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Dandelion Is Dead

by Rosie Storey

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Aug 19, 2025 05:53AM

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Tagore Never Ate Here

by V. Ramaswamy

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Mili Das said: " Finally a satisfying read of this year's. You know it is rare when you can say about a book I am satisfied with the book, it filled me, yups. It's a thriller, it has unputdownable suspense in every chapter, it has hook point, easy to relate character Finally a satisfying read of this year's. You know it is rare when you can say about a book I am satisfied with the book, it filled me, yups. It's a thriller, it has unputdownable suspense in every chapter, it has hook point, easy to relate characters, a story that is so grounded with historical backdrops, it has an eerie, chilling ambiance from start to end without mentioning any ghost stories, perfect! So perfect blend.

The book takes you to opposite side of the border, Bangladesh, in a sleepy town Sundarpur, one day a woman came and claimed the wealth of the zamindar of Sundarpur. She, Mushkan Zubeiri explained her legit acclamation of being the granddaughter-in-law of zamindar Bose. She got all the willed properties and started a business, she opened a restaurant, sorry, she called it a guesthouse, customers are guests and awestruck by her culinary skills.

How come a Zubeiri became the granddaughter-in-law of Bose zamindar? You need to read the book to get the answer and here author provided great historical background.

There's a woman who cooked food like spilling charm, villagers think she is witch, she is farming all veggies and crocodile in the backyard, there's an young grave digger who dugg graves in advance, he can sniff the death is coming to visit someone's house, there's a man worked with police, he has every news about everyone in town, people called him BBC, there's a schoolmaster who knows each one's ancestors and history of 100 years, this is Sundarpur, readers are welcome here.

Everyone is in charm of the woman, police, and politicians all are her friends and suddenly a mysterious man Noore Chhafa arrived at Sundarpur to enquire about the famous restaurant and the mischievous proprietor.

It's a brilliant blend of magical realism, thriller and breathtaking suspense, the lines are blurred between reality and mysteries.

Absolutely fascinated by the book. V Ramaswamy did splendid work in translation but he couldn't overcome the south indian accent problem, tid bid mistakes kept appearing in book.

To proofreader -
How could you miss them
Mushkan - Muskan
Ramakantkamar - Ramakant kumar ...more "

Aug 23, 2025 09:28AM · see review

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Invisible Man

by Ralph Ellison

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“Both of them walked down and sat in the garden. “Every day, I cried silently. My loneliness became my burden, and the bishop chained me with authority. I knew he had exploited me day after day, and sex was his recreation. After two years, I realized I was pregnant and told him about it. The bishop replied that Mother Catherine had become pregnant twice, even though she regularly took the pills. The bishop told me the embryo could be aborted in a hospital five hundred kilometres from there, and he knew some doctors there. I refused to undergo the abortion. Then, in the convent, I told the mother I was pregnant but did not reveal the pregnancy source. Within a week, she asked me to vacate the convent and closed its door before me, and I was on the streets,” Ann Maria narrated. “It shows the brutality of the church. There is no love, no mercy,” Ammu reacted.”
― Varghese V Devasia, Women of God’s Own Country

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“What makes us human is our ability to distinguish right from wrong,” Jennifer said. “You are right, Jennifer. The most difficult thing in this world is standing on your own two feet and telling the truth,” Noorjahan added.”
― Varghese V Devasia, Women of God’s Own Country

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“Ammu cleaned her entire body repeatedly. “Now, get off the platform,” the guard said, and Ammu climbed down. “Take three laps around the women’s wing. Walk up to the gate and come back three times,” the guard bellowed. Every female convict had to show her naked body to other female prisoners, which was the custom. It was a tradition handed down by the British. It killed another prisoner’s curiosity and destroyed the new convict’s inhibitions.”
― Varghese V Devasia, Women of God’s Own Country

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“We reject a society that believes in violent expressions of sex rather than respecting children’s and women’s dignity. A society that eulogizes the sex escapades of gods and goddesses suffers from psychopathy. To save the world from sin, God, the Father, impregnating a girl child of twelve years is a sexual assault, not a redemptive behaviour,” Ravi observed.”
― Varghese V Devasia, Women of God’s Own Country

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“As the sounds of violence now spread all round them, Rumi Khan realised that the looting was now spreading to all parts of the city. The city that had been built with loving care by successive monarchs of Samrajya was now being destroyed in mere hours and he was powerless to stop them. “What have we done?” Rumi Khan wept bitterly at the destruction that was occurring around him. ****** “How did it start?” Ali roared at Kishwar Khan and his other officers who shrank back at his anger. “Sultan, Hussain Shah’s men…” Mustafa Khan hesitated. “They were not paid for months, and when they discovered that we have to wait outside the city, they lost control. That triggered our soldiers as well and…” “Why did Hussain Shah not stop them?” “Some of our witness say he was the one who told his men to”
― Abhijeeth Hiliyana, The Fall of an Empire: The final days of the Vijayanagara Kingdom ǀ A well-researched historical narrative on the Vijayanagara Empire after Krishnadevaraya

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