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Reviewed Battle Hymn Of The Tiger Mother - Amy Chua

Blissfully amazing

A beautifully told story of a mother, her two daughters, her two dogs, an American husband and a Chinese and motherhood at it full display.Clashes of cultures and parenting methods of immigrants told in great detail. A unique parenting book which speaks directly to you with its own personal e...Read more

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Reviewed Sea of Poppies - Amitav Ghosh

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After having read' The Glass Palace', was really looking forward to read this one but was in for a disappointment, the book started off very vaguely but I stuck to it thinking it will catch up sooner or later, but it turned out to be more later than sooner, it has a very loose narrative and stor...Read more

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Reviewed Balika Vadhu

Anandi's life

Having started watching this serial, it was loved for the issue of child marriage which was raised and presented and pondered upon in a thought provoking way. Somewhere it held our heart strings, the child bride adjusting in the new house, the autocracies of Grandmother etc, but some time in bet...Read more

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Reviewed Glass Palace, The - Amitav Ghosh

The journey

Recommended by a friend when I picked up this book I didn't know how lost I would be in the land of white elephants and the lanes of Calcutta. I was spellbound and taken back into time and experience into the lives of people in that era.The descriptive value of this book is awesome, the lands...Read more

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Reviewed Class, The - Erich Segal

'The Class' Revisited

I read this book last time when I was in class 12 and liked it Because of being a member of a book club as  prescribed book I had to reread it and I must say it was an experience and journey outstanding. The characters speak to you and each of the five friends leave you with a thought to p...Read more

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