramayana and Mahabharata, that as a kid I grew on. The book tells the story of Mahabharata with […]
A book is a compendium of knowledge. As I ruffle through its pages, my whole body gets a pleasant convulsion, its scent wafting through, enriching me with its wisdom, its timeless sheen passed on. At times, I wonder what people used to do when there were no books. A time […]
Stars in the sky, like diamond they shine Do they realise why earthlings so much whine There may not be a day, when they dont make hay Irrespective whether or not there is sunshine Urchins make noises, dogs make cries Drawing everyone nearer their sorrows and joys Why cant I […]
There were two roads So to say One of yes, the other of nay I chose the one less traveled by Thats made all the difference in life Getting a house is easy But to make it a home is tricky God gives us life Then let us decide what […]
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