Madras Medley

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30 Dec 2017

Blood Red Sari (Kali Rising #1) by Ashok Banker - Review by Abhishek Desikan

I don’t think I’ve given a lower rating for any book I’ve read so far. I would have given it 0 stars i...
17 Nov 2017

Scion of Ikshvaku (Ram Chandra #1) by Amish Tripathi - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Not too impressed with the first book of the Ram Chandra Series, primarily because the writing style is exactly the same...
03 Nov 2017

Sri Ramanuja His Life Religion and Philosophy by Tapasyananda - Review by Abhishek Desikan

A primer on the life of the Sri Vaishnava philosopher, Ramanuja, with an introduction to Vishishtadvaita and its differe...
28 Oct 2017

The Bachelor of Arts by R.K. Narayan - Review by Abhishek Desikan

I’m too small a person to comment on R K Narayan’s writing but I can safely claim that he has an inimitable style which ...
23 Oct 2017

The Ocean of Churn: How the Indian Ocean Shaped Human History by Sanjeev Sanyal - Review by Abhishek Desikan

There aren’t many books which make you feel thankful that you came across them. The Ocean of Churn, by Sanjeev Sanyal, i...