Madras Medley

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20 Jun 2020

History Under Your Feet by Ratnakar Sadasyula - Review by Abhishek Desikan

History Under Your Feet is an excellent book for reasons which are not typically why books are considered worthy of prai...
16 May 2020

Avishi: Vishpala of Rig Veda Reimagined by Saiswaroopa Iyer - Review by Abhishek Desikan

Avishi is a fictional tale re-imagining Vishpala, a woman mentioned in the Rig-Veda. It speaks volumes about the author,...
20 Mar 2020

Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson - Review by Abhishek Desikan

The first thing I realized after reading this book is that self-help books are not for me. With that caveat, I’ll ...
07 Feb 2020

The Goat Thief by Perumal Murugan - Review by Abhishek Desikan

The Goat Thief by Perumal Murugan was, for me, a delightful foray into short stories after a lot of non-fiction books. T...
02 Feb 2020

The Curse of Gandhari by Aditi Banerjee - Review by Abhishek Desikan

The Mahabharata is an epic that keeps giving food for thought on every new reading. Just when one thinks that we have le...