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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


Mumbai, Before Sunrise: How our single-minded devotion to eat fresh bun maska at Yazdani led us to an uncanny space in Mumbai
In my third consecutive trip to Mumbai, we rediscover the gothic architecture of Colaba in a strange light, keep loose change to try Mawa cake at Mumbai's oldest Parsi Bakery and listen closely to the human of the Elephanta Caves.
Aakriti Jain
Apr 174 min read


Salman Rushdie's Quichotte is all about finding our roots with Google Maps and Nationality
There are “too many roots” to be gathered in one’s lifetime; through words, gestures, and most importantly, through the cinematic world...
Aakriti Jain
Feb 1, 20216 min read


Dipping In and Out of 1947 Partition History in Bapsi Sidhwa’s Ice-Candy Man
It’s strewn with the violence of partition, as is customary of books that are about partition. Birth of a nation, the separation of a...
Aakriti Jain
Dec 27, 20204 min read


Nemat Sadat's The Carpet Weaver reminds us to choose our Metaphors of Love
One defines oneself with the things they come in contact with. So does Kanishka, our young protagonist, by using the rather extensive...
Aakriti Jain
Dec 6, 20204 min read


What makes a city: M. Mukundan reports our Delhi’s Soliloquy
Advertising goes way back in the Indian history, I read that in a book about advertising. It informed me that its start was the 1910s....
Aakriti Jain
Nov 29, 20205 min read
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