May 25, 2015
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Of Disappearances and the Opium Trade @ Talking Terrace Book Club in May 2015 (Part 1)

The first day of the month, a May Day, and Abhaya didn’t want to start. “I’ve always been the first name in the register, in my class, school and the entire state.” So Jaya started with two interesting books. River … Continue reading

May 4, 2015
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Shimmying Shammi Kapoor Vs Clear Thinking @ Talking Terrace Book Club in April 2015 (Part 2)

You can read Part 1 here. Jaya is stuck on Kiran Nagarkar—this time it’s Ravan and Eddie. She was not sure if she wanted to replace her idea of the grand sweep of Nagarkar in the historical fiction of Cuckold … Continue reading

April 9, 2015
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Of Poetry and Gender @Talking Terrace Book Club in March 2015 (Part 2)

If you haven’t read Part 1, here is the link. Jaya was immersed in two books as part of her rereading effort. Dr. Zhivago  is a novel that is hard to forget once you’ve experienced Boris Pasteurnak’s lilting prose. I … Continue reading

April 6, 2015
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Of Sci-Fi and Good Omens @ Talking Terrace Book Club in March 2015 (Part 1)

It was the day after Terry Pratchett had died, and Srishti thought it would be a fitting tribute to start on a book by this great. Good Omens  is a collaboration between Neil Gailman and Pratchett. (You must read this … Continue reading

February 19, 2015
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Many women writers and occasional men @Talking Terrace Book Club – February 2015

  In keeping with the women writers theme, Abhaya read a list of books. We wondered how one can read so many books at all. “They are slender books,” Jaya said. Anyway after a year of reading women writers, Abhaya … Continue reading

January 26, 2015
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Of a Hangman and Hobbit @Talking Terrace Book Club – January 2015

  “Vampires are more photogenic- maybe better on TV?” says Jaya who does not want to get started on her attempt to read Twilight. She wants to discuss more serious reading. Tughlaq is a drama written by veteran Girish Karnad. … Continue reading

December 22, 2014
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All about books we are reading@Talking Terrace Book Club – December 2014

It was our first one in the cold winter sun- we sat outside on the office terrace. The sun got too hot in a while, so we shifted our chairs back inside. We all liked the idea of talking about … Continue reading