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2017-07-18 06:03
The Mysterious Uncle Uh-Oh by Kanika G caught my attention because of its title. Who doesn’t love a good mystery and a bit of amateur sleuthing?  I was ready to dive in, to find o… Read More
2017-07-17 04:39
Everyone has been a new kid (or adult) sometime in their life. So everyone would be familiar with that nervous feeling when one is in a new place and alien surroundings, slowly settling in… Read More
2017-06-19 02:09
After reading an excerpt from  Susmita Bagchi’s Beneath a Rougher Sea, on the website of White Swan Foundation, I was hooked and wanted to read the book. The book was especially i… Read More
2017-06-14 02:32
Notice: Undefined variable: prefix in /var/www/html/pmnm/wp-content/themes/customizr-child/functions.php on line 455 Boo! When My Sister Died by Richa Jha, is a picture book appropriate for… Read More
2017-06-06 05:25
As a niche site reviewing Indian writing, we get readers and authors and others associated with the Indian publishing scene as visitors. Make use of this traffic to advertise a job. Submit a… Read More
2017-05-19 08:26
The Dark Prophecy is the second book in the series, The Trials Of Apollo, by Rick Riordan. The series is set in the Percy Jackson universe with some overlapping characters. Apollo has been c… Read More
2017-05-13 01:19
Karan Johar is always in the eye of a storm. Everything he does, or doesn’t do, somehow becomes news. Controversies seem to follow him like the kids following the Pied Piper of Hamelin… Read More
2017-04-25 01:00
Akriti is in the eleventh standard. She studies in Chennai International Public School. She loves sketching and listening to music. She isn’t all that bothered about her studies, alway… Read More
2017-04-18 04:03
Teenage is an especially tumultuous time when world views are being formed and personalities are being shaped. At this juncture in life, when one is unsure about everything, and the self is… Read More
2017-04-11 03:26
Childhood is a gift and should be cherished before the raging hormones of teenage make their appearance and the daily drudgery of adulthood sets in. School days, people say, are the best day… Read More
2017-04-06 01:51
Funny Stories is a collection of 8 stories, each written by a different author. They tell stories which will make you laugh. Whoever said that laughter was the best medicine, was right… Read More
2017-03-16 02:19
Having heard of the author, I was eager to read one of her books. I was a bit hesitant, as it was an e-book, a format that I am not familiar with. However I pushed aside my hesitation and bo… Read More
2017-02-17 06:24
Chaos Theory was originally a play by standup comic Anuvab Pal, which was later adapted into a novel by Pal himself.  He perhaps thought it was an interesting concept and a compell… Read More
2017-02-06 10:17
A good book isn’t necessarily one which keeps you glued to it for hours. Having said that, Anita Nair’s Lessons in Forgetting was all that and more! I read it in a tearing hurry… Read More
2017-01-30 04:42
White Mughals by William Dalrymple is an interesting blend of history and a real life romance. It is not just the romance of two people, but the romance of two cultures. It is set between th… Read More
2017-01-23 10:39
Double or Quits by Shilpa Gupta narrates the life journey of Jyotsna Singh, an ambitious young girl who sets out to ‘bring the world to her feet.’  I doubted whether I… Read More
2017-01-16 08:12
When I heard the book’s name, Sleeping on Jupiter, I knew I would be reading it. I am a sucker for poetic titles! I looked at the stunning cover and I knew I would be buying it, sooner… Read More
2017-01-09 02:24
The Jeera Packer by Prashant Yadav, is the story of a man trying to tackle his mid-life crisis. A sharp shooter in his youth, he has miraculously managed to escape a life of crime unscathed… Read More
2017-01-04 04:24
The last time I tried reading Kiran Desai was when I made multiple attempts at her first book Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard and failed due to boredom. So, it was with apprehension tha… Read More
2016-12-28 04:36
I am a fan of well written, intelligent, funny, young adult novels. But given that there’s a dearth of such books in India,Taklu and Shroom, written by Ranjit Lal is a welcome addition… Read More
2016-12-22 05:34
Happily Never After by Jane De Suza is about Tina, a woman in her thirties in Bangalore, raising three children on her own. The story as narrated by Tina, is mainly a collection of her… Read More
2016-12-16 04:20
Jerry Pinto’s Em and Big Hoom deals with bipolar disorder, which is a very real and serious issue, but the author handles it with humour, giving it a touch of lightness. I read it when… Read More
