Bangalore Diaries

  (Pic Courtesy : Amazon Kindle) This is one of the other recommendations by Smt. Sudha Murthy as part of recommended reads for August. This book is supposed to be the 17th instalment in the No.1 Ladies Detective agency series comprising of Mma. Ramotswe along with her co-director Mma. Makutsi and other interesting staff of her agency. I thought this to be a more detective thriller sorts considering the title, but the genre of this book is quite different. This is not a thriller, but more of a life lesson book. The story is set in Botswana, wherein the author provides a very in-depth and detailed picture of the evolving society of Botswana coupled with the conflict of the new vs old world ideas. While some characters reminisce in the glory of the days gone by, others talk about the fast changing nature of the society and its deep impact thereof. The book is a collection of various moral principles interwoven into the narrative of the story. The classical debate of thinking from hea...

  (Pic Courtesy: Subbu Publications) Detailed Review : https://thecommunemag.com/book-review-temple-deglurkar-architecture/

    (Pic Courtesy : Amazon) This was a book recommended by Smt. Sudha Murthy on her twitter handle as part of her monthly recommendations and which was further shared by my dear friend, docphiloshoper on twitter. A lover for a good thriller mixed with history and intrigue, I was instantly drawn to this book, kept me hooked on long enough to complete the same in one sitting. This book is also the first instance where I made my review notes in my journal and hence, it’s a bit extra special personally for me. The book is set in Salzburg, Austria, with some motivated forces determined to create havoc during an international convention held in a famous historical hotel. In parallel, there is the case of a missing person, husband of a local history expert. The story opens in the early part of 20th century and quick shifts gears to the modern context where the story is set. The protagonist is Re Parkar, an Indo-French investigative journalist, who also gets visions of potential tra...