by Rajesh C.Oza | Oct 3, 2018 | Books
For several decades I’ve been reviewing books, and I’ve had the distinct pleasure of reading them so that I could share them with the readers of India Currents. But with that joy came neglect; if a book’s publication date was more than a year or two old, I would skip...
by Sejal Badami | Sep 25, 2018 | Books
An excerpt from the novel – The Storyteller’s Secret – by Sejal Badami – has debuted to being in the TOP 20 among Amazon Kindle bestsellers. When you read the excerpt below, you will know why – fluid narrative that draws you in. “‘Mankind...
by Monita Soni | Aug 20, 2018 | Books
I have to confess that I became familiar with Chetan Bhagat only after seeing the movie Three Idiots in 2009, although his first novel Five Point Someone had been published in 2004. After watching the movie, I proceeded to read many of his books on my trips to India...
by Rajesh C.Oza | Aug 12, 2018 | Books
MAGIC SEEDS by V.S. Naipaul. Knopf, 2004. Hardcover, 288 pages. $25.00. Magic Seeds is the second half of Half a Life, V.S. Naipaul’s novel written just before he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2001. Although the two books together do not stitch...
by Nirupama | Aug 7, 2018 | Books
I had the good fortune of speaking to Joshua Pollock, co-author along with Kamlesh Patel of the book – The Heartfulness Way, a book that aims to demystify meditation so as to reach readers who suffer from stress in their daily lives. Joshua Pollock has an...
by Rajesh C.Oza | Jul 12, 2018 | Books
Perhaps all heroes are empathic. To test that hypothesis, let’s first define hero and empathy. Hero (as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary): “a mythological or legendary figure often of divine descent endowed with great strength or ability; an illustrious...
