Homesick;Roshi Fernando, Bloomsbury, Rs.399.
From a New Year’s Party to a family funeral, via ghetto blasters and growing pains, through 7/7 and the world according to Charlie Chaplin, life in all its complexity happens to Preethi, Nil, Lolly, Rohan and their tightly knotted Sri Lankan families in South London.
Happy Birthday and Other Stories;Meghna Pant, Random House, Rs.299
A celebration of the complex and mysterious inner lives of human beings, these short stories are compelling, emotionally intelligent and provide a rare glimpse into the strange workings of the human heart.
I Swallowed Up the Moon: The Poetry of Gulzar;Saba Mahmood Bashir, HarperCollins, Rs.399.
A look at what makes Gulzar the poet that he is. Bashir also draws a parallel between the poet’s film and non-film poetry, how they are used interchangeably and how Gulzar brings literature and cinema closer.
Scandal Point;Fahad Samar, HarperCollins, Rs.250.
An uproarious and thought-provoking satire about Bollywood, high society shenanigans and obsession with celebrities.
Complete Convenient;Ketan Bhagat, Srishti, Rs.195.
A rollercoaster ride through emotions and experiences as they really are and as you imagine them to be.
The Namesake;Conor Fitzgerald, Bloomsbury, Rs.399.
A man is found dead outside the court buildings; the magistrate is investigating the Calabrian mafia and Commissioner Alex Blume must find the murderer.
Of Ghosts and Other Perils;Troilokyonath Mukhopadhyay, trs. Arnab Bhattacharya, Orient BlackSwan, price not stated.
Troilokyanath Mukhopadhyaya's tales are a strange and delightful amalgam of fact and the unreal that also have elements of social criticism tinged with satire.
