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A Death in the Himalayas: A Neville Wadia Mystery by Udayan Mukherjee My rating: 4 of 5 stars Name of the book: A Death in the Himalayas Name of the Author: Udayan Mukherjee Publisher: Picador India Price: Rs. 499 Genre: Fiction Pages: 274 ISBN: 978-93-89109-18-4 This review appeared in the Free Press Journal newspaper: https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-... A celebrity author-activist, Clare Watson, is found battered in a Himalayan forest spring. While it resounds internationally and puts pressure on the investigating officer, it also disrupts the peace of the inhabitants of the picturesque Birtola village. The author with a two-decade-long career as a television anchor and editor, an occasional commentator and newspaper columnist, fluidly expresses both sides of a seemingly idyllic village and about the fangs of brusque urban concretization plans. Also worth noting is the perspective of the villagers and the city dwellers towards each other and th...

Sara by Shashi Warrier My rating: 3 of 5 stars Name of the book: Sara Name of the author: Shashi Warrier Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India ISBN: 978-93-5357-105-4 Genre: Fiction Price: Rs. 399 Pages: 315 This review appeared in the Free Press Journal newspaper: https://www.freepressjournal.in/book-... You are a chef and restaurateur and your business thrives upon a recipe that was passed on to you from your ancestors. While chasing your dreams, you stumble upon love. And what kind of a love is one which does not teach you something about yourself that you didn't know till then? But, what if added to it is a history that connects your ancestors with theirs? Also, is your recipe really an exclusive family secret? Call it destiny's ways or pure co-incidence, that's how Junaid (of Fatehgarh) discovers more about his grandfather after whom he was named. The story takes you from present to the last few years of the British Raj in Ind...