Madras Medley

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08 Jul 2016

Sita: An Illustrated Retelling of the Ramayana by Devdutt Pattanaik - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Another interesting retelling from Devdutt Pattanaik, this time on the Ramayana. As with Jaya, I liked the snippets afte...
13 Mar 2016

Decoding Karna

One of my fondest memories from school was when we were split into different houses during my sixth grade. The selection...
04 Mar 2016

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Siddhartha is a simple but profound tale of a man’s discovery of the purpose of one’s life. Set in the era o...
15 Feb 2016

Yuganta: The End of an Epoch by Irawati Karve - Review by Abhishek Desikan

If setting a precedent as to what one can expect by reading a book, and delivering on that promise, was a measure of a b...
29 Dec 2015

An 18 hour tryst with the Man Who Knew Infinity

There are few whereabouts which offer the sanctity required for an immersive book reading experience. A long flight jour...