Reviews & Musings

Faced with a loveless marriage, Ananya Rajput does what she always does when faced with a tough situation - she runs away! Except, this time she runs right into the arms of the man she’s dreamed about for years - okay, fantasised about, to be completely honest. His Highness Yashvardhan Rathore, Yuvarajkumar of Bannor, is so going to burn in hell. Not only did he help his dead friend’s sister run away from her wedding mandap, he now has terribly inappropriate feelings for her. All his life he’s lived by one truth - no one has ever loved him enough to stay. And he doesn’t think a known flight risk like Ananya will be the first. As her restless feet get calmer, the walls around his heart get higher. Will Yash ever come to trust in love? And will Ananya let her reluctant Prince Charming claim a runaway bride? To find out read the third book in the Devgarh Royal series. Book Links: Amazon.com | Amazon.in

Namrata reviews Nasreen Rehman's first volume in The Collected Stories of Saadat Hasan Manto-Volume 1: Bombay and Poona (Aleph Books, 2022) and calls it a must-read collection. As a writer, Saadat Hasan Manto needs no introduction. His works are celebrated widely for their quintessential depiction of the stark realities of life. The Collected Stories of Saadat Hasan Manto – Volume 1: Bombay and Poona – Translated by Nasreen Rehman and published by Aleph Books, is the first of a three-volume series that will contain all of Saadat Hasan Manto’s 255 known stories in English from Urdu for the very first time. Volume 1 collects fifty-four stories and two essays written by Manto about his time in Bombay and Poona in colonial India. Read the full review on Kitaab .

Namrata reviews The Poetry Conclave Year Book 2022 edited by Sharmila Roy, Aneek Chatterjee, Gopal Lahiri, and Rajorshi Patranabis (Published by Authors Press, 2022) calling it a carefully strung priceless necklace.  Poetry Conclave Year Book 2022 is a poetry collection consisting of works of 64 poets (from India and abroad) across themes and moods. Poetry Conclave was formed with the motive of providing a platform for writing and reading English poetry. The love for poetry further metamorphosized into poetry collections. “One of poetry’s most appealing elements can be the mixture of observations and ideas. Here the poet reaches out to the world and poetry. Poet’s heart is attuned to the changing patterns of the society and its surroundings, its landscapes and seasons, its sorrow and malice, its dream and hope.” (From Editors’ Note, pg 5) As the editors’ note mentions, the poems in this collection are diverse and span myriad moods and emotions. This ensures reading this book is a r