Category: Books

This clever period novel about a Parsi boy born without a future (almost) wins you over Tashan Mehta’s first novel almost wins you over; almost. It all boils down to the kind of reader you are. Of course, when I say, Tashan Mehta’s first novel The Liar’s Weave almost wins you over, I am talking… Continue reading The Liar’s Weave By Tashan Mehta: A Book Review

Even as the clouds of war threaten to loom on the Northeastern frontier, the India House in London paid a fitting tribute to the man who led India to victory in East Pakistan, with the launch of the book Field Marshal Sam Manekshaw: The Man and His Times. connectedtoindia.com | Jul 27th 2017 High Commissioner… Continue reading Book on Field Marshal Manekshaw launched at India House, UK

When I moved to New York, one of the first dozen Parsis I must’ve met included Phil and Dhun Shroff. And over the years as I got to meet them more and more and get to know them better, I was always intrigued by this immaculately and (always) fashionably dressed amazing couple, who in their… Continue reading Phil Shroff: From Dreams to Reality

Just three novels and one collection of short stories, and yet the reclusive Indian-Canadian writer’s fame is assured. Rohinton Mistry holds his Booker Prize shortlisted novel “Family Matters”. Image credit: Stephen Hird / Reuters Scroll.in, July 3, 2017 Urvashi Bahuguna Since the 1950s, the decade in which writer Rohinton Mistry was born, deaths in India’s… Continue reading Rohinton Mistry turns 65: How has he struck a fine balance in his long journey as a writer?

Author Murzban F. Shroff informs us of the recent launch of the e-book version of his novel, Waiting for Jonathan Koshy, on Amazon Kindle. The book has a five-star rating on Amazon, was a finalist for the Horatio Nelson Fiction Prize, and received high praise from two top-drawer authors: the Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Olen… Continue reading Waiting for Jonathan Koshy Now on Amazon Kindle

Of Coffee & Bad Dates: Khushnuma Daruwala On Her New Book When Khushnuma Daruwala learnt that her friend had been on over 50 dates via matrimonial sites, she was shocked. From stalkers to men who turn up in tiny shorts to guys with mommy issues to guys who discuss their bowel movements, these stories are… Continue reading 50 Cups Of Coffee: Khushnuma Daruwala On Her New Book

Sticky Towels and a Newspaper with an Agenda: Bachi Karkaria’s New Book Brings Alive the Nanavati Murder Case Madness Bachi Karkaria’s new book on the infamous Nanavati murder case of 1959 should be a textbook for millennials to let them know they didn’t invent anything — sex, viral marketing and most fascinatingly, trial by media.… Continue reading In Hot Blood By Bachi Karkaria: A Book Review