Literature

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Sameer Gudhate•

What Does It Take to Keep Living? — Parts of Living by Sindhura Chamala, reviewed by Dr. Sameer Gudh

There are people who look lonely.And then there are people who have become so good at living alone that nobody thinks to ask if they are lonely.Meera is one of them.At fifty, she has a job. A routine. A home. A life that, from the outside, seems perfectly manageable.She wakes up. Goes to work. Comes back. Follows her routines.Nothing is falling apart.Except perhaps Meera herself.That is where Sind...

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What Does It Take to Keep Living? — Parts of Living by Sindhura Chamala, reviewed by Dr. Sameer Gudh
Prasanna Ratanjankar•

Desire Never Left the Kitchen: How Laura Esquivel Rewrote the Rules of the Domestic Heroine

Those who know me are aware of my unhealthy obsession with anything Latin-American. I actively seek books, content, and movies emerging from that region. In fact, I started learning Spanish because I read an extremely passionate poem by Pablo Neruda in college and was, well, obsessed. Needless to say, my brain immediately associates passion with Spanish, and it isn’t without reason. After all, the...

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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of I Cannot Say Goodbye to You by Rithvik Singh

Sometimes the hardest goodbye is not the one we say to another person. It is the goodbye we keep postponing inside ourselves.That is where I Cannot Say Goodbye to You finds its emotional strength.At first glance, the title can make you expect a familiar romance — love, separation, heartbreak, and the difficult business of moving on. But Rithvik Singh’s first romance novel reaches somewhere more un...

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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of I Cannot Say Goodbye to You by Rithvik Singh
Sameer Gudhate•

When Love Opens a Door to Another World: Uneetaria by Sean Walker — A Review by Sameer Gudhate

Sometimes love doesn’t just change two people.Sometimes it changes the world they are standing in.That is the intriguing idea at the centre of Sean Walker’s UNEETARIA, the first book in The Uneetaria Saga.Jalen and Amara begin with a connection.But theirs is not the kind of connection that ends with two people simply falling in love.Their bond opens a door.And behind that door is Uneetaria.A world...

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When Love Opens a Door to Another World: Uneetaria by Sean Walker — A Review by Sameer Gudhate
Pradeep Mohandas•

Windows of Clarity

My name is Sundareshan. It is a weird name. On a side table, the alarm was blaring louder and louder. Actually, I think the sound was getting louder because I was waking up from a very deep slumber.After I got ready, I wore a full shirt and formal trousers. I am a Professor in a college. While they expect me to also wear a tie, I go without one. I also wear sneakers instead of the Bata shoes that ...

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Sameer Gudhate•

When Justice Failed, Fear Ruled: A Review of The Shadow of Evil by Jigs Ashar & Sarthak Dasgupta — B

There are crimes so brutal that they refuse to remain inside police files. They become part of a city’s memory. Parents whisper about them to protect their children. Entire neighbourhoods measure time by what happened before and after. The Shadow of Evil belongs to that unsettling category of true crime — not because it glorifies violence, but because it forces us to confront what happens when vio...

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When Justice Failed, Fear Ruled: A Review of The Shadow of Evil by Jigs Ashar & Sarthak Dasgupta — B
Sameer Gudhate•

The Bhagavad Gita Didn’t Change. The Conversation Around It Did.: A Review of The Gita for Gen Z: Cl

Every generation believes its struggles are unique.Maybe they are.Maybe they aren’t.Anxiety has a different name today. Overthinking has become a personality trait. Career pressure begins before adulthood. Social media has turned comparison into a daily habit. We carry entire conversations inside our heads long after they have ended.That is exactly where The Gita for Gen Z by Rania Sen begins.Not ...

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The Bhagavad Gita Didn’t Change. The Conversation Around It Did.: A Review of The Gita for Gen Z: Cl
Sameer Gudhate•

Why the Night Sky Feels Different After Reading Mysteries of the Universe by Peter Altman, by Sameer

There is something wonderfully human about looking up at the night sky and asking questions no one can answer with complete certainty.Where did all this come from?Are we really alone?Could time ever flow backwards?And if the universe had a beginning, will it one day have an end?Most of us have wondered about these questions at some point. Few of us ever find explanations that don’t leave us even m...

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Why the Night Sky Feels Different After Reading Mysteries of the Universe by Peter Altman, by Sameer
Sameer Gudhate•

Not Born Extraordinary, But Unwilling to Stop — A Review of She Rises: Unfinished Dreams by Harihara

There is something quietly revealing about the stories we choose to remember. History celebrates achievements, but the roads leading to those achievements are often far more meaningful than the destination itself. They are filled with rejection, loss, uncertainty, and moments when giving up would have been easier. She Rises: Unfinished Dreams by Hariharan Iyer chooses to tell those stories instead...

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Not Born Extraordinary, But Unwilling to Stop — A Review of She Rises: Unfinished Dreams by Harihara
Sameer Gudhate•

Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Menon Investigation by Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari

There is a strange comfort in detective fiction.A crime happens.Someone investigates.Truth emerges.Justice, more often than not, follows.The Menon Investigation reminded me that real life rarely offers that comfort.And perhaps that’s exactly what Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari wanted me to realize.At first, I thought I was picking up another police procedural.An old murder.A senior police officer.A cold...

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Sameer Gudhate Presents the Book Review of The Menon Investigation by Saharu Nusaiba Kannanari

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