"Our choices define us, and we have to live by their consequences in the universe we make those choices." Tomson Robert is an excellent storyteller, the way he has portrayed Dave’s journey from workaholic to a content family man is just remarkable. The author's style of writing is simple to...
'Kagaz Ke Mahal' is Ravi's first book and we recently got a chance to speak to him about it and a lot more other things. Excerpts: The Bookoholics: Is there any inspiration or a particular theme you follow in ‘Kagaz ke Mahal’? Ravi Kumar: The book derives its inspiration from the...
Strange Stories Shreya Sen
A collection of short stories, ‘Strange Stories’ is extraordinary just as promised. The first story of a nurse who loves reading and finds a patient reading one of her favourite books warmed me right away. She exclaimed, ‘Holden Caulfield, I haven’t seen you in a while!” And he says, “Jane Gallagher,...
“So what if she’s the typical awkward middle child?” the first line of the blurb and I was sold. Being a middle child myself, I needed someone to share my pain and struggle of growing up ignored by my parents. Not on purpose but by default. The author gave...
Ajinkya Bhasme
The Bookoholics: What inspired you to write ‘When the Devil Whispers’? Ajinkya Bhasme: WTDW is inspired by true events. I first heard this story from my mother, who is a lawyer, when I was very young. I was terrified of stepping out of my house in the fear of getting...
10 books to gift to your sibling
“This is what I want: I want to grab my brother's hand and run back through time, losing years like coats falling from our shoulders.” ― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun It’s Rakhi time! Siblings are always around through all our ups and down. But this is one day...
“I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” ― Helen Keller  I made a of friends in my life and somehow lost more friends than I had. But in the end, there were a few who are still with me, and I hope they will...
The Bookoholics: Generally, the new authors dabble with romance, what made you write humour? Anirban: Good question. Even I think about it at times; the simplest answer is that I can’t write in any other genre other than humour. In any case, there is no fun in writing say a...
After reading the journey of Raman, we have a lot of questions for the author of this heart warming book, 'The Paintbrush' Here are the answers to some: The Bookoholics: From an illustrator to writer, how did that happen? Krishnashish Jana:For me, the two always goes hand in hand. The very idea...
For someone whose interest in cricket is limited to IPL 20-20 matches, this book was surprisingly enjoyable. T Sathish has written a bible for Cricket fans. A book that takes you to the glorious history of cricket in the ’90s. Though the book is centered around cricket, it is...