Book Review: Lost in Istanbul by Sangita Marda Agarwal

Blurb: Lost in Istanbul & Other Stories from My Life is a collection of memoirs close to the author’s  heart. Narratives that travel from the innocent days of a Calcutta childhood, criss-crossing the globe, to the present-day Mumbai life. This book erases boundaries of genre and time and celebrates an amazing journey called LIFE.  My…

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For a reason, for a season

Have you ever wondered why some people (both the two legged and the four legged) come into your life, and just when you get really attached to them, they leave? My daughter says they come to teach you something or give you something you need at that point in your life. And sometimes you are…

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Poems in March

Today I read the list of prompts on the  thefrangipanicreative.com. I was struck by the coincidence of two things. One, it’s Women’s Day on the 8th of March and two, it’s World Poetry Day on the 21st of March.  When I published my first book of poems, “Who Shall I Be Today”, on the 8th…

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Book Review: The Blue Bar by Damyanti Biswas

The Blue Bar by Damyanti Biwas I started my reading for 2023 by reading  “The Blue Bar” by Damyanti Biswas.  This is the second novel by the author. I had read her first book “You Beneath Your Skin” and found it spectacular as a debut novel. I wondered how this book would compare to that…

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