Synapses of the brain

Jerry Pinto has a wide repertoire as a writer. His latest book, Em and the Big Hoom is a sensitively written and moving account of a family as it copes with illness.

When Amritsar meets Delhi

Rupa Bajwa, who won the XXIV Grinzane Cavour Prize for best first novel in June 2005, the Commonwealth Award in 2005 and Sahitya Akademi Award in 2006, has given her readers another novel, one that has stories that reflect the chaos of life.