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Book Review : The Marriage Bureau for rich people

Title : The Marriage Bureau for Rich PeopleAuthor : Farahad ZamaPages : 291Publisher : Amy Einhorn Books (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)Rating : 3.5/5 Farahad Zama’s debut novel, “The Marriage Burueau for rich people” is a simple story, set in coastal Andhra Pradesh. I was drawn to it by comparisons of it to the “The No. 1 […]

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Book Review : The case of the missing servant

I’m a big who-dun-it fan. Poirot is my favorite detective of all, followed by Precious Ramotswe and Sherlock Holmes. Poirot is Poirot because of all his eccentricities, so when I read of a desi equivalent, it piqued my curiosity. In this book, Tarquin Hall writes about Vish Puri, a 51 year old, portly, Punjabi private […]

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2009 : Good reads

There were a lot of lovely books in 2009, and here are three of my favorites : – The help by Kathryn Stockett Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is a young girl who has just finished her degree  and returned to her small, conservative town of Jackson, Mississippi. Unlike other girls her age, she does not subscribe […]

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