2016-11-28 09:25
It is one thing to be born into a faith, but quite another thing to understand what your faith says and  to live by the tenets of your faith.  What better way to do this than by wi… Read More
2016-11-18 03:54
I believe in the adage that a book is not to be judged by the wrapper. Seeing the promising cover page of Band, Baaja, Boys!, by Rachna Singh, I was wary about how it was going to turn out… Read More
2016-11-04 03:57
Songs Of Stone by Sujata Sabnis, is about the life long romance of the couple, Jagat and Nilofer, set in the Mughal era, starting in 1617 during the reign of Jahangir and ending with the con… Read More
2016-10-26 06:05
Invisible People by Harsh Mander, is a collection of short stories about the lives of people, who found themselves in frightening and desperate circumstances, often for reasons beyond their… Read More
2016-10-17 03:10
Glitter and Gloss by Vibha Batra is an entertaining book for young girls and those others who are young at heart and still have that romance kicking in their minds. The style is quite differ… Read More
2016-09-20 01:58
Ravana Refuses To Die by Rustom Dadachanji is a collection of four short stories about the antics of a gang of four youngsters living in the village of Babubari, appropriate for 10 to 13 yea… Read More
Maya In A Mess – Meera Nair
2016-08-31 05:38
Maya In A Mess by Meera Nair, is a nice read for 5 to 7 year old kids. The language is simple and casual with many Indianisms that should appeal to kids. Maya, a little girl in class III, is… Read More
2016-08-13 10:37
If ‘Gandhi’ was made in 2016… With its proposition of ‘Woh Zamaana Kare Deewana’, Zee Classic is India’s only Hindi movie channel that endeavors to recre… Read More
Lucky Girl – Shabnam Minwalla
2016-08-04 06:35
Lucky Girl written by Shabnam Minwalla is a cute read for 4 to 8 year old kids. It has a light hearted, funny tone. Sumi, to all appearances, has the ideal life. Her room would be any little… Read More
The Yard – Aliyyah Eniath
2016-07-04 08:14
Aliyyah Eniath’s The Yard not only tells the story of an enduring love, but also offers an enticing glimpse into the lives of an extended Trinidadian Indian family. In the 19th century… Read More
2016-06-10 05:55
  Facts Born27th February 1983 Place of BirthMumbai City of residenceMumbai Books authored The Tania Series The Poor Bedraggled Kitten Tania Makes pancakes Tania’s Cycling Adventu… Read More
2016-06-08 03:37
Ranjit Lal’s latest book on offer is How Weird is that? from TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Press. Being a naturalist and a writer, he is best equipped to bring out a work o… Read More
2016-06-06 04:39
The IT boom and recession were factors that drove a large number of youth of India to seek US citizenship. University graduates in all disciplines shifted to IT in those days. The Guy on the… Read More
2016-05-18 06:58
Sakshi Singh’s book of poems, Jalebi Jingles, appears to have been inspired by Shel Silverstein’s anthologies of verse for children. Or maybe it wasn’t – it’s q… Read More
2016-05-12 06:22
Natasha Sharma’s Squiggle Takes a Walk was well-received and appreciated as a fun book to explain punctuation. So, when  I received its sequel Squiggle Gets Stuck, I knew what to… Read More
2016-04-18 12:00
Young people these days aspire to be entrepreneurs. Unfortunately, only a few have it in them to venture out and succeed as well. In his novel, The Crooked Road, Anay Agarwal narrates the st… Read More
2016-03-04 07:29
  Facts Born in1962 Place of BirthGorakhpur City of residenceHyderabad Books authored The Vigil and Other Stories Catherine Dickens: Outside the Magic Circle Take 2: A Collection of Sho… Read More
2016-02-29 09:03
Jerry Pinto’s Monster Garden is a difficult to classify book, being a mix of Nonsense verses and a D(raw)IY  Picture Book. Starting with a physical description of who Jerry Pinto… Read More
2016-02-15 10:17
I saw the link to “Tania Casts a Spell” by Kanika G posted by an FB friend. I vaguely remembered that another book (Tania Has an Idea)  by Kanika G was reviewed on this site… Read More
2016-02-05 04:27
With a blurb talking about a friendship between two girls — one of whom is the daughter of the domestic help of the other — based on football, this book Half the Field is Mine by… Read More
2016-02-03 05:11
Can a nine-year old girl be a super hero? Yes, says Shabnam Minwalla in her chapter book The Shy Supergirl by showing us one. Nina, all of 9 years, is very small, shy and barely noticeable… Read More

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