Varied vignettes of life
Posted on Mar 30th, 2014
Of Cabbages and Kings by Harish Dhillon Hay House. Pages 243. Rs 299. The sheer ordinariness of life, which most of us have to live, is enlivened by some events that provide the silver lining to the dreary clouds of routine which becomes our life. It could be an encounter with someone, the sight of something, triggering off an association …
Charting a Periodic Table of Hate
Posted on Mar 16th, 2014
Helium by Jaspreet Singh Bloomsbury India. Pages 284. Rs 499 Reviewed by Roopinder Singh RAJ KUMAR is a chemistry teacher at Cornell University. Like so many Indians, he lives in America and has carved out a life that would be envied by many. His success at work does not extend to his personal life. Now divorced, he comes back to India after …