novella - Comfortably Numb

Comfortably Numb

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Book review: Rosarita by Anita Desai

A journey within, a journey without The story opens on a cracker of a note. Our protagonist, Bonita, is sitting on a park bench in San Miguel, Mexico, absorbed in her own thoughts. She is approached by Victoria, a dramatically dressed Mexican woman of a certain age, who insists she must be the artist Rosarita`s…

Book review: Stuck Like Lint by Shefali Tripathi Mehta

This is more a brief take than a review of the book. Reading my friend Shefali Tripathi Mehta`s book, the evocatively titled Stuck Like Lint (Niyogi Books) was like taking a walk down a moss-hedged path in a secret garden. A contemplative walk, the surroundings lush and green, almost overwhelmingly so, and the branches…