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Our Bookish Worlds by Aakriti jain

The Review

Find reviews, stories and history behind each book as we read it in our present world

The silver lining we all want exists in anne of green gables by lm montgomery

The silver lining we all want exists in anne of green gables by lm montgomery

The silver lining we all want exists in anne of green gables by lm montgomery

May 242 min read

The thrill of écriture Plate in Elena Ferrante's Story of a New Name

The thrill of écriture Plate in Elena Ferrante's Story of a New Name

The thrill of écriture Plate in Elena Ferrante's Story of a New Name

May 202 min read

Who is Jhumpa Lahiri writing in Whereabouts? Locating immigrant emotions in a country of one's choosing and a new life

Who is Jhumpa Lahiri writing in Whereabouts? Locating immigrant emotions in a country of one's choosing and a new life

Who is Jhumpa Lahiri writing in Whereabouts? Locating immigrant emotions in a country of one's choosing and a new life

May 192 min read

Can we ever escape generational trauma? Junot Diaz talks about mothers who save, politicians who dictate and language that colonization creates in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Can we ever escape generational trauma? Junot Diaz talks about mothers who save, politicians who dictate and language that colonization creates in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Can we ever escape generational trauma? Junot Diaz talks about mothers who save, politicians who dictate and language that colonization creates in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

May 52 min read

I try to read the Name of the Rose as Virginia Woolfe reads any book

I try to read the Name of the Rose as Virginia Woolfe reads any book

I try to read the Name of the Rose as Virginia Woolfe reads any book

Apr 302 min read

Ernaux's Simple Passions is a dazzlingly simple study in the language of passion

Ernaux's Simple Passions is a dazzlingly simple study in the language of passion

Ernaux's Simple Passions is a dazzlingly simple study in the language of passion

Apr 302 min read

Tipping in Spain: Stories from Barcelona

Tipping in Spain: Stories from Barcelona

Tipping in Spain: Stories from Barcelona

Apr 292 min read

The Things We Inherit as Culture

The Things We Inherit as Culture

The Things We Inherit as Culture

Apr 231 min read

Rachel Cusk's Second Place is where the search for self starts

Rachel Cusk's Second Place is where the search for self starts

Rachel Cusk's Second Place is where the search for self starts

Apr 192 min read

Mumbai, Before Sunrise: Flora Fountain in the centre of Art Deco Gothic Buildings

Mumbai, Before Sunrise: Flora Fountain in the centre of Art Deco Gothic Buildings

Mumbai, Before Sunrise: How our single-minded devotion to eat fresh bun maska at Yazdani led us to an uncanny space in Mumbai

Apr 174 min read

The Amazing Art of Upcycling

The Amazing Art of Upcycling

The Amazing Art of Upcycling

Oct 7, 20241 min read

Minimalism and Coco Chanel’s "outrageous fashion" in the pandemic

Minimalism and Coco Chanel’s "outrageous fashion" in the pandemic

Minimalism and Coco Chanel’s "outrageous fashion" in the pandemic

Oct 7, 20241 min read

Reading Andre Aciman's Homo Irrealis: To exist as an artist is to exist out of time

Reading Andre Aciman's Homo Irrealis: To exist as an artist is to exist out of time

Reading Andre Aciman's Homo Irrealis: To exist as an artist is to exist out of time

Sep 9, 20242 min read

Reading Anita Desai's Rosarita in your late 20s

Reading Anita Desai's Rosarita in your late 20s

Reading Anita Desai's Rosarita in your late 20s

Aug 15, 20243 min read

In Chaturvedi's Alipura, we remember what our lives are made of

In Chaturvedi's Alipura, we remember what our lives are made of

In Chaturvedi's Alipura, we remember what our lives are made of

Oct 24, 20213 min read

In The Alchemist Paulo Coelho constructs our homes and dreams beyond our content worlds

In The Alchemist Paulo Coelho constructs our homes and dreams beyond our content worlds

In The Alchemist Paulo Coelho constructs our homes and dreams beyond our content worlds

Feb 28, 20214 min read

Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is all about finding our roots with Google Maps and Nationality

Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is all about finding our roots with Google Maps and Nationality

Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is all about finding our roots with Google Maps and Nationality

Feb 1, 20216 min read

In Goat Days, Benyamin ponders our ability to adapt to little things in life

In Goat Days, Benyamin ponders our ability to adapt to little things in life

In Goat Days, Benyamin ponders our ability to adapt to little things in life

Jan 18, 20215 min read

Oscar Wilde keeps an account of our Sufferables and Pleasurables Social Media in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde keeps an account of our Sufferables and Pleasurables Social Media in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde keeps an account of our Sufferables and Pleasurables Social Media in The Picture of Dorian Gray

Jan 3, 20214 min read

Dipping In and Out of 1947 Partition History in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man

Dipping In and Out of 1947 Partition History in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man

Dipping In and Out of 1947 Partition History in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man

Dec 27, 20204 min read

How to write in a Room of Our Own: Woolf’s guide to writing next to a Glass Window

How to write in a Room of Our Own: Woolf’s guide to writing next to a Glass Window

How to write in a Room of Our Own: Woolf’s guide to writing next to a Glass Window

Dec 13, 20205 min read

Nemat Sadat's The Carpet Weaver reminds us to choose our Metaphors of Love

Nemat Sadat's The Carpet Weaver reminds us to choose our Metaphors of Love

Nemat Sadat's The Carpet Weaver reminds us to choose our Metaphors of Love

Dec 6, 20204 min read

What makes a city: M. Mukundan reports our Delhi’s Soliloquy

What makes a city: M. Mukundan reports our Delhi’s Soliloquy

What makes a city: M. Mukundan reports our Delhi’s Soliloquy

Nov 29, 20205 min read

Pico Iyer's A Beginner's Guide to Japan becomes a handbook to our culture

Pico Iyer's A Beginner's Guide to Japan becomes a handbook to our culture

Pico Iyer's A Beginner's Guide to Japan becomes a handbook to our culture

Nov 18, 20205 min read

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