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Salt and Saffron by Kamila Shamsie My rating: 4 of 5 stars Aaliya is a global citizen of Pakistani origin. But a flirtatious conversation with a stranger on the plane sets her thinking about her roots and the people and stories that have led to her. The Dard-e-dils, Aaliya’s family,…
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One rant spawns a flood of others. And that’s how the phrase ‘Open Letter‘ was lost. And in the meantime, Ms.Shahana Nair Joshi becomes the next internet celeb. I’m most alarmed by words like these. It reminds me of those anti-Islam and violence-inducing anti-Pak jokes that kept popping up during…
Mum bought me this gorgeous saree. It’s quite unlike the usual collection you’ll find hanging in my house. It’s silk but not a kanjeevaram or one of the classics. The pattern isn’t just geometric (which mum hates) but abstract as hell. And only when I draped it, did I realise…
I’ve been playing around with my paintbrushes on a new medium – old glass bottles. I tried personalized motifs and even a picture-story. My technique is improving (I’ll tell you another time about how painting a slippery, curved surface like glass is way harder than fabric or paper) and I’ve…
Secret Shared by L. Marie Adeline My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve read more of the genre after I read S.E.C.R.E.T. so I’m inclined to be a little kinder in my assessment of this book. There is a lot of crass bilge passed off as erotica and this is